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Florida · Palm Beach · Cocoa Beach · Port Canaveral Foreign Land Florida: America's Australia Heat, hurricanes, love bugs, alligators, cruise ports, retirement rehearsals, and the strange truth that the Sunshine State is both launch pad and punchline. See Full Image Sunshine State Cruise Ports Cocoa Beach Palm Beach Kennedy Space Center Show Text Ordinary World The Call Answer the Call Foreign Land Trials The Elixir Florida is America's Australia: not quite a prison colony, but definitely a sunny place for shady people. The whole state feels like coastline. It is hurricane-prone, and the only place it does not rain is indoors. But let us begin with the obvious: it is hot. All those retirees are doing a dress rehearsal for heck. When they finally arrive, it will be Boca Raton all over again. Field Rule Sunblock by Day. Insect Repellent by Night. Florida does not ask whether you are prepared. It simply deploys heat, humidity, mosqui...

The Will Rogers Polo Club in Pacific Palisades, is the only remaining polo club in Los Angeles. (It's like field hockey with 2 goals.). Established  by Roger's in 1926, it hasn't changed much. Will's Will donated the park for the public, and the will of Will's will, the preservation efforts, are ongoing. Today there are matches at 10am and 2pm. I was on my hike-run and watched the horses arrive by trailers. Back in the day, Rogers and his hollywood friends Spencer Tracy, Walt Disney and Clark Gable would play polo at the field on weekends. Then head our ro The Beverly Hills Hotel for drinks,The Polo Lounge became a popular watering hole and got its namesake from the movie stars.                   Yesterday's event View this post on Instagram My shoes are laced with something because I tripped twice while hiking. A post shared by Ed Reif (@edreif) on Sep 2, 2018 at 12:55pm PDT

Queen Mary 2 / Two Lives at Sea / 2016–2018 The Long Way Home Passengers This Time In 2018, while I waited for the security clearance that would take me to work in Afghanistan, Sarah and I boarded Queen Mary 2 in Hong Kong. After years shaped by working at sea, we crossed to Southampton as passengers this time. See Full Image Show Text The Unexpected Interval Between the Crew Door and the Passenger Gangway My next destination was supposed to be Afghanistan. First, the security clearance had to catch up with the assignment. Bureaucratic time opened an ocean-sized interval, and Sarah and I stepped into it. We joined Queen Mary 2 in Hong Kong and sailed west to Southampton. The geography was spectacular, but the deeper story was the change in role: after the working-at-sea years, the ship was no longer a workplace we helped operate. For once, it carried us. Hong Kong Duba...

Ocean Boulevard  Will Roger's State Park Taking a hike in the mountains With all the roads you take, make sure some of them are dirt The quintessential California car-the 1963 Corvette convertible. I'm too big for it now-Not much leg room. Marina Del Rey Dawn at the start of Route 66, "The Mother Road"  with the holy mother,   Santa Monica We should look this good at 129 years old, this Australian Fig Tree I finally got that pony I was promised. A hike to the bridge and back-6 miles The view of West Los Angeles skyline Polo match at Will Rogers

Autobiographical Philosophy - A Quotable Journey My Attitude Is Still Getting Me Altitude! The Autobiographical Philosophy is the love of telling your own story! In 1971 Schlitz Beer commercials on my B&W TV depicted adventurous men diving for gold, sailing the 7 seas. This was the spark that ignited my philosophy of living boldly. Go for the gusto! ... you only go around once in life — Schlitz Beer Commercial, 1971 This simple beer commercial became a foundational philosophy. It taught me that life is precious and fleeting, and we must seize every opportunity for adventure ...