Summer, fall, winter, spring, no matter what the season, if it's a nice day, I must go outside. And it does not really even have to be a nice day, being outside is the important thing. Perhaps this comes from growing up on a grape farm on the southern shore of Lake Erie, where it was important to get work done, no matter what the season or the weather. This love of the outdoors has manifested itself in many ways, the desire to visit and experience remote and natural sites all over the world, the desire to learn and be knowledgeable about this fragile world we live in and concern for the...more
