Tag: into the wild
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Nowhere, Alaska
I’ve been nowhere for a few hours and gone a day or two without a shower, but that’s about it. Alaska was different. My compatriots and I talked for months about how we’d feel when the float plane took off and left us to our own devices in the Alaskan wilderness. It was surreal and…
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Staring at the Sun
If I’m being honest, I never imagined I’d ever visit the state of Arkansas. However, there are some famous rivers such as the White and Little Red, which hold brown trout that would eat the browns I’ve been catching recently. In 1992, a 40 pound brown trout was caught below Greer’s Ferry Lake (where we…
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Into the Wild: Small Wonders
As a teacher, I’m not too proud to admit when I’m wrong and if I get a question I can’t answer, I’ll look it up. For one thing, I want to know more tomorrow than I do today and I want to practice what I preach, not just preach. So, how I had never read the…
