Category Archives: Year

Where are you going, anyway?

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

Where are you going, anyway? Implicitly and explicitly, we get asked these questions: Why don’t you just settle down into a regular life again? What are you going to do? Where are you going, anyway?     We ask ourselves …

Many Things in Life…

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

Many Things in Life…

We’re In…

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

We’re in…

Getting There

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

Our first leg was on a new Airbus 380 with a capacity of 526 people. We were five rows behind the pilots and I got a peek into the flight deck.

We had a long enough layover in Frankfurt to have lunch with Steph’s mom, Antje, who lives in the area.

If you can believe it, we give presentations about adventure travel and stand up there and tell people to, “Bring less stuff.” Really, we do.

This can mean only one thing…

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

This can mean only one thing…

The Crossroads and the Compass

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

The Crossroads and the Compass – 7 April 2012 We don’t ride as much as we used to. That’s not a good thing, but it’s just the way it’s been for the last few years. We’ve been focused on adjusting …

Sunrise, Many Glaciers Lodge, Glacier National Park

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

This was the sunrise view from the balcony of our room today at the Many Glaciers Lodge, Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. (click on image for larger size) This is a panorama created in Photoshop CS5 64 from nine separate …

One for OJ

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

19 July, 2010 While Scott is out wandering the world, we are left to more pedestrian, plebeian pursuits. Devoid of exotic destinations, we must settle for the typical, the mundane, the merely domestic. (click on image for larger size) That’s …

It’s a Small World After All

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

  Americans don’t get out much. That should come as no surprise considering that, according to the U.S. State Department, only 27 percent of Americans hold a valid passport. That means that 73 percent of Americans couldn’t get out to …

The Old Ways

Posted ago by Douglas Hackney

Reentering the grid is a challenging experience when planned and voluntary. When unexpected, arbitrary and not of your own making, it is doubly so. At times, the pragmatic aspects are overwhelming in their breadth, requiring an entire life to be …