Too Much to Write About
I’ve been still trying to catch up, still trying to write about everything we saw and did in those two weeks on the road/water/trail. And you know? There’s just too […]
Dusk
I’m spent. Sure, I’m spent every day, but today is a new shade of spent, a new angle on the feeling of being “done.” Past days, it was a sun/paddle/snorkel/sun/paddle/snorkel routine that left me feeling desiccated…
Mornings
The onset of heat in the morning is always startling. It shouldn’t be: it was hot and humid all night; add one blisteringly bright tropical sun, and what do you […]
Dawn
In this dark, the heat hanging from the stifling, still air of the camp tent feels incomprehensible. Remember: I’m a northern boy – the dark is supposed to be a […]
Palau, Day One
Quick note here – yes, we’ve made it to Palau, and yes, it’s more than a little breathtaking. We’ve got an hour or so of internet left before we’ll be […]
Guam. With Bob.
Guam is the southernmost (and maybe largest?) of the Marianas, a string of islands that arc north through the equatorial Pacific as a sort of speed bump across the Marianas […]
And Now For Something Completely Different…
The smoky heat of summer seems to have given way to the first snow of the season with only a few days of whipping rain in between. I know it’s […]
Hanginaround
We’ve dialed things back a bit since our initial few days of “Vancouver Island’s Greatest Hits” and started working off of personal recommendations, both those of old, trusted friends and […]
Goats on the Roof
G. K. Chesterton wrote – and yes, this time I’m sure it was Chesterton* – that “the traveler sees what is there, while the tourist sees only what he has […]
North!
My friends know I can get a little obsessive, and fixate, when the opportunity for wordplay arises. “You see,” I said, “We’re putting the Orca in the Coho.” Ken nodded. […]
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