I haven't written in a while because I couldn't write when I didn't know who I was. How do any of us live when what we thought was normal suddenly disappears, when routine and certainty are gone? How do we understand anything when our reality is so different and our thoughts and feelings have been …
Tag: survival
70/7000 September 11, 2001
It was a week and a half after I returned from my 70/7000 trip and I will always remember how sunny that morning was. I walked into the office of my elementary school and saw my colleagues silently huddled around a TV. The images of the burning World Trade Towers were surreal but our feelings …
70/7000 The Mama Grizzly and Her Two Cubs
Day 46 August 10, 2001 Well, I traveled the Trans Canada Highway today and I'm still alive to tell about it. But soon I had another challenge. As I drove up to the campgrounds at Lake Louise, I saw a sign at the registration booth that said, "No soft sided campers or tents allowed." This was not …
The Autonomous Traveler 