Water

This neat little 16 footer exists in the town of Ohiopyle, yep that's right, Ohiopyle, Pa. Ohiopyle falls is on the Yough river and it is illegal to kayak, how lame is that. So, a buddy and I decided to have a couple of adult beverages and wait for the full moon. Waterfalls by moonlight are pretty sweet.

Liberty and Prohibition

Who loves field trips? The school is staying on an organic farm in Vermont, and we had the chance to visit an old time apple farmer. We began learning about sustainable food, and ended up with a greater understanding of prohibition, the preservation of fruit, and the beginning of organized crime. I'm pretty sure that I want to become a Vermont farmer.

Home

My Home for the next few weeks is poised above the banks of the Ottawa River. My family for the next year is a handful of energetic, kayaking, high schoolers, and an even smaller handful of faculty that do a pretty good job of laughing about 15hr days.

New Beginnings

With every change we are required to view the world with new eyes; we are required to rebuild a perception, while doing this, we must discard the old perceptions that should no longer be seen with our new eyes, otherwise we cannot grow. Every scan with our new eyes allows us to see either, an out of focus crapper and some thorns, or new growth. Frost said, "Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back."

Mexico to West Virginia to Canada

This June I was surfing six-foot waves in Baja, working as a carpenter. After some 85 hours of driving, dozens of cups of coffee, and lots of time to think, I am surfing six-foot waves in a kayak, working as an English teacher with a traveling high school in Canada. Oh how my life has changed, the water seems to be the only constant.

Friends

Friends, like a strong cup of coffee, daily bring warmth and solace, energy and excitement, time for reflection, and occasional the right friend, like too much coffee, will cause you to poo yourself. I have been fortunate to have a small handful of friends that have really felt like a home for me. To all of you that have laughed with me, thank you, you have no idea how far you have carried me.