Our adventures begin with a short trip to a land called Ohio. When I told people that I was going there, most responded with the same question: "What's in Ohio." The answer was simple to me: "A lot of things. The girl of my dreams, the love of my life . . . well I guess it's just one thing, but that one thing is everything." The mingled excitement and nervousness, hope and fear, all balanced by an attempt at practicality made sleeping away the train ride a ...

To begin this new volume in my life, I'd like to start with a small prologue of a sort. A little something like, "Previously, in the life of Ryan Travis . . ." Nothing would suit this better than one more Jersey summer. Laying out on the beach, running around Six Flags, smoking on the boardwalk, fishing with my father, drinking around the fire pit, lounging by the pool and ballin' in AC. I want to soak up what's great about where I am before running off. I w...