ACHIEVING YOUR FLOW STATE
Offpiste humor by Steve Giordano

As the rolling father and son to the left demonstrate, personal flow is possible anywhere. It's like having fun without thinking about why you're doing it.

RING OF FIRE - SAVORING THE ANNULAR ECLIPSE by Lee Juillerat

In another few hours the morning sun would be rising over the mountains to the east, journeying on a path to intersect with the moon to create an astronomical phenomenon called an annular solar eclipse.

THE EAST BROAD TOP RAILROAD
by Lynn Rosen

The East Broad Top Railroad (Orbisonia, Central Pennsylvania) is 150 years old and the only narrow-guage railway East of the Mississippi. It is truly an American treasure.

PUERTO RICO'S BIOLUMINESCENCE
by Yvette Cardozo

We were kayaking just off Vieques, an island off the Puerto Rico mainland. It was a moonless night...absolutely perfect for the fire show nature was putting on.

HE'E HOLUA: THE ANCIENT HAWAIIAN SPORT OF LAND SLEDDING
by Vicki Hoefling Andersen

Called land, lava or rock sliding or sledding, it was extreme and beloved by all ranks and genders of ancient Hawaiians. Big competitions were held among the ali'i (royalty). Women were great land sledding athletes and fierce competitors.

NEW ZEALAND'S SOUTH ISLAND PART 3
by Larry Turner

It was a fly fishing trip, but in reality, much much more. It became crystal clear, and then some, why it was my brother-in-law Rob Crawford's tenth trip to this enchanting land down under.

ADVENTURE POEM by Timothy Pilgrim Adventure Poet Laureate

Vast silence

A people conquered, stripped
of land, children, homes. Captives
for life. Language forbidden --