Serra and the Mission Walkers

From the Santa Barbara mission our little expedition still had another 35 miles to walk, to reach our final destination of this journey in Ventura, California. The words to the song Ventura Highway by “America” now resonates within me as our group takes in the full view of the Pacific Ocean. In 1972, the song […]

Old Age/Jeep/Motorcycle/Retired/Manners/Greetings of the Day

When asked: “What did God do before he created the universe?” I didn’t reply: “He was preparing Hell for people who asked such questions.” And that my friends is how it felt pondering thoughts of why a good many young people don’t feel it necessary to offer up an adios, a goodbye, or even the […]

An Outdoor Shower

Sometimes the road of life leads you to some unexpected small joy. Today, that joy comes to me in the form of my outdoor shower that proved extremely useful during our 2021 summers heatwave. Every home I’ve owned so far, always ends up with an outdoor shower sooner or later for various reasons. In our […]

Just Another Day on the PCT/Circa 2011

Last night I slept by a water cache spot on the Pacific Crest Trail. The area is totally barren and the current temperatures are easily above 100 degrees. Trail Angels supply the area with plastic gallon containers of drinking water. I easily saw how one could go from a fit hiker to a casualty, heat […]

Memories of Loma de la Cruz, Holguin Cuba

And on a second visit to Cuba we land in the province of Holguin; I’m armed this time with cousins, whom years ago experienced first hand the island’s rise of communism, as young children. Their father, my Uncle died of dementia on the Florida mainland. Thankfully, he enjoyed many fruitful years of life, watching his […]

The Free Spirit Phenomena

On a Jeep trip to the Yukon, in 2011, I suddenly discover the “free spirit” phenomena; it’s not a myth, it actually does exist, and her name was Carol. We are a group of maybe ten jeep adventurers now walking towards the admission area to partake in a glacier tour, on massive tundra wheeled behemoths. […]