Last updated Apr 19, 2022 | First published on Apr 1, 2014 | Travel Stories
Somehow, by hook or crook, my tale of adventure with Komodo dragons on Rinca Island in Indonesia managed to win a silver prize for animal encounter in the Solas Best Travel Writing of 2014. I’ve been wanting to win won of these and make it into the annual book...
Last updated Aug 2, 2022 | First published on Aug 3, 2007 | Alaska
I had my first up-close-and-personal brown bear encounter in Alaska! Even writing about this now makes my heard beat a little harder. Skip (an Alaskan friend), my father, and I had float fished down the impressive Russian River for two days into middle-of-nowhere...