Welcome to our blog!

Here you will find the periodic wanderings of "Steady" Rod and "Spirit" Fran. We wandered around the world for 20 months fifteen years ago, and have hiked or kayaked a number of long treks since then. Scroll along the listings to the right to see which trip you want to explore, check out a little bit about us using the buttons above, or just start reading chronologically below.

"Any day outdoors is a good day. Any day on the water is even better."

My 2017 hike was a 360-mile trek on the Bigfoot Trail in California, which you can read in reverse chronical order below, or start at the beginning.

Our 2013 wandering was a 4,000-mile hike and kayak journey from Key West in Florida to Halifax, Nova Scotia in Canada. You can read about it starting at the beginning.