“There it is.” Gilbert, one of our guides on Peru’s Inca Trail, was pointing through the trees toward a steep incline. At the top was weathered stone structure, lit by mid-afternoon sun that had poked through the clouds. The rest of our group had gone ahead, already snapping photos at the top of the trail….
I was standing knee-deep in jungle foliage, somewhere deep within a place called the Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, when I suddenly felt something brush across the back of my hiking pants. “Look what is behind you,” our guide Emmanuel said in a soft voice as his slowly lifted his chin. I looked over my…
In November of 2016, my wife Derilynn and I were attending an event called the Paradise Valley Fireman’s Ball. It was an annual fundraiser that was started to benefit the local all-volunteer fire department. When you entered the ball, there were applications lying on a table asking for volunteers. I took one, shrugged, and filled…