The selfie right before I tried to take the selfie of all animal selfies --- with a cow AND a goat nuzzling either side of my neck. Too bad I slipped in their fresh poop and down the hill a bit and covered my entire body, shoe to shoulder, includin…
Several months ago, holed up in a room to myself (finally!) in New Zealand, I decided I would take a shower, and a photo of myself — hair wet, makeup off, any zit not covered and with the ratty towel I left on my bunk as dressing. The idea was that…
Me. Sewing my ripped backpack with dental floss. MacGuyver would be proud. — on the bus from Wellington to Taupo, New Zealand.…
Remembering Kenya: "On the job." Taking a selfie with the kiddos at a Maasai village outside the Selenkay Conservancy, Kenya. I was taking videos and we were going nuts looking at images in the back of the Nikon. I look forward to sharin…
The end of the road ... 6 hours hiking round trip to arrive at the end of Hooker Lake with Mt . Cook in the background. Just stunning. If there is God or something else, I will find it out here and not inside brick or cement walls. I sat for a long…
When I finally board the Prospector and push my backpack, tent and camera bag up into the overhead of the car, I will have been in Australia for 8 weeks and seen nothing except freaking Kalgoorlie. Haaa! I don't mind. I, in fact, will say, go…
In eighth grade Kelli told me a new girl moved in down the street. We became fast friends and despite her moving to Florida in high school and years of silence between, in the last years we have reunited as friends should, and the bittersweet is r…
When I started this trip, friends and loved ones gave me little letters to take on my journey, to be opened when times were tough. to be reminded why I am out here and the people standing by my side. I expected to open a lot and was worried I'…
At 77, Brian Champion has lived in two worlds. Until he was 7 or 8, he lived with his parents — Kaprun people on Kaprun land. Their ancestors lived in their country (land) for ages. Not too long ago, DNA from a single lock of hair confirmed that…
