The Groto; Bruce Peninsula National Park of Canada Hi, and thanks for checking out this blog! It is supposed to be mainly a photo blog, showing beautiful places that I've visited in North America. If you've landed here hoping for pictures and a bit of my back story, well, then stick around; that's what this post is all about. I'll tell you a little bit about me, something about my travels and travel plans, a bit about the rig and gear I use to travel with, and a few of the things I've learned about solo adventure travel. It should help you figure out how to use the rest of this blog as well. So, I'm a single retired guy who spends 8 to 9 months per year living out of my van, traveling mostly in Canada and the USA where I go to amazing places and do fun stuff while I'm there. Amazing places to me mostly involve nature: Rivers and lakes, waterfalls, rocks, trees, mountains, wildlife, geology. Fun stuff to me include
My original plan to travel to Newfoundland or Lake Superior in May through July didn't work out, but I had plenty of opportunities to paddle and do fun stuff in amazing places closer to home. Highlights included boating along the Delaware and the Susquehanna Rivers in Pennsylvania, visiting historic parts of cities like Boston, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC, and catching up with some of my friends here at home. Paddling along the Potomac River in West Virginia... ...with fun rapids and interesting waterfalls along the way A couple of visits to Havre de Grace, Maryland. Here my friend Jeannie and I are visiting some of her favorite places in town... ...and here, I joined my friend Kevin and a couple of his friends for a sailing race, also in Havre de Grace A "Covered Bridges" canoe / kayak tour along Sherman's Creek... ...the inside of one of those covered bridges, in central PA An overnight trip on the West Branch of the Susquehanna River... ...with good paddl