“You’re going to sit on me lap, are ya lass?” The Irish taxi driver asked as I stood by (what I considered) to be the passenger-side door. I smiled, nervously, and walked back around the cab, “Oh, uh, sorry.” Fiery-haired Declan was as kind as they come, he illuminated the taxi ride by showing off his… [Read More]
Dispatch: Hiking with England’s Romantic Poets
I paused near a mountain-top stream to get my bearings. Frankly, I was lost. A velvet layer of bright green moss coated the smoky stone and ridges; the stream foamed white against each collection of pebbles; swift but peaceful. The rhythm had a calming effect as I checked out my map. I should be three… [Read More]
40 Days Spent in the Alaskan Wilderness
I spent 40 days in the Alaskan wilderness. It’s the sort of statement that makes people do a double take and then step back, give you a once over and ask “You DID!?” It’s hard to imagine that I once hiked through Denali National Park with a backpack the size of another person strapped to… [Read More]
