My eyes opened in a panic as I tried to decide if I was being hit by a tornado as the wind howled outside, shaking my house on wheels. Perhaps worst of all, I was incredibly cold and couldn’t figure out why. This was my first real night in “Ethel the Wonder Truck”, the affectionate name given to the...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
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...
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Open our hearts to the goodness of the universe, and the universe graciously delivers. I didn’t know it, but I was going to have one of those days.
I didn’t go paragliding with the intent of thermaling, if I had, there would have been a cozy jacket on my body so that I didn’t turn into a popsicle at higher...
About 4 years ago, I met two girls from Japan who were studying abroad in Florida. The three of us took my boat out, went fishing, and even had a sushi dinner on the day I speared a nice cobia. When they left, we said our goodbyes and I didn’t think I’d ever see either of them again. This...
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