One Hell of a Paddle
Expedition 2012: From Vermont to James Bay by Canoe Paddling Forward, Giving Back Expedition 2012's Route By R.Richards Family friend, Tom Bloch is one of ten crew members of Expedition 2012, an epic...
View ArticleWildlife’s Overpasses on Today’s Highways
Wildlife Bridge Overpass – Giving animals a leg up on the auto traffic Where’s the merge lane and who has right of way when the only traffic are animals such as tigers, wallabies, possums or kangaroos?...
View ArticleJustifying My Existence
A case for the hard working travelers & educators Finally Realizing I Actually Did Make the Best Life Decisions By R. Richards, Founder Mountain Spirit Institute Andrew McCarthy in his book “The...
View ArticleNew Zealand Singer Loving Life on the Road in N. America
By Lucy Ibbotson Otago Daily Times Van Riel in Bodie California Lake Hawea, New Zealand singer-songwriter Anna van Riel, between gigs on her sustainable house concert tour across North America, plays...
View ArticleTurning Down the Family Business
Decisions on the Life Path Felix is from Bavaria. He had a choice to make – Follow in his father’s footsteps, or follow his heart. Learn what he and his fiance decided to do!
View ArticleOver-Tourism – Now What Do We Do?
Dexter and Genelle Richards at Dexter’s Inn circa 1940 ©randallrichards I grew up in tourism. My parents started a ski lodge, Dexter’s Inn, in the 1940’s in Sunapee, New Hampshire. I’ve been in and...
View ArticleWe’ve Lost a Good One.
This post is dedicated to the late Maria Figueroa Norabuena, who I consider the heart of my Peruvian Family. The matriarch, she died recently of complications while in Lima getting medical treatment,...
View ArticleFulfilling our Mission, and Our Passion
Before lock-down, here on the South Island of New Zealand, we were quite busy renting out our accommodation to AirBnB guests from all over the world. We enjoyed meeting people from Italy to the US,...
View ArticleA Reminder from the Universe
From the Pacific Crest Outward Bound* Book of Readings(*Now called Northwest Outward Bound) I love it when spirit nudges us. Our family does an evening reading at our dinner table every night before...
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