Adventures After Grief: A Widower’s Travel Tales

Introduction

I never expected to become a solo traveler, and I certainly never expected to become The Traveling Widower. After losing Jan, my wife and best friend of 49 years, I found myself trying to figure out what came next. What would version 2.0 of my life be like? Somewhere along the way, travel, photography and writing became part of the answer—not a way to leave the past behind, but a way to keep moving forward, one adventure at a time.

These days, you’ll find me wandering around with far too much camera gear, photographing bears in Alaska, penguins in Antarctica, stars in the desert, or whatever else happens to catch my eye. This blog is where I tell the stories—the adventures, the photographs, the occasional mishaps, and sometimes what it’s like learning to build a new life after losing the person with whom I shared the old one. Come along. I have no idea where we’re going next.

I have grouped my posts into a few categories, to simplify navigation through what has become a very large number of stories and photographs…I do like to write, and sometimes get carried away just a bit. The Travel Stories link will get you to another directory type of page, based on the different places I’ve been to the past few years. The Photography link includes my posts on gear and techniques – most of my more geekish stories. The Photo Galleries already exist, but have been kind of buried in the previous iteration of my blog. Finally, My Life After Loss includes the more personal stories of my struggles with grief, along with more humorous stuff about a wide variety of topics.

So, have at it. Feel free to send comments or feedback. And if you like what you’ve been reading, you can subscribe and always get the latest post in your e-mail inbox.

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