I am excited to announce our newest TentLife contributor – Mark Montgomery.

Mark is not only a vagabond thinker but also older brother to Skot Montgomery (TentLife in Alabama & Tennessee), this free spirit must run in the family… and I’m now wondering if their parents were hippie transplant’s from California.

Anyway, I met Mark this past summer and had an instant affinity to his humor and general laid back demeanor. But what most impressed me was his philosophy on teaching (ask him about his “1555″ tattoo) and life in general. This past year he took an indefinite leave of absence from teaching history to high schooler’s to work out at Camp Kivu in Durango, Colorado… probably because his brother Skot kept telling him it was the best place on earth (besides Mitchell, South Dakota home of the Corn Palace). Mark aka “Montagonia” will be adding his thoughts and share his story in the coming months.

I am looking forward to what TentLife will provoke in him, as he ventures out into the wild with a tent and an open mind!