Back at it – Summer 2021
We’ve not really even started yet – still waiting for the rest of our family to join us. But we’re back at it, experiencing the world one campground, one national park, and… Read More
Namibia – Lost Among the Red Dune Mountains
We were lost, wandering the desert wilderness for about 45 minutes just north of Tsumeb (soo-meb). Worry was setting in. No map. No food. Only a quarter tank of gas in a… Read More
Brazil – Where Danger Lurks
Asher and I were standing at the end of a three-meter long tree stump that was stretched out over the fastest part of the Salobra River. We were nervous. Beneath us, schools… Read More
Alaska – An Epic Loop to the Arctic Circle
He was our neighbor for six days in Fairbanks and we spoke every morning and evening, but I knew nearly nothing about the man; nothing except that our dog, who usually barks… Read More
Japan – Coloring Inside the Lines
Contrasted with the sweat and strain of Southeast Asia, we found Japan a nation of sublime balance where strife and urgency are juxtaposed against natural beauty and human aesthetics. We arrived in the… Read More
Vietnam – Down the Rabbit Hole
Asher and I were crawling 15 feet beneath the hot jungle of Vietnam, still 50 meters from the intersection where we hoped to find steps back to the surface. We had no map, no… Read More
Cambodia – Temple Mountain
“Do you know about the linga?” our guide asked. We nodded. It was the tenth time he’d shared the story about their significance in the Angkor culture, but that didn’t stop him… Read More
Laos – Land of the Red Sun
It was night when we landed; as we walked a quarter mile across the tarmac to the terminal, flakes of black ash gently spun around us like maple seeds in dry August.… Read More