Family – VirtualWayfarer

BackpackingMarch 15, 2016March 23, 2016

Reflecting On Two Years of Travelschooling – 20 Years Later

It was more than 20 years ago when my parents called my brother and I into the living room. At the time I was 10 or 11 and I vaguely remember being more than a little confused. We were going to go on…

BackpackingFebruary 10, 2016

Preparing and Packing for a Year of Travelschooling

In the late summer of 1995, Jo and Ed Berger commenced their final preparations for an 11 month backpacking trip which w…

Friday Photo GalleryNovember 25, 2014

Autumn In Jutland – Weekly Travel Photo

There is a special window each year. A window of time ever so fleeting and hard to track. It is never the same day, week…

Friday Photo GalleryAugust 23, 2014

Open Roads and Changing Aspen – Weekly Travel Photo

With one arm resting half-in, half-out of the diver's side window of our white Chevy Crew Cab pickup truck the wind rac…

AfricaMarch 12, 2014March 12, 2014

The Night Rider’s Lament

(Family Photo, Europe, 1995) There's an old country classic that has always resonated with me. It's one of my favorites and always touches my soul in a way few songs are able to. The song, Night Rider's Lament, is a…

Friday Photo GalleryOctober 11, 2013

Highest Paved Road in the US – Weekly Travel Photo

In the midst of Rocky Mountain National Park is a lone winding paved road. It slowly crawls between imposing peaks, and makes its way through gorgeous meadows and along pristine streams. The road is lined by grazing elk, deer, bighorn sheep and the occasional moose as it starts a gradual climb…

Human InteractionsAugust 13, 2008October 26, 2011

Social Network Revelations – When Mom Joins Facebook

Listen to this post: Audio Blog: When Mom Joins Facebook Something happened today that left me rather surprised. It was one of those powerful epiphanies that don't necessarily change your views on things, but rath…