Down the Colorado River
It was a pretty spontaneous decision on my part. After all, I thought to myself, what harm could there be going on a canoe trip amongst a group of men with whom six I worked with for a number of years? So naturally I jumped at the opportunity to go on an extended 76 mile trip down the Colorado River from Blythe to Yuma, when I was asked if I wanted to go, the day before the trip. Little did I know what adventures lay ahead. ..

Grizzly Man
I recently watched the movie, The Grizzly Man, about a man named Timothy Treadwell who went to Alaska for 13 years during the summertime to observe and film Grizzly bears, up until Timothy and his female companion, Amie Huguenard, were mauled, and devoured in 2003.  

Paddling with your Pooch
Years later, I can still vividly recall the horrific growls and screams, similar to a child screaming in fear, and the last agonizing whimper, when everything went deadly silent...

My Portage from Hell
To try to accurately describe the difficulties of portaging our canoes trudging through almost impassable thick, ankle deep mud, after a heavy rain the evening before will be difficult. By the time we reached our destination we looked like wild renegades covered with mud from head to foot, after repeatedly landing on our derrieres, from slipping in the mud.....