Why is Anthony Bourdain stalking me? And why am I stalking a hot Swedish woman named Ingrid?

I am a sucker when a young woman asks me for a favor, especially if her name is Ingrid.
 
Excuse me while I fantasize about this certainly hot Swedish woman who found me over the boundless breadth of the immense internet.  Me.
And excuse my extrapolation of a woman’s name sounding Swedish and aren’t all Swedish women [...]

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We interrupt our Vancouver travel show to bring you this disturbing story.

I have previously posited posts on the unfortunate occasion of becoming ill or injured while traveling.
This story is one I would have more imagined to have occurred while visiting some far off, so-called third world country with substandard health conditions.
But life is not always as expected.
The moral of this story, told up front as [...]

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The Great Fishless Fish Safari: Part II – never bring a fly rod to a gunfight.

The other day I presented Part I of the saga of our fly-fishing field trip of last weekend where our heroes were in search of a little known, semi-secret trout stream.
                                
Today, you will get the complete truth about the fishing safari(what else would you expect from a fisherman) regardless of what you may have [...]

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29 Going on 30. For some, life goals. For others, a lot of sun and alcohol.

For some of us that is 29 going on 30 years and for some of us that is 29 going on 30 days.
 
 Not that anyone noticed, but my posts have been few and far between during the last 30 days, with major emphasis on the “far.” My month of cruising on the 42’ sailboat Cirque [...]

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Tailed by the Mexican Navy…NOW?!? Where were they 20 years ago when I needed them?

The government is our friend.
The police is our friend.
Just keep repeating that mantra, even as the red and blue lights brightly flicker on behind you and you hear that loud burst of the siren yelp.
“O.K. I’m not doing anything wrong.”
“I have nothing to worry about.”
Keep telling yourself that, even though you may have to yell [...]

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Topless kayaker sighted in Z-town bay: Clueless kayaker sighted at Manzanillo bay.

Just a quick post before we move the sailboat from the Las Hadas (look up the movie “10″) back to beautiful Santiago bay.
Yes, we did see a topless kayaker before we left Z-what bay (and yes, it was a grown woman).
Sorry, film was not available at press time.
Yesterday as we arrived in front of the [...]

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Why do I have all this “stuff” spread out all over the floor? Oh, now I remember.

 
I just did my online airline check-in.
My bags are “kind of” packed.
I have my passport, pesos, and pills.
It must be time to hit the road again…
(Or, more accurately, the airport lines, the TSA frisk and frolic, the pre-flight Bloody Mary, the cramped–knees in my chest–airplane seats, and the $2 water.)
Back to the ToDo List…

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If I Twittered I would write: Ow, ow, ow.

Friday: hours of fresh “pow” at Brighton.
Saturday: hours of great downhill action at Snow Basin.
Tomorrow: The Canyons – assuming I can crawl out of bed.
And Monday: we’re going to Snowbird?
I’m writing checks (literally) that my body is paying for (more literally).

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I love Utah: Milly gets me up so quickly. Oh, Milly!

Second in my series of “Twitter-like” posts.
GREAT POWDER at Brighton today. New highspeed Millly Express a gem. Had runs all to myself.
Ran out of Rumplemintz-damn kids, anyway.

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Twitter-ishing: Take One

Made it to Utah. Fun flight attendent.
Not ready for Twitter–thought I would try Workpress’s “Quick Press.”
Look ma-no hands.

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