Chasing The Blue Beyond

 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 ...

Travel / Risk / Sea / Mindful Attention Ed Reif Travel Chronicles Where every journey becomes a story worth telling—and every destination becomes a test of attention, uncertainty, and perspective. See Full Image Show Text “When the facts change, I change my mind. What do you do, sir?” John Maynard Keynes Opening Bearing Risk Intelligence and Mindful Travel I hold a status meeting with myself every Friday. The subject is often risk intelligence. Risk appetite governs how much risk you want to take. Risk intelligence is the awareness of how much risk you are actually taking. Field Note 01 Partial Information I tolerate ambiguity. Poker trained me to work with partial information and develop a stronger sense of probability. But this is not poker. This is war. Risk intelligence is the ability to estimate pro...

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...

Cincinnati · Ohio River · Mississippi The Elixir Traveling With Mark Twain The American Queen, baseball legends, river history, and the call to move, move—move. See Full Image Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir 01 Blue Water Meets Brown Water Steamboatin’ River Cruising Blue-ocean cruising has its charm and appeal. So does steamboatin’ river cruising. Talk about “rock me on the water.” There is not much Dramamine being handed out on the flat rivers of Ohio, Tennessee, and even the mighty Mississippi. How cool is it that the American Queen steamboat docks beside the Reds’ stadium on the riverfront? What a way to see the Ohio River Valley. ...