Iguanita
October 8, 2023, Costa Rica. Tom and Jean invited me to the Friends meeting this Sunday. Normally, it’s an informal “popcorn” style gathering without a leader, but this time it was […]
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Puerto Viejo
October 1, 2023, Costa Rica. I’d left Rancho Los Palos and headed to Cartago. It was a Sunday and I didn’t expect much traffic. I’d found a swank café called […]
Santa Fe
August 11, 2023, Panama. I slept only two or three hours. I told Einy I thought I should stay, but she seemed perplexed and gave me the impression she thought […]
El Valle de Antón After Knee Surgery
August 1, 2023, Panama. I woke after a restless night, still thinking about feeling taken advantage of and knowing I needed to say something. I wrote a message to Tamir […]
Latvia to Finland with Shawn
July 11, 2018. Shawn had joined me in Riga the day before. With the end of the National Latvian Song Festival, I was spent, but happy to see Shawn. We […]
Istria to France
August 23, 2022. I camped on the beach near Pula, falling asleep to the sound of the Adriatic lapping against the shore. I awoke to the sound of cars driving […]
Slovenia
August 19, 2022. I woke to a wet, miserable mess. Everything felt damp, but miraculously my tent fly had held up and kept me dry. Thank you, trusty gear. I […]
Hallein, Austria
August 12, 2022. I woke to a damp world. Everything was wet—tent, gear, me—but I had actually slept pretty well, considering. I drove down to the base of the park, […]
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