Last updated Nov 4, 2021 | First published on May 19, 2021 | USA
No, it wasn’t a large dog—that was a small black bear on the prowl! I saw the bear, my first in the lower 48, shortly after having crossed the longest tree-based canopy walk in North America (880 feet)1. The day before, I had been surrounded by sharks. Admittedly, the...
Last updated Jul 31, 2021 | First published on Aug 10, 2015 | Europe
The aim of life is self-development. To realize one’s nature perfectly – that is what each of us is here for. – Oscar Wilde I’ll be honest: I was a little nervous about vagabonding in France and visiting Paris, the “City of Light.” Why? I have no...
Last updated Aug 26, 2021 | First published on Aug 18, 2014 | USA
American interstates have a way of changing perspective. And scrambling brains. I learned this firsthand during my recent Great American West road trip. Not all, but most American West roads are so utilitarian and straight-as-an-arrow efficient that you start...
Last updated Sep 17, 2021 | First published on Jun 7, 2013 | USA
Hunter S. Thompson went across the desert while on his infamous quest to find the American Dream. He didn’t seem to find it. And while the Mazda 6 I hired wasn’t exactly a Caddy convertible with a trunk full of drugs, I did get better gas mileage and...
Last updated Nov 27, 2018 | First published on Mar 29, 2010 | USA
I was welcomed out of the Metro station with a crystal-blue sky and biting wind. Just to the left of me, the Washington Memorial obelisk was glowing white in the sunshine and hundreds of people were flying colorful kites in the lawn. The freezing wind carried the...
