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I Wish I Were Kevin Taylor | Ben's Musings

Dear Friend, It’s never a good thing to wish you were somebody else. I tell my kids that all the time. Yet some folks wish they were this celebrity (Paris...

Technology Is For The Birds | Ben's Musings

Dear Friend, I’m really not a big technology guy. In fact, I think it pretty much stinks. I hate my Blackberry and I loathe my lap top, although I am easily...

My Stupid Sunday Afternoon | Ben's Musings

Hi Friends, I have a friend who takes issue with the concept of travel operators claiming that their trips are life-changing. “Who are we to tell our guests...

The Happiest Man in The World | Ben's Musings

Dear Friends, Red-eyed and sleepy after hours of weather delays, I read a story in an in-flight magazine late last night about the happiest man on the planet....

My 15 Minutes of Fame | Ben’s Musings

Hiya Folks, This past week I was slightly famous. Not like Mick Jagger or Muhammad Ali famous, but slightly famous, like a few folks up in Churchill were...

The Obituary You Really Want | Ben’s Musings

Hello Adventurers, I was struck today by an article I read about a British woman who rowed a boat solo across the Atlantic Ocean. Not really by the fact that...

I Lost My Travel Buddy | Ben’s Musings

Dear Friends, I lost a travel buddy this past March. He was an older gentleman with long jowls and thinning, cottonsoft silver hair. He thought he looked like...

Traveling with My Brother the Lawyer | Ben’s Musings

Hi Folks, I travel a lot. Makes quite a bit of sense given my occupation, right? My brother, on the other hand, is a lawyer in New York City which does not...

What is Wrong With My Knucklehead Buddies? | Ben’s Musings

Hi Folks, I was shocked to read Time Magazine’s recent cover story about how climate change is “causing a new age of extinction” and that by the middle of...

Living the Adventurous Life | Ben’s Musings

Hi Folks, I’m not a young man anymore. But I ain’t old, either. At 46 I should be still at the “top of my game,” but today, for the 5th day in a row, and the...

Vegas? You Gotta Be Kidding! | Ben’s Musings

Hey There, Last winter my wife and her friend came up with a plan for our families to travel together for Spring Break. Their idea: A family vacation to...