The In-Between & Next Big Thing
Seven months without a blog post, six months back on the job. Man, I am ready to be on the road! In February I made the difficult decision to call off my trip to SE Asia. I was offered a great...
View ArticleClimbing Kili—A Labor of Love, The Beginning
When Erin first asked if I’d be interested in climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro I scoffed. Absolutely not. It sounded like a long, miserable journey that I was not in any way prepared to tackle. However, after...
View ArticleClimbing Kili—A Labor of Love, The Summit
We had been trudging uphill for over 6 hours in sub-freezing conditions when we finally saw the legendary sign. We had reached the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro! Or so we thought. In a final dirty trick,...
View ArticleClimbing Kili—A Labor of Love, The End
The thing about climbing a mountain is that once you’ve reached the top, you have to come back down. All the way back down. In this case, it was approximately 15 miles and while we took seven days to...
View ArticleExtreme Dolphin Viewing in Zanzibar
As I frantically kicked my flipper-covered feet below me in the open ocean I looked over to Erin and announced the obvious: “This is, in part, my worst nightmare.” We’d been relaxing in the small...
View ArticleAn Accidental Bucket List
This is me throwing elephant poop into a bucket while blindfolded. It’s a metaphor. I love the idea of bucket lists, I really do. However, I’ve never taken the time to sit down and create a checklist...
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