July of 2019. I took a little trip with the Zodiac “Thor”. 33 miles one way in open water. We explore some of the history and open water loneliness.
Yearly Archives: 2019
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The mist rolled across the tiny fake village of Glen Haven. The enfolding morning fog was slowly retreating skyward as the sun burned it. I pushed the sticky door of the tiny “Park Ranger” office in the back of a newly reconstructed residence. The door squeaked open to reveal three, […]
Overcoming a fear is rewarding and terrifying. Like grieving, it takes time.
I hadn’t paid attention to the ground instruction. I was just excited that it was time to rappel. I had been chosen to join the upperclassmen of the ROTC program for some advanced training. Apparently, this freshman had shown superior land navigation skills and “rabbit skinning/preparation skills” and it impressed […]
“VLOG” May 2019. I joined a father son team of pilots and adventurer. We headed to a remote air strip on an uninhabited island in Lake Michigan. Few pilots will venture over water in a single engine plane to land on a grass strip on an island of trees and […]
It was late summer as we slogged through the Canadian bush to the promise of a “river bath”. My queen was unhappy. She had that kind of “frustrated” you get when you have been recovering from multiple “ortho-involved” surgeries for the past two years and are forced to hike over […]
Dentist-turned-“bush pilot” GEORGE ERICKSON flies his Piper Cub seaplane into the far reaches of the north. With a couple of close calls, Erickson sets up camp on unexplored lakes and rivers, fishes for trout, struggles with bad weather, overflies forest fires, and and mingles with polar bears, killer whales, musk […]
I slid by the muddy banks of the Grand River, gliding my kayak into the shadows of the trees. It was quiet, except for the gentle gurgle of water. Just then, I came upon a cow standing in the water. She looked at me – silent and still. I glared […]
This is a continuation of the “Desert Expedition” report. In our first dispatch, we talked about Wupatki and the mysterious abandonment. We considered the evidence, visited the ruins and the road led here. The heart of the Ancestral Pueblo civilization. See Wupatki – The Shadowed Village As I strolled around […]
This month – we consider “438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea “ On November 17, 2012, two men left the coast of Mexico for commercial fishing trip in the open Pacific. Though, in this part of the world, commercial fishing is done in small boats […]