A Taste of WILD
Sharp rays of light tickled my face as I awoke early morning on the incongruent ground with a minefield of walnuts burrowed beneath my back. I sat up; cracked the bones in my vertebrae...
Day 1 – Mount Royal and the Raccoons
Mount Royal and the Raccoons
To avoid crossing the border by foot, I took a Greyhound to Montreal, which did not go smoothly by any means. It never does on “The Dog.” My bus...
Waking up in Canada…
She beat around the steel, rocking me like a baby in a cradle, and as soon as I shut my eyes I started drifting to sleep with the darkening sky. My nose pressed into...
The Wood Chip Train Can
Train Hopping Millinocket, Maine
I woke up covered in a thick, wet, film of condensation from the crashing raindrops running rampant throughout the rough night, festering from the ambush of humidity. I glanced through the...
Oh Canada…Written Consent?
Rock Climbing Canada
So I ended up rock climbing Canada today with Brian Piper. He's another avid skydiver at the WNY drop zone. He picked me up from the Akron Airport at about 9 AM....