The famous conservative author, William F. Buckley, Jr., had a legendary biography as best-selling author, magazine publisher, TV personality, and confidant to presidents Nixon and Reagon. I became acquainted with Buckley because of his avocation and skills as a deepwater sailor. His adventures with companions who included ambassadors, Time/Life editors, and other distinguished companions involved […]

Death Valley is known as the hottest, driest, lowest national park in the United States. With an elevation 282 feet below sea level, Death Valley holds the world record for recording 134 degrees in 1913. This year having had 17 consecutive days above 120 degrees, it appeared it might be a candidate to set a […]

The first sailboat I owned was one I built from scratch in Norfolk, Virginia. As a Lieutenant (jg) I had just received my Navy pilot’s wings and had orders to a new squadron in Brunswick, Maine. But first I was to spend six months of additional training, six weeks of which would be in Nuclear […]

Our travel plans for June 22, 2023, in the works for several months, was to travel to Switzerland to celebrate the graduation of our granddaughter, Maia, at a Swiss boarding school. She and her two-year younger sister, Clara, have been attending a school where her dad, my youngest son Brian, and his wife, Lydia, teach. […]

Taking the rear seat out of our Cessna, we loaded the plane with bicycles and camping gear, intent on a two-week cross-country adventure to the west coast and back. Our itinerary after departing Columbus, Indiana on the morning of May 17, 1985, included Hot Springs, AK; San Antonia, TX; El Paso, TX; Grand Canyon National […]