My time spent at home.

Crashing Columbus

I left the Turk Museum tired, but in a great mood. It was Friday night, and the first major night of the Columbus Couch Crash. For those of you who aren't familiar, a couch crash is an event that has grown in popularity over the last few years on Read More »

2012 Madison Couch Crash Planning Video #1

The 2012 Madison Couch Crash is coming July 26-29. Here's the first in a series of promotional videos I made for the couch crash.

A Couch Crash is a CouchSurfing event in which we invite people from around the world to partake in a weekend of festivities in our city. This video highlights some of… Read More »

Extinction

An entire species went extinct yesterday. Lonesome George was the last known Pinta Island tortoise, one of eleven remaining Galapagos Island tortoise species. Until his discovery about forty years ago, scientists thought his species was already extinct. But then someone found George walking by himself on Pinta Island and brought him to the Charles Darwin… Read More »

Memorial Day Kayaking

On Memorial Day weekend, I joined the Hoofer Outing Club for their annual whitewater kayaking trip. About twenty of us drove to the northwoods, where the club owns several acres of rustic land near Lakewood known as Hooferland.

Our whole group went to the Pike river, the border with… Read More »

Late Winter Climbing

It's hard to believe with last weekend's 80-degree weather in Wisconsin, but today is the first day of spring.

Two weekends ago when it hit 55 degrees for the first time this year, I went with the local mountaineering club to nearby Devil's Lake for some rock climbing. For most of us, it was our… Read More »

I'm Back!

I know it's been a very long time, but I finally got this blog up and running again. Look for posts in the coming months about what I've been up to, as well as lots of travel advice. And before you ask, I don't have any big trips planned, but stay tuned.