Peregrine Tales

My boot camp photo

As a teenager, I dreamed of buying a van and driving to California. I had spent most of my life in Miami and wanted to travel some. All I knew of America came from TV and I had envisioned adventures like on The Fugitive, The Incredible Hulk and, especially, Route 66.

That didn't happen. Instead, I joined the Marines and began an adventure that would take me to every clime and place on air and land and sea, as the Marine's Hymn says. That was just the beginning.

This blog is a collection of stories past and present of my travels and adventures and the people I have met. My peregrinating (journey) has taken me as far east as Kuwait, as far north as Norway, south to Ecuador and west to California. I have been in the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Mediterranean, the Caribbean, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Mexico. I have endured temperatures as high as 138°F (Kuwait) and as low as -18°F (Lake County, IL). I have been at sea, on seashores, jungles, deserts, mountains, forests, prairies and swamp.

A peregrine is a pilgrim, from the Latin word for foreigner. He is a traveler on a journey of discovery. These are my peregrine tales.