This website illuminates my life and adventures. My longing for freedom has led me to over 2600 of the world’s 3978 provinces, to every country on earth and to the summit of the highest peak on each continent (thank heaven for good weather!). In my travels, I learned to respect the intelligence and ingenuity of people of all races and callings both past and present. Come see the world as I see it: as a peaceful place, full of nature and beauty. With the right spirit and intent, we can make our world a virtual Garden of Eden.
DISTINCTIONS: BBC 2017 Travel Pioneer • Journal Articles • Explorer’s Club Flag Expeditions
World Parks Project • Walk Across South America • Jeff Shea Travel Map
Slovenia, Celje Prov, Drying Hay
Turkey, Sanliurfa Prov, Cart And Car
Myanmar, Yangon Prov, Laying Budda
Slovenia, Kozje Prov, Stream Decoration
Cambodia, Krong Preah Sihanouk Prov, House
Myanmar, Shan Prov, White Horse Carriage
Slovenia, Lukovica Prov, Horse Head
Ascension, Looking Down, 2002 - We hiked to the high point of Ascension Island. This photograph was taken on the way down. Ascension is occupied by the US and British military. Ascension is an important breeding ground for sea turtles. If you go to the beach at night at the during the breeding season, you can see the turtles lay eggs. We saw them on February 19, 2002
Turkey, Antalya Prov, Coastal Mountains
November 29, 2009 - A really wonderful day. I loved today. Lots of great sites, enthusiasm, photos, love and food. When I went out for a morning run, I went back to get my camera because the mountains across the bay from Antalya's old ciity were incredibly beautiful, spanning for twenty miles and beyond. I ran through the cobblestone streets of the old city. I got the family, we went out by car to the old city, stopping for bread and cheese, olives, etc. We bought nougat and then I had Turkish coffee at a tea shop with hookahs. We left and drove towards the east. I stoped before Sekir?? because there was a table mountain with high peaks behind it. But I spent too much time trying to get close to it and we lost a valuable hour (although the first half hour resulted in good photos). We drove as far as M___. On the way we got hot corn on the road side. Then we headed northeast towards Konya. The mountains were beautiful!! The scenes changed from forested peaks to bare earth-colored mountains. We got tea on the road side. Two women cooked a kind of large pancake, but I told the family there was no time to wait. We finally entered Konya province after 3p. Once on the flat plain I took some photos of a beautiful burnt tree. (IMG_1086) We raced to get to Karaman province but instead of heading off on the main road to the east, we took the road to Hidam, which ended up being very windy and time consuming. It is completely dark by 520p (and getting dark by 420 or so?). We stopped in Taskent (Tashkent) and had the most delicious local pizza ever wth tea, 15 Lira. We finally got to Karaman Province at about 7p. I took a lot of night photos, maybe two hours worth. (IMG_1124) (IMG_1137) Later, maybe an hour before stopping for the night, I stopped off the side of the road and made love to Novita. It was incredibly hot. 
Norway, Svalbard, Landscape, 2007 - This photo was taken as our Euro-American North Greenland Expedition 2007 flew back to Longyearbyen from Greenland. It shows the pristine magnificence of Spitsbergen. (IMG_2925)