I got to revisit one of my favorite places in Colombia this week.  I hadn't meant to set it up as my last trip outside of Bogota, but it just worked out that way.  Two words:  Monkey Island.    ...

Sitting at the top of Nevada we had a decision to make: take Rt 80 to Reno where we could go through the Donner pass into California and then head south to hit Yosemite OR turn south in Reno and head...

When I walked into the grocery store, the 2 or 3 people near the registers just sort of... stared.  One woman blinked several times.  I smiled (not that anyone could tell), half waved, brushed off some snow and made my...