I feel giddy like a 7-year-old at Christmas. I look out over the barren tundra, a new environment for me, and think about how it makes me feel free and hopeful. The clouds break, and a crack of blue sky appears as if the game of hide and seek is over, and it can finally […]
Tim looked at me and asked, “What are you nervous about?” I was shivering with water rushing around me perched at the top of Empress Falls in Australia’s Blue Mountains. I was staring down 80 feet to the bottom where the water spray exhibited it’s sheer power. There were so many things swirling in my […]
As I watched all of the little dots climb the Harbor Bridge in Sydney in the distance, I decided that I didn’t want to do what all the other tourists were doing. Instead of climbing the bridge, I wanted to sail under it. So much of Sydney culture is centered around the water and harbor. […]
