Plan B
Plan A had us spending Friday night in the luxury of Row 9 of American Airlines Flight 953, sipping an aperitif prior to settling in for the night in our […]
Same Same, but Different
I’m a little shocked at the trepidation with which I am approaching this trip. It’s, you know, just another “trip of a lifetime” coming on the heels of our last […]
The Morning After
This morning, it’s the wind. What with all the traveling, when I tear myself away from the cobwebs of a night’s dreams, it often takes me a moment to place […]
Solstice
The coyote stops midstep, left paw held aloft as if responding to a command to “shake,” and cocks his head quizzically at me. “We’re not doing all that, are we?” […]
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 geological ski jump out of […]
David Pablo Cohn 