Well, mostly travels anyway. This is really just an excuse to tell stories about places I’ve been or adventures I’ve experienced. I hope you find them entertaining.
Born to Be (Sort of) Wild
Like a true nature’s child
We were born, born to be wild
We can climb so high
I never wanna die
Born to be wild
Perhaps you remember the old Steppenwolf classic, Born to Be Wild.
Continue reading “Born to Be (Sort of) Wild”Kenai Fjords National Park: Glaciers
Would you like a story that sends an icy chill down your spine? I promise it’s not scary…
Continue reading “Kenai Fjords National Park: Glaciers”Kenai Fjords National Park: Orcas and Otters
[Click, click, whistle, click] 1-Orca-12, 1-Orca-12, see the man with a camera on a boat in Aialik Bay.
Patroller Me-Loy nodded once, and steered his massive black and white cruiser towards the heart of the Bay. His partner, Re-ed swam alongside.
Continue reading “Kenai Fjords National Park: Orcas and Otters”Kenai Fjords National Park: Seascapes and Mountains
Alaska is greedy.
Continue reading “Kenai Fjords National Park: Seascapes and Mountains”Seward’s Folly?
In 1867, William H. Seward, then Secretary of State, purchased Alaska from the Russians. At the time, many considered it “Seward’s Folly”, as he’d just spent 7.2 million dollars (roughly 150 million in today’s dollars) on an icebox. Were they right?
Continue reading “Seward’s Folly?”Denali National Park
Denali National Park. Has an impressive ring to it, doesn’t it? It evokes notions of a vast wilderness, of wild creatures great and small, of epic vistas, and of course, one particular massive mountain. Are all these notions true?
Continue reading “Denali National Park”Training in Alaska
Alaska.
Even though it’s long been a part of the good ole USA, I’d lay odds the vast majority of Americans have never been there or have a notion of what it’s like. After all, it’s not the sort of place you can just jump in your car and cruise to in an afternoon.
Until recently, I was part of that majority.
Continue reading “Training in Alaska”Prague, Part Three
After a beer swilling, vision chasing night of Czeching out the sights, how does one follow up on the morning after?
Continue reading “Prague, Part Three”Prague, Part Two
We left off in Part One having a spirited discussion, with the notion that visions were imminent.
Continue reading “Prague, Part Two”Prague, Part One
Among the clan of folks who have a wandering foot, there are certain places that come up in the “been there, done that” conversations that trigger an “ooh, I’d like to go there” comment. Prague is high on that list.
Finally, it was our turn to find out what the hubbub was all about.
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Plying Through Life 