I have so fucking much to say! Wow! First off, forgive the lack of posts this last, well…pretty much all of 2010. I have just been so damn busy as well as on the road non-stop for the last 5-6 months, living with a bunch of hippies and doing the cross-country road trip and music festival thing. So, as you can imagine, I have a lot of pictures to post and articles/adventures to write.
However, all I have time to post today is the list of places and events I have been to over the last few months. We covered over half of the states in the continental United States, hit seven music festivals, visited several national parks, experienced 4th of July in Washington, DC, trimmed plants in the hills of California for extra money, made it coast-to-coast on a custom-outfitted International school bus, and so much more!
Yes, I think it is safe to say you can expect fresh updates for the next few months to come






- Texas
- Oklahoma
- Arkansas
- Tennessee
- North Carolina
- Virginia
- West Virginia
- Pennsylvania
- New York
- Ohio
- Indiana
- Illinois
- Missouri
- Kansas
- Colorado
- Wyoming
- Utah
- Nevada
- California
- Oklahoma City
- Ozark
- Little Rock
- West Memphis
- Memphis
- Graceland
- 6th Annual CMT Country Music Festival
- Knoxville
- Great Smoky Mountains
- Asheville
- New York City
- Columbus
- Indianapolis
- Chicago
- Denver
- Central City
- Boulder
- Cheyenne
- Salt Lake City
- Bonneville Salt Flats
- Reno
- Sacramento
- Oakland
- San Francisco
- Mendocino County
- Humboldt County
- Fortuna
- Eureka
- Arcata
- Trindad County
Hope I didn’t miss anything. Yeah, it’s been a busy summer / fall.
UPDATE I finally have found the time to write articles on that great hippie road-trip. You can read more about the key events and see the best pictures here:
- Part 01: Burning Flipside & The Beginning
- Part 02: Wakarusa Music Festival, Little Rock, Arkansas, & Graceland
- Part 03: Honky-Tonkin’ In Nashville, CMT Country Music Festival, & Bonnaroo
- Part 04: Edgar Evins State Park, DexFest 2010: Cosmic Convergence, & Asheville, North Carolina
- Part 05: 4th of July in D.C., All Good Music Festival, & the East Coast
- Part 06: Coming Soon
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Derek Freal is a cultural enthusiast and perpetual wanderer, as well as the founder of the HoliDaze travel community. He loves going locations where he does not speak a word of the local language and must communicate with hand gestures, as well as places where he is forced to squat awkwardly to poo (supposedly its healthier and more efficient). If you tell him he cannot go somewhere, well I guarantee that will be the next spot he visits. For more view Derek's bio or stalk him on the social sites below....










Man still kinda bummed about no flipside for us this year