Adventure

“That’s crazy,” is the response most people have upon seeing photographs of sharks bumping their noses against my camera housing.  Despite my best efforts to assuage their fears, most people aren’t going to easily let go of their image of a big, bad shark.  Through no fault of our own, we have developed a deeply ingrained terror of sharks. ...

Florida is not normally associated with a serious paragliding destination, but my experience in 2015 changed all of that.  Powered paragliding became an obsession for me early in the year, and the idea of riding the rising columns of air had always seemed exciting.  The only problem was, everyone I talked to about my great plans to soar on the afternoon...

An overcast day greeted me as I jogged along the winding road towards the forest trails in a tiny town called, Morbach.  Situated on Southwestern side of Germany it is a beautiful, but lesser known area.  When my German friends hear my whereabouts, they generally ask, "where is that?" The charm of the place really is in the feel...

Once again, I jumped into the blue. The water was a little murky.  We call it, "whale snot," but I don't know what it really is; some kind of ocean particulate that tarnishes the visibility of an otherwise deep turquoise ocean.  Lucky for us, the sharks don't care about the lower visibility and swim up to us just the same. ...

The Land of Smiles Thailand delivers on this promise.  It is also the land of fantastic food.  Delicious vittles are being cooked (by the smiling people) most anywhere you go.  Even now, as I write this, I am making my plans on where to eat tonight.  I'm think about another round of Thai-TakoYaki and Mango Sticky Rice, but there really...

As discussed in the last post, “Fishing for Dreams,” I was a weird kid. Not much has changed since then, I’m still weird, and pretty damn happy about it.  One of the many upsides of great weirdness is the great friends you have.  Sure, normal people probably have more friends, but I’m a quality, not quantity person.  Normal people are...

The alarm went off sharply at 06:00, waking me from a wonderful dream. It was a dream where I traveled around in a camper van I built while photographing some of America’s most impressive critters. Just kidding, it was no dream at all! My alarm woke me right into that great life I was living, and I...

BVI Sailing We absolutely crushed this trip. It was late October and we were sitting in a small cabin in East Tennessee. I was on call for work and Casey had come to visit as well as do some motorcycle riding through the amazing autumn foliage of the Appalachian Mountains. We had done an incredible amount of planning for a...

Huge peaks in the distance, massive animals proudly strutting the fields, and sheep with horns so big the obvious fact must be mentioned in their name. The visual impact is so great, you might miss the tiniest critters whose diminutive stature makes them a challenge to spot. Their desire to go unnoticed generally leads to most of...

After spending many days far off the beaten path on forest service roads, my arrival to Gardiner Montana was a much-anticipated event. It was going to have all the amenities! A paved road, a restaurant, even a bathroom that wasn’t a tree. I was excited for the comforts but wasn’t exactly wielding high hopes for great wildlife...