In depth recounting of my global wandering
A curious choice. At first glance (and even at a second glance) Vancouver seems like an odd choice to host the Winter Olympics given that the average low temperature in December and January – the city’s two coldest months – …
How I came to visit Vancouver. My recollection of the time I spent in Vancouver, BC is, as it has been with other cities to this point, somewhat sketchy. Here’s why: When I made my lone visit to the city …
Regular readers of this blog and people who otherwise know me should be quite familiar with my fandom for Maryland Terrapins athletics including its catchphrase “Fear the Turtle.” One aspect of my travels that’s both central and peripheral and that …
Prologue. Before I start in earnest, let me brush aside the controversial hypothesis that the first humans arrived in California some 130,000 years ago. In 2017 a group of researchers looking at the remains of a mastodon and other material …
Between the posts about my trips to the American and Canadian west, Montreal, and Atlanta, I think there are enough entries throughout this blog that have described the paleogeology and geological forces that shaped the North American continent to obviate …