It's a New Dawn
“Fish in the sea You know how I feel River running free You know how I feel Blossom on a tree You know how I feel It's a new dawn It's a...
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Dave Burden
Aug 7, 20224 min read
Seronera and Oswego Camp
We drove in to Seronera thinking it was a town. We were wrong. Seronera is a small collection of buildings with vague purposes and...
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Dave Burden
Mar 17, 20226 min read
Across the Serengeti
Continuing across the Serengeti we were once again immersed in the Great Migration. Today, in addition to the hundreds of thousands of...
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Dave Burden
Mar 16, 20226 min read
Ngorogoro to Shinyanga
Ngorogoro to Shinyanga The descent from Ngorogoro to the plains of the Serengeti was another day of mind blowing transformation. Coming...
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Dave Burden
Mar 15, 20224 min read
From Manyara to Ngorogoro
The journey from Lake Manyara to Ngorogoro Crater was like driving from one planet to another. The dry savannah of the Arusha region...
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Dave Burden
Mar 14, 20224 min read
Launching Our Tanzania Safari
We came rolling out of Luxor a little banged up. Jason’s stomach was still staging a rebellion, and I had gotten a little more sun that...
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Dave Burden
Mar 11, 20222 min read
Thank you Egypt! I'll Be Back
If you’ve dreamed of visiting the great sites of Egypt, I am now able to assure you that they are absolutely as mind-blowingly awesome as...
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Dave Burden
Mar 5, 20223 min read
Cairo - GDT Officially Kicks Off
As my flight touched down in Cairo at about 2:00 this morning I flipped on my phone and the first thing I see is a text from James asking...
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Dave Burden
Mar 4, 20224 min read
Oh Man... What Now?
The plan for our GDT around the world tour has undergone a revision or two along the way. The “original” plan (aka. The earliest version...
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Dave Burden
Feb 26, 20223 min read
Going Alpine
In a move that indicates both the kindness of their hearts and the questionable nature of their judgement, my good friend Dan and his...
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Dave Burden
Feb 17, 20223 min read
A Super Experience in Jupiter
It’s Super Bowl Sunday and we just walked in to what seems like L.A. Rams Headquarters at Timbers Jupiter. The concierge team here has...
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Dave Burden
Feb 12, 20227 min read
High Times in the Lowcountry
After spending the first 7 years of my life bouncing around overseas, we moved to Hilton Head Island in the Lowcounty of South Carolina...
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Dave Burden
Feb 5, 20223 min read
A Soggy Dollar Well Spent
When stories are told of adventures and antics in the British Virgin Islands, a great many of them start, end, or run through the Soggy...
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Dave Burden
Feb 3, 20224 min read
Sailing the British Virgin Islands
Sailing the British Virgin Islands is always an incredible experience. The waters conspire to show you a limitless number of greens and...
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Dave Burden
Jan 29, 20223 min read
A Timbers Ohana Sailing Adventure
Right now it’s a dark, starry night and we are bobbing gently off the coast of St. John. Everyone has gone to sleep and it’s time to wind...
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Dave Burden
Jan 24, 20223 min read
Back to St. Thomas
Flying in to St. Thomas, your first glimpse of land is a beautiful collection of bays, beaches, and a couple of small cays just off of...
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Dave Burden
Jan 17, 20224 min read
Flashbacks in Baja
In Hawaiian culture, the Hi’u Wai is a ceremony held in the morning for the purpose of starting the day with a clear mind. I’ve been very...
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Dave Burden
Jan 11, 20224 min read
Sometimes the Trip is About Your Crew
Leaving home. It’s a transition we’ve all made in various forms. Leaving for the day to go to work or go to play. Leaving for college to...
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Dave Burden
Jan 2, 20222 min read
Having a budget is one thing...
As James and I started getting more and more serious about this whole “take a year off and see the world” concept, I kept running in to a...
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Dave Burden
Dec 31, 20217 min read
The GDT
The most romanticized version of the concept is the American idea of the Australian “Walkabout”. The most organized effort may be how the...
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