Big, cold drops of rain pelted us as we drove the boat towards an island to get some bait. I could tell from the skeptical faces of my fishing companion, they were not convinced it was a good idea to be out on the Indian River in bad weather, and an even worse idea to be going 20 miles...
When Ethel and I arrived in the Grand Tetons, it was early spring. Snow still covered much of the area which caused most of the roads to be closed. The only grassy areas of the park were in the lower elevations which concentrated all the animals into the fields. Looking over the herd of elk and bison...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
I had shivered myself to sleep for the past several nights. Miles from anything and ensconced in the tall pines camp had been cold and snowy. My efforts to photograph the elk migration in the Grand Teton National Park had gone well. In fact, it had gone so well, I was on the hunt for some other...
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