Well, we are mid way through the year and so far I have done a lot, but I think the best adventures are still in the second part of the year. Let’s take a quick review at the highlights of the first six months of 2023: Offshore Fishing Back to back offshore fishing trips on…
Whenever I get get together with these two guys (both former marines) a good time is had by all. Last time the three of us went offshore fishing in 2019, I wound up with a concussion about 30 miles or so offshore North Carolina! This time just fishing, full day offshore Miami and pleasant seas….
For me a critical part of getting ready for any adventure is reading about the area I’m going: history, culture, geography, maps, wildlife, previous explorers and expeditions of the area, etc.. For Alaska I read a ton of natural history and adventure books and here is my reading for my first trip to the Amazon,…
I’m a little more than 2 months from my Amazon Fishing trip. There is so much yet to do and finalize before I head to Manaus in August. This is a fully guided expedition that’s at a jungle lodge deep in the Amazon. The lodge is a half day boat ride to the nearest dirt…
In getting ready for my upcoming trip to the Amazon, today I got my Yellow Fever shot and a prescription for anti-malaria pills. When I was in the Navy I had a yellow fever shot, but that was more than 40 years ago and I decided it was time to update my immunity. So today…
For an avid fisherman from the Lower 48, fishing Alaska is a bucket list trip. For someone like me who lives in South Florida and is used to balmy 80 degree water targeting my local favorites bonefish, tarpon and snook, Alaska is a challenge. One that I accepted and planned for more than a year. …
In the quiet of the high desert you can almost hear the giddy ups along the old Santa Fe Trail. the area northeast of Santa Fe is pretty much unchanged since the Santa Fe trail’s heyday during the mid 19th century. The Santa Fe Trail was the main overland trail from Missouri to Santa Fe…
In this video, we’ll take a look at Wild West Fort Union on the Santa Fe Trail in New Mexico. Fort Union was the so-called Guardian of the Santa Fe Trail and today is a beautiful historic fort and a great place to visit if you’re interested in the history of the Santa Fe Trail….
Fly Fishing in the desert? No way! that’s what I though when I was planning my trip to New Mexico. A little bit of research proved there is great trout fishing in New Mexico, especially the area where I was headed, Santa Fe. I spent a full day fishing with a local Orvis endorsed guide…
On a dirt road, off the Old Santa Fe Trail and in the Shadow of the Wagon Mound, the last natural landmark on the trail headed towards Fort Union, sits an Old West Cemetery. The Santa Clara Cemetery, still in use by the local community, is also the final resting place of many pioneers from…
