Global Discovery Tour 2022

Updates and observations from a lap around the world with the first kid I met in 2nd Grade.

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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...