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This week marks the beginning of my cross country drive, starting in this lovely state I grew up in, Connecticut, and ending up in, Los Angeles, California.

It’s exciting, scary, sad, and joyous all at the same time. For those of you who’ve moved away from family and close friends, I’m sure you know what I’m talking about. For those that haven’t, I’m sure you’ve said plenty of good bye’s to those that have. There’re so many emotions that go along with a move like this.

Given the season we are currently in, I chose to take the southern route with the warmer climate for this time of year. I’ve done this type of trip before, but chose to take the middle and upper routes. This time around it will be my first time seeing areas of our country like New Mexico and Texas. I’ve also never been to the Grand Canyon, which is something I’m looking forward to as a highlight of this trip.

So, after weeks of preparation, delays, and shipping my life out to California in large boxes, I’ll be departing to venture into a new life.

I’m a sucker for a great view. CT will be hard to top.

But first, I want to invite you to join me from afar in the journey I’ll be capturing along the way.

Along for the ride with me will be my girlfriend, Catherine. She’ll also be helping me document our travels, as we have some great activities already planned.

So, from this point on and in the coming days, stay tuned to our Trailblazer Facebook page. There, I’ll be doing my best to keep everyone up on the real time traveling, activities, music, and destinations, we are about to embark on.

Check out the the route we are planning to take below and please leave any suggestions of activities, parks, or events you think we should check out along the way!


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See you soon CT!

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Breathing While Running

by TonyDasilva February 6, 2013 Barefoot Running

Learning the proper breathing techniques while running is as important to a runner as stretching beforehand or the proper motion of the body while running to prevent injuries. Improper breathing exercises while running results in a shorter run, becoming winded or out of breath faster and more stress on the body during the run. Keeping those breathing [...]

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FAIL Friday’s: A Swimming Hole, a Playground, and a Parking Spot

by TonyDasilva August 19, 2011 Fail Friday's
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Enjoy the beauty in knowing you aren’t in any of these clips. Sit back, have a snack, and make sure your desk plant has enough water. Yes, that sentence is as random as these FAIL clips below. – Tony

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Fail Friday’s: Worst Album Covers of All Time

by TonyDasilva August 5, 2011 Fail Friday's
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Take a step off the beaten and path today to focus in on some of the worst album covers ever put out there. Take out the old record player, get comfortable, and do not play any of these! – Tony

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When Being in the Woods Go’s Embarrassingly Wrong

by TonyDasilva July 28, 2011 Hike
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No, I’m not talking about a Deliverance type of situation. I’m talking about one of those moments that stay with you in your life. The ones that you have imprinted in your brain and can hit rewind at any time, because the feeling of embarrassment or laughter was so strong you unconsciously clicked “save” in your [...]

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Fail Friday’s: Best of May 2011

by TonyDasilva June 3, 2011 Fail Friday's
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Another month passes by and another onslaught of mistakes, ridiculousness, and awkward embarrassment fades into the light. Take a load off and enjoy yourself. It’s friggin’ Friday. – Tony

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New Music Monday: The McLovins…”How The Next Generation Jams”

by Kristel Hayes August 30, 2010 Hike
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Today’s New Music Monday feature is a band that has, undoubtedly, already become a local favorite for those of you local to the Connecticut music scene: The McLovins. This incredible trio of…dare I say-”prodigies”…is young (16 & 17 years old), but pumps out jams that are on par with some of the biggest names in [...]

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New Music Monday: Shawn Mullins

by Kristel Hayes August 23, 2010 Hike
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I’ve been so excited to write today’s New Music Monday post, because it’s officially countdown time to the release of a new album from one of my absolute “faves”, Shawn Mullins. Shawn has been a prolific songwriter on the folk/blues/americana scene for some time now, but is best known for his Top 10 hit “Lullaby,” [...]

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New Music Monday: Po’ Girl

by Kristel Hayes August 16, 2010 Hike
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This week’s New Music Monday feature is a fabulous “urban roots” band called Po’ Girl.  It’s tough to come up with a specific description of the Po’ Girl sound because this talented group seems to reinvent themselves with every song.  Rich vocal harmonies and an incredible range of traditional-to-very-unique instruments are the delivery vehicles of [...]

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New Music Monday: Christina Courtin

by Kristel Hayes August 9, 2010 Hike
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A New Music Monday riddle:  What happens when you combine Joni Mitchell, Janis Joplin, & Ella Fitzgerald, shake in a palm full of indescribable musical uniqueness, and a dash of genius? Why, you get Christina Courtin silly! This Talk Stoop interview with her gives such a great intro, we’ll just let it do the talking: [...]

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New Music Monday: Ryan Montbleau Band

by Trailblazer July 26, 2010 Hike
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Falling under the “not so new, but deserves much more attention” category, this week’s New Music Monday feature is the Ryan Montbleau Band.  These guys have been working their tails off over the past few years, playing on average, 200 gigs/year, according to their band bio.   Though their sound is a uniquely new sound of [...]

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New Music Monday: Deer Tick

by Trailblazer July 19, 2010 Hike
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For this weeks New Music Monday post, we’re featuring Deer Tick, a Rhode Island based band bringing us a raw, and honest combination of country, punk, blues, folk, grunge and garage rock. Deer Tick is, admitedly, not “new” having formed in 2004, and released their first full-length CD in 2008 titled War Elephant, followed by [...]

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New Music Monday: Hoots & Hellmouth

by Trailblazer July 12, 2010 Hike
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We are kicking off our New Music Monday series with an incredibly unique band called Hoots & Hellmouth…we love these guys for their alt-country-acoustic-folk-jam band style that can’t really be compared to anything else.  Their “new music for old souls” is worth a million listens, but nothing can compare to their on-stage presentation.  Standing atop [...]

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Starting Monday July 12: New Music Monday

by Trailblazer July 10, 2010 Hike
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Photo courtesy of Joe Lewis, via flickr. We’re excited to announce a new post series in the works, officially kicking off this next Monday July 12, called New Music Monday… The New Music Monday series will highlight the music that makes us happy, primarily from new/up-and-coming artists that we think you’ll want get to know [...]

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Jimmy Wayne: A Walk From Nashville to Phoenix for Project Meet Me Halfway

by Trailblazer July 4, 2010 Hike
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American country music singer & songwriter, Jimmy Wayne, has been on an incredible journey…a walk from Nashville to Phoenix (halfway across the country) on behalf of Project Meet Me Halfway, a project he launched January 1, 2010 to raise awareness for of homeless children and teens, especially those who age out of the foster care [...]

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