Uncoinventional Tour in Review, Our Month on the Road Spending Bitcoin Only
Uncoinventional: the Tour in Review. Last month, our family traveled the U. S. spending only bitcoins. We documented our travels for Bitcoin Magazine through a live blog. As we embarked on this journey, I had no idea what I had got myself into. Still, I felt compelled to try. For those of you who weren't following our ups and downs in realtime, here are....
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JUNE 20, 2014 -- NEW YORK, NY --Catherine Bleish and John Bush, well-known activists and personalities in the Bitcoin community, are taking their family of four on an "uncoinventional" journey, using only Bitcoin. Named the Uncoinventional Living Tour, the family has been on the road for nearly one week and has used only bitcoin to purchase everything from gas and food, to lodging and other necessities, making it a whole week without spending any fiat currency. They have spent the last week traveling from San Marcos, Texas to Washington D. C. to attend Bitcoin in the Beltway. After this....
A family of four will embark on a three week bitcoin-only road trip over the Thanksgiving holiday. Expenses such as food, gasoline and lodging will all be paid for with the crypo-currency as they journey from Texas to California, Nevada, Colorado, and Missouri. The goal of the Uncoinventional West Coast Tour is to "Inspire and empower the Bitcoin community to spend bitcoin on food, gasoline and lodging" says Catherine Bleish, Bitcoin author and creator of TheBitMom.com. This will be the second bitcoin-only road trip for the Blush Family this year. Last June, Catherine, her husband John....
When John and I were invited to speak at Libertopia this year, I was extremely excited about the prospect of visiting California again. The last time I had been that far West was February of 2011 for the Freedom Law School Conference in Ontario, California. I happened to be pregnant at the time and I also happened to be selected for the body scanner when trying to board our flight home. To make a long story short, we had to take a train back to Texas and I have not flown since. Since we knew we would need to drive, I thought a second Uncoinventional Bitcoin-only family road trip was in....
Uncoinventional" Family on Bitcoin Only Cross Country Tour to Visit Ohio's Bitcoin BoulevardA family of four has finished their first two weeks of Bitcoin-only travel. Tonight they will arrive in Cleveland Heights, OH to shop and eat at Bitcoin friendly establishments on Bitcoin Boulevard (www.bitcoinboulevard.us). The founder of Bitcoin Boulevard US, Nikhil Chand, says "Attracting Bitcoin tourism is one of our primary goals for Bitcoin Boulevard US, especially for travelers driving through Cleveland via I-90. We are delighted to host Catherine and John's family during their journey across....
Last month our family spent nearly a month living on the road while spending only Bitcoin. During the course of our travel we were invited via Twitter to make a change to our route so we could experience the cutting edge Bitcoin Boulevard, founded by Nikhil Chand and his amazing wife, Rebecca. The pair has helped dozens of restaurants and shops set up to accept Bitcoin through BitPay. We immediately changed our route to include an overnight stop in Cleveland Heights, Ohio so we could test out the local Bitcoin scene and get to know their community. When we pulled up to their vintage 1920s....