Wednesday, March 11, 2026 – San Telmo, Buenos Aires Today is Wednesday, and we’re once again riding an Argentine bus back to our lodging at Defensa 814 in the heart of San Telmo. The public transport system here is straightforward: you preload a SUBE card with money, tap it on the reader when you board, […]

Read More The Argentina English Teacher Part II

If you want a life that pulses in your chest and settles deep in your bones, you have to chase it—to get it, sometimes ripping it from the jaws of other people’s expectations of how life should be lived, and that sly, persistent voice in your own head quietly whispering maybe you should “wait.” After […]

Read More The Argentina Volunteer English Teacher

A group of five of us—retired firefighters and myself—rolled out toward the Goat Canyon Trestle, drawn by that raw mix of desert solitude and forgotten railroad grit. We started strong from the Jacumba area, parking near DeAnza Springs Resort or a pullout off Carrizo Gorge Road for easy access to the old rail grade. The […]

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Two Years Ago Today: January 25, 2024Veracruz, Mexico – on the Malecón This morning, my friend Dale and I rolled our motorcycles out of the charming little town of Tecolotlán (which fittingly means “place of owls”) in Jalisco. After two tough but rewarding days on the road, we both felt a quiet sense of earned […]

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