The Latest - 11

It was a little bit like going to a high-tech fashion show on the moon.

Just before heading down to Mexico, I spent a week at the Burning Man festival, set on an evaporated prehistoric silt lakebed in the desert of Nevada.

He took me camping up in the beautiful Colorado Rocky Mountains, and showed me the Garden of the Gods.

A long overdue side visit to my same-aged cousin Chris in Colorado Springs.

Beatbox Process hosts the very first Vowel Movement in San Francisco, CA

The first ever Vowel Movement, San Francisco, CA

A relatively short visit to beloved San Francisco to organize and formulate the continuing journey. And to replace the camera.

High up in the mountains of Denali National Park. Nearby Mt. Denali (McKinley) is the tallest mountain in North America.

The story begins in the town of Deadhorse, Alaska. Aptly named, the only road leading there is 480 miles of desolate gravel, but incredible scenery. At the end/beginning of the Dalton highway, this is the northernmost driveable point in Alaska.

YES, The water is VERY cold. An arctic tour guide practiced what she preached.

To baptize my journey from Deadhorse to Tierra del Fuego, I took a dip in the Arctic Ocean, thereby also gaining automatic membership in the Polar Bear Club.

A second spare tire on the roof packed with glacial ice makes an excellent beverage cooler.

This Dutchman was happy to witness the non-sunset with us, above the Arctic Circle on the day of the Summer Solstice.

Snakelike, the Alaska pipeline pumps sweet lite crude 1000 miles to Valdez.

Little kids scorching ants with sunlight through a magnifying glass 'fessed up for starting this 1400 acre forest fire.

Coastal peaks of Yukon, Canada. As it would happen, my camera was stolen with nearly all the photos from Canada, including all my adventures in the Yukon, British Columbia, and Alberta.

The missions in California were built one-days-horse-ride apart.