Show & Tell: The Spirit of Route 66

I got my kicks on Route 66.
Location: Petrified Forest National Park, AZ

Show & Tell: Going Solo in Canyonlands

Sometimes solo travel feels like being a lone tree in a vast canyonland.
Location: Canyonlands National Park, UT

Falling for History on the Steps of the Lincoln Memorial

History was one of my least favorite subjects in school. Too much rote memorization of names, dates, and places.
I hated history in school so much that I wasn’t even very excited to visit Washington DC when I was 30. I still looked at history and politics the way I learned them in school – [...]

Show & Tell: Camping on the Island

I camped on the beach at Padre Island National Seashore for 6 weeks.

Everyday I woke up to a beautiful sunrise over the Gulf

or fog.
Location: Padre Island National Seashore, TX

Show & Tell: One Small Step for Man, One Giant Leap for Mankind

I went to the Kennedy Space Center and learned how astronauts go to the bathroom in space.

They hold on to the handles and strap their feet in so they don’t float away.
Location: Kennedy Space Center, FL

Show & Tell: Camping with Frog Prince

I caught a frog prince, but he jumped away before I could kiss him.
Location: Sibley State Park, MN

Fractals in Nature – Discover the Beauty of Mathematics

What do you see when you look at the photo above?
I see fractals. Most people probably don’t see fractals. And for those who don’t know what fractals are Webster’s definition is:
fractal: any of various extremely irregular curves or shapes for which any suitably chosen part is similar in shape to a given larger or [...]

Dancing Your Way to Unstoppable

I didn’t make it to the Sasquatch Music Festival as I hoped, but this dancing guy video filmed at the festival has been making its way around the internet virally. The cool part is about a minute in when the third dancer enters and the scene changes from crazy dancing guy to dance party.
Ironically they [...]

Overcoming Fear to Soar to New Heights

I used to be afraid to fly. I’m not sure why — maybe the lack of control and the thought of crashing to a fiery death. Regardless, the more I made myself fly the easier it became. The past couple weeks I even voluntarily flew in a small twin engine plane. A huge step for [...]

Finding Opportunity in Disaster

When I was swinging hammers with Habitat for Humanity in New Orleans 2.5 years after Katrina hit I asked myself more than once if what I was doing was a good thing. I went to New Orleans because I wanted to help those less fortunate. Yet when I arrived I found that many [...]

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Road Schooled

Lessons from the Road to Somewhere