I couldn’t have started this adventure without a plan, but now that it has begun I see far less utility in having a plan. Along the way there will be problems and there will be opportunities. I want the flexibility to make adjustments when I encounter either and now I have encountered both. Plan has…
I packed prepared to sleep in a hammock or on the ground, but prefer the hammock for a good night sleep. There is no concern about finding a piece of level ground; just find two stout, appropriately-spaced trees. Not an issue on the Lone Star Trail. Hammock goes up in about two minutes. Ready to…
My first visit to Texas was in 1976. Drove from Denver to Austin to visit a friend who was attending the university there. Continued on to San Antonio, then across the border at Laredo; my first visit to Mexico. Crossed back into the U.S. at Brownsville, followed the Gulf Coast up to Corpus Christi, back…
… or in my case, a shuttle. Living in Cedar City, Utah, the closest big airport is Las Vegas, so New Years Eve I was on a shuttle bound for Vegas. Not to party my way into 2017, but to catch a red eye flight to Houston to begin my trek. Ultimately, I do plan…
Some friends in Hong Kong finding a new use for the Totem … and having way too much fun.
UPDATED 26 December Turning 60 in February 2017. Making plans to trek across America to celebrate. Remember in the movie, when Forrest Gump started walking across the country? I recall thinking that would be a really cool thing to do. A few months ago we hosted a couch surfer who was pedaling her bike across…
What do you get when you rig some ropes and pulleys in trees at a park and bring in a bus load of orphaned kids from a children’s home? SMILES! Kathmandu, Nepal – May 2016 Special thanks to Charly Oliver from Petzl and Scott Newell from BlueWater Ropes for making it possible for us…