You’re my new hero. I’d first read your name when examining the fine print of that silkscreen poster I bought at Yosemite many years ago. Then I read about how you brought a whole bunch of these things back from extinction into our collective consciousness – long before the simple beauty of WPA posters became hip again. Next I browsed through your blog and found the Katahdin, the travels, and of course the log home with the I-can’t-believe-it ain’t-a-Hollywood-backdrop views. Well the road trip with the ’61 Bambi tops it off.

You’re living a picture postcard view of the American Dream, one that you and Martina have written elegantly and uniquely in your own image. Compressed down into one website as it is, it’s honestly, truly difficult for me to understand how you pack so much living into a single life – and it’s incredibly inspirational.

If you two ever make it to the Chicago area, please oh please look up Melissa and me. We’ll take you out for a slice of deep dish pizza, give you a tour of our ’62 Globe Trotter and get your feedback on my own series of travel-style posters I’ve been working on.

All the best in 2010!
Brad Cornelius