Hola mis amigos y familia - I hope everyone is well Well it has been a little while since my last blog so I wanted to update everyone on what is going on out here in my neck of the woods. The season here is coming to an end quickly. I survived another PIB "invasion" - People in Black, the people who come in for the Sundance film festival ( click here for the full size pictures). This festival i only drove around a few stars: scarlet johansen, Dennis hopper, Bruce Hornsby ... none of which tipped!!! Today I am suppose to close on the sale of my house which will make me officially homeless. Though I think I have been "homeless" for 8 years since I have been on a "trip" for the last eight ... read more

HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL!!!!!!! hey don't want to read, click here for photos / fotos well i have completed the final leg of my trip and I am back in Park city, Utah where i will work another winter at Stein Eriksen lodge. I took a greyhound bus (the last time i will do that) from Duluth Minnesota to salt lake city. The trip ended up taking about 53 hours. Not all of it was on the bus since salt lake is only about 22 hour drive from Duluth. In Kansas city , Kansas, the bus to Denver was full so even though i had a ticket i could not get on it and I had to back track to somewhere in Iowa. To make matters worse i left my backpack in the over head rack. ... read more

hola amigos, familia y viajeros First let me say that i have a NEW "host" for my photos/fotos. click the below link to see all my photos from this trip my photos are now on smugmug.com CLICK HERE I am currently in Waukegan, Illinois and will be leaving on the second to last leg of my trip tomorrow when I will take a greyhound bus to Duluth, Mn. This will probably be the most uncomfortable leg of my entire trip. If you don't know, the bus system in the US sucks to say the least. The trip is a 7.5 hour ride by car, but by bus it will take me about 16 hours or so. From Duluth I will probably have to hitchhike to Ely, MN (which is a two hour car ride from ... read more

ok, as usual i am a bit behind on the olod travel blogs so i will keep this one short. ran into paddy and suzie again, this was the 5th time and hopefully not the last. not sure where they are now, where are you guys??? enough said, hope you enjoy the photos. i will be back in the states on the 18th of october and back in waukegan around the 25th of oct. I should be in Minnesota in early Nov and back to work after that!!!!!... read more

hola mis amigos, Well i am in ecuador now and trying to get caught up on my "blogs". we did a two night trek in colca canyon, the worlds deepest canyon. well actually the second deepest. there is a canyon next to it that is a little deeper. i believe the canyon is about 10000 feet deep, but again i can be wrong. anyway, we only hiked down about 3000 feet or so (but that was plenty for my knees) . spent the night down in the canyon and then hiked out the next day stopping at a oaisis to relax by the pool. on the way out some of us were a little tired and hungry and found out that the guide didnt have any food - he forgot to mention that we should buy ... read more

Took a quick 3 or 4 hour bus ride around the lake to Puno. the border crossing was a breeze and the transition to peru was smooth a butter. there wer suptle differences - the prices were slightly higher, people dressed a little less traditionally and there seemed to be more tourists. also the vendors seemed a little more aggressive, maybe because the were more tourists. as i right this i am in lima and the differences are huge. there are very few people dressed traditionally or like campacinos (country people). even in la paz bolivia the were a lot of campacionos. the prices are a lot higher here in lima, they are even higher than argentina. so i am back in a dorm for the first time in over three months!!!!! i am paying $9 ... read more