Brian and I are cruising to the border in a luxury van with our friends, Will, Marcellin, Charles, and Leigh. I have branded our merry band of travelers “The Santa Fe Six.” Together, we enter the country of Botswana.

We arrive in Lower Zambezi with friends from Santa Fe: Will, Marcellin, Charles, and Leigh. It takes a small prop plane and a boat to get to Sausage Tree Camp.

I had a dream to go to Africa. It started thirty years ago when I met William Ruck Keene, the owner of Tongabezi Camp in Zambia, and Ralph Bousfield, the owner of Jack's Camp in Botswana.

When Roxy calls me one morning in early June, I tell her that I’ve been thinking about a summer trip to the Basque Country. There is dead silence on the other end of the phone. Sensing that this isn’t

We rarely go back to a place. After all, there are so many places to see, but Jamaica is near and dear to our hearts, mostly because of the people. Especially Bernard Suarez, our friend and tour guide whom we have had the pleasure of knowing for close to ten years.

It’s the first day of 2022, and it’s our first day in Ecuador, an adventure that starts in a cloud forest above Quito. Reserva Yanacocha is a magical setting steeped in mist and alive with a menagerie of colorful birds. Wild turkeys eat bananas in a tree (you heard me), and a dizzying assortment of hummingbirds dances around us.

It’s the first day of 2022, and it’s our first day in Ecuador, an adventure that starts in a cloud forest above Quito. Reserva Yanacocha is a magical setting steeped in mist and alive with a menagerie of colorful birds. Wild turkeys eat bananas in a tree (you heard me), and a dizzying assortment of hummingbirds dances around us.

On a sunny Santa Fe morning following a routine check-up, I asked my primary care doc the best way to stay safe flying to Los Angeles. I was picking up my daughter Roxy at USC the next day and I wanted to protect myself from The Corona Virus. I was open-mouth-surprised when he said, “Do NOT get on that plane.” Say, what? He added, “You could drive.”