I use travel as continuing education and professional enrichment. Fortunate opportunities have given me experience with diverse areas of our planet. Many trips involved camping and hiking. Several were with groups of scientists. All of them focused on the biology, the geology, and the people. I prefer a window seat on any airplane, and I do not sleep when there is a view. The informative, artistic, and ever-changing views of biomes, geology and meteorology are part of my continuing education.
Samples from selected sojourns:
Africa: At the headwaters and along the lower reaches of the NileChina: A Great Wall, tombs and temples, great rivers, and the roof of the world
Iceland: Investigating geology with geologists
Siberia/Far East Russia: Lake Baikal and the Great Siberian Taiga
Madagascar: Unique biology, interesting geology and wonderful people
