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An inspired adventure blog

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06 Jan

Posted at 02:41h in My Adventures

“Not I, nor anyone else can travel that road for you. You must travel it by yourself. It is not far. It is within reach. Perhaps you have been on it since you were born, and did not know. Perhaps it is everywhere - on water and land.” — Walt Whitman Our final stop on our 11 day French Polynesia trip was the island of Huahine (pronounced 'oooh-ah-hee-nay').  Huahine is actually two islands that are connected by a small sand bank at low tide.  Huahine Nui is the, "big Huahine", and Huahine...

14 Dec

Posted at 02:31h in My Adventures

“Time and silence are the most luxurious things today.” — Tom Ford This is my second installment in my series about our weddingmoon to French Polynesia.  If you haven't done so already, go back and read about our first stop in the Tahitian Islands - Moorea.  After spending an amazing four days (and getting married!) on Moorea, we headed to the airport for a 45 minute flight to Bora Bora.  Our travel agent made all of the arrangements for us, but essentially, you buy an inter-island plane...

05 Dec

Posted at 08:07h in My Adventures

When I met Aaron, I told him that I was never getting married.  After essentially being a complete failure (in my mind) in the realm of relationships for the majority of my life, I had decided that there was simply no way that marriage was a good idea for me, or anybody else.  Aaron is literally the best person on earth, and he never pushed me or pressured me into changing my mind.  As our relationship developed, and as soon I stopped being completely ridiculous,...

28 Nov

Posted at 19:51h in My Adventures

“Humor is the good natured side of a truth. ” — Mark Twain If you've been following my blog, you will know that over the past several months, I've written a serial adventure chronicling our 9 days on the Wind River High Route.  It was a major undertaking for me, because my typical adventure stories are relatively involved and emotionally charged - so it isn't something that I can sit down and spit out in an hour at the computer. Looking back on my Wind River High Route...

27 Nov

Posted at 19:28h in My Adventures

“Here is my secret. It is very simple. It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; What is essential is invisible to the eye.” — The Little Prince, Antoine de Saint Exupery I started thinking about writing this final Wind River High Route entry into my blog on our very first day of hiking the route -  in fact, I started thinking about it within the very first mile of setting foot on the trail.  Honestly, it tormented me a little bit - there...