Today marks 6 months since I left the USA and I thought it would be appropriate to provide a semi-annual report to those in cubicles and orifices across the lands. However, I may have to write this in terms you can comprehend while you are sitting there reading this in violation of your company´s computer usage policies for non-work related internet visits. Well, the "Company" is doing just fine. The President & CEO ... that´s me... are extremely ...

Hello from the magnetic city of Leon. Magnetic in that I am stuck to it for good, but not really of course. I wanted to keep the web sight alive since I am still alive and kicking ... except when I take a nap in the afternoon heat in a hammock while I am well aware that you are all working. Enough said on that! I thought I would take an opportunity to post some pictures of what life is like where I am and mention some of the things I´ve been up to but haven&...

Staying in one place has it´s advantages, however, it doesn´t create the same opportunities for new adventure and photos as when I am constantly on the move. As a result, updates are fewer and farther between. I am still a hiking guide in Leon, Nicaragua and I´m sort of stuck here since I like where I´m at and haven´t mustered the motivation to move on just yet. While hiking the other day, I observed a dung-beetle working fruitlessly by...

It´s August! When the hell did that happen? Time is going quickly and it seems like I just left the USA a few weeks ago. My latest guiding trip was to Volcan Cerro Negro, a cinder-ash cone type of volcano. I realize now that every volcano has its own unique "personality" and they are all so different. Cerro Negro is an easy hike over loose ash and small volcanic rock. There is even a section that you can ski down if you wanted to trash a perfectly good set...

"Gallo pinto" is rice and beans mixed together. Nicaraguans eat it 3 times a day although sometimes for variety, they keep the rice and beans separated. My latest spanish blunder involves ordering some gallo pinto at a food stand. However, I reversed it and called it "pinto gallo", which means "I paint rooster". Fortunately, I was with Miguel, the guide from Guatemala, and after he was done laughing his ass off, he got my order straightened out for me. Speaking o...