Chasing The Blue Beyond

The winds of grace always blow for us  but you have to raise your sails a nd just go.  Putting the He in Hero, all action/adventure films have the same moral: Perseverance pays. Of all the things I am not very content at doing,living on land is the most outstanding.  I was an armchair sea dog, growing up on LAWNGUYLAND(L.I.) New York, dreaming of going places, but I never started and therefore  I never failed. Those Who Do Not Move, Do Not Notice Their Chains Considering how much inner "nomad" is in each of us, in adulthood I gave myself permission to LEAVE ASAP, and imaginatively re-create(d) my ID in line with my true allegiances of a place noted for second chances, Venice Beach, California . Sea Change How inappropriate to call this planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean. Let The Orinoco Flow --There is no doubt about it, the exhilarating state of mind that travel can evoke, when everything seems suddenly fresh, vivid, intensely interesting, and memorable . ...

 On The British Isles Cruise 8/20/09 Got Kilt? Scotland the Brand verses Scotland The Brave Auld Lang Syne ...Fields Of Gold...Better Days... Just got back from The Scotch Whiskey Experience in Edinburgh. I believe I now possess Christ-like healing powers, thanks to the Angus Dundee Distillers and their Tomintoul 1976 Vintage. The irrevocably Scottish kilts, the green landscapes. the whiskey, the Bagpipes, the Porridge, and guys like Malcom, Duncan and Macbeth, all were on tap AM; as the Fest and Furious get ready for the Edinburgh Military Tattoo tonight. The Geeks Shall Inherit The Earth Sejuiced Did not see a single red haired, surly, penny-pinching Highlander who speak a language I am not familiar with. Homage to the most instantly recognisable Scot in the world ---BEAM ME UP SCOTTY, James Doohan, from Star Trek. P.B.U.H. I was channelling The Chief Engineer... "The engine imbalance is what caused the worm-hole in the first place. It'll happen again if we don't fix ...

Ed Reif - Travel Chronicles Ed Reif Travel Chronicles Where Every Journey Becomes a Story Worth Telling Risk Intelligence & Mindful Travel I have a status meeting with myself every Friday. Today's topic is risk intelligence. Risk appetite governs how much risk you want to take, while risk intelligence involves being aware how much you are actually taking. When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir? — John Maynard Keynes I tolerate ambiguity. I play poker and deal with partial information developing a high level of risk intelligence. But this is not poker, this is war. It is the ability to estimate probabili...

Steamboats Come True Life on the Mississippi  (1883) is a powerful narrative by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on the Miss R. before the U.S. Civil War, recounting his trip along The River from St. Louis to New Orleans. Twain writes with both sincerity &irreverence, as in this lament---  "There is no unhappiness like the misery of sighting land (and work) again after a cheerful, careless voyage." My  own restlessness requests "Anyplace but here" and " I want to be surprised" can be summed up with this quip---  " All I do know or feel, is, that I am wild with impatience to move, move – Move!" Twain speak close to my  heart on what’s important for adventures and  travel seekers with this quote--- 08 Flooding on the Miss R. " Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sa...

Blue Ocean Cruising has its charm and appeal, so does  Steamboatin´river cruising. Talk about "rock me on the water"- not much dramamine  being handed out on the flat rivers of Ohio, Tennessee and  even The Mighty Mississippi.  How cool that the American Queen Steamboat docks right next to the Red's Stadium on the Riverfront.  What a great way to see the Ohio River Valley.   Can't help but  think about Mark Twain as a cub pilot, and Baseball Legends,Cy Young, Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio and Jackie Robinson. who played in these towns along the Ohio, Tennessee and Mississippi  river. We are docked right in front of Cincinnati's Great American Ball Park; future home team of Jon Moscot, my nephew playing  w/ Reds Double-A affiliate Pensacola Blue Wahoos . Traveling With Mark Twain Life on the Mississippi  (1883) is a powerful narrative by Mark Twain of his days as a steamboat pilot on Ol’ Man River before the American Civil War, and also ...