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
Congo Zaire, River Boat with Barges, 1984 - After several days on the Congo riverboat, several barges had tied on. At each major port on the river, a barge would await. As the Colonel Ebeya pulled up, the barges would lash their ropes onto her, and we would proceed downriver as one. I called it the Moving Zoo. There was a market, dancing on tops of the roofs, a nightclub, and a steady stream of villagers in canoes selling monkeys, fish and fruits, etc. I was most impressed by the ease and grace with which the Zairois and Zairose danced. I had felt awkward dancing when I was younger. I was so inspired I danced with them. Later, I even took lessons in African dance.
Slovenia, Komenda Prov, Man At 112
Thailand, Sakon Nakhon Prov, Field Hut
N Ireland, Limavady Prov, Farmstead
Australia, Cocos Keeling Island, Beach, 2001 - Diary entry June 29, 2001 - Today was a diving day.... We had to go back to near where we dived this morning, a disappointment to me. Oddly enough, a dive where there was nothing new to do was interesting, because I just lost myself getting close to a lion fish (at one point I let her fins touch into my hand as the tide moved her body). Karen, the guide, signaled that the lion fish was dangerous, and then I took particular notice of the spines on the back. Also, she pointed out two moray eels to me. In particular, the Moon Wrasse was unbelievably beautiful. I give it my award for best design: violet and yellow patterns, starting out more yellow on the back end, intermingled with violet, then transitioning to more violet and less yellow toward the front. then on the snout, there were luminescent pink/maroon lines running down irregularly. Just on one little part where the fin met the body were three distinct colors: the pink/maroon, the violet and the yellow. It seemed like a flag from an African country. 
Slovenia, Idrija Prov, Village
Latvia, Ventspils Prov, Beach -
Azerbaijan, Agstafa Prov, Dog
Vietnam, Phu Yen Prov, Rock Outcrop
France, Bas-Rhin Province, Ambulance, 2008, IMG_5895 - Light and time pass, but they leave their trace in an unexplored and mysterious ethereal universe that until now, only cameras can see.