Category: America
The Upper Peninsula: A Mosquito Safehaven Not Fit For Habitation
If you’ve never been to the Upper Peninsula —GOOD! Don’t go. It isn’t for you. It’s a shit place with nothing to do and nothing...
Northern American Midwest: Exploring Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan
Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan are the land of plenty. Plenty of space. Plenty of weight on the locals. Plenty of cheese on the french...
The American Central Midwest: Exploring Missouri, Illinois & Indiana
For about a year and a half we lived in Missouri, smack dab in the middle of the American Central Midwest. This, I can assure you, was...
Canoeing The Boundary Waters: A Guide
This post was written by Bear J., who recently spent a week in the Boundary Waters with his brother. Read more about their trip, or read on...
Hiking the Blue Ridge Parkway
We escaped up to the mountains again last weekend for some R&R in the woods. Nothing clears your mind like a long hike in the deep...
Kayaking High Rock Lake
High Rock Lake, NC If you’re looking for bass, High Rock Lake is the spot to go in North Carolina for record-breaking catches. I...
Canoeing New River in Boone
Going on a day-long canoe trip with a toddler doesn’t seem like the most relaxing way to spend a weekend for most, but relaxation...
The Johnson Brothers’ Canoe Trip
August, 2015 was a monumental month in the lives of two brothers. Although they disagree on the optimal facial accessory of beard or...
Road Tripping USA
I’ve had road trips in the USA on my mind recently. There is something supremely liberating about jumping in your car and facing an...
How to Do Disney World
How to do DisneyWorld with kids--from someone who knew nothing prior to going and learned a lot from trial and error.
2014 in Review
Abandon the Cube's year in review 2014 included an immense about of American travel, from Texas to Washington, to Michigan and beyond to...
Atlantic Beach, NC
Atlantic Beach, North Carolina is home to an amazing history, fun attractions, and family-friendly activities for every age.
Duck Dynasty Cake Creation
I must be in the DIY mood because I have about nine big projects going on around the place. I just finished upcycling a perfectly good...
Refinishing a Three-Drawer Dresser and Obsessing Over Upcycle-ing
Well, like many Americans with time on their hands I’ve gotten into the upcycle trend of taking crap and making it treasure....
Merry Christmas 2013
Merry Christmas, Cube Abandoners! We hope the year ahead is as stunning, rich, and full as the year behind us soon will be. With warm...
Going to the Gun Show
Well… I went to my first ever gun show last weekend in Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA. As part of the south, the gun laws are...
Wedding Bells
That’s right folks, we’ve tied the knot. After seven years of traveling around the globe together we finally took the real,...
USA Multi-Center Vacations
The Ultimate USA Multi-Center Vacation It’s no wonder that the USA lends itself well to multi-center vacations. The sheer vastness of the...
What to Do When Stuck in an Airport? Go Online!
If you are a regular traveler, you know that it is almost unavoidable to be stuck in an airport. Either you have a long layover or your...
American Consumer
Back in the states I’m always amazed at how often I find myself at the store. I feel there is always something I “need”...
American sanity checkup
Today I read in the news that “Spring Breakers” earned $270,000 in just three theaters, (that’s $90k a theater, folks). Having seen...
Winston Salem, North Carolina — Our New Home
We moved to North Carolina! Yup, we’re staying in the ol’ US of A for a while and have settled in a second-tier city on the...
How to Dehydrate Apples
In Washington we stayed at a small orchard where we were lucky enough, even in early November, to find amazing apples still on the leafless...
The Skinny Bitch Diet, our 30-Day Attempt
We have several friends who are vegetarian. Having always silently contemplated whether they were truly sane to have given up meat, we...
An American Road Trip, the Highlights
We recently did a massive road trip across the motherland of America. Here are the absolute highlights for over a month on the road. Bear...
