Fire by Tesla

Bytomas February 24, 2018October 15, 2026

I am going to be trying out the latest in lighters on this trip. Check out the plasma lighter.

Watch or download the original plasma-lighter video

Paddling Down | Sleep Logs

November 7, 2017
Bytomas November 7, 2017October 15, 2026

Last night was not a great night for sleep. Taking my cocktail of drugs help me sleep from about 10:00 pm until 3:15 am. For me 5 hours is a relatively good night. I stayed in bed a little longer but additional sleep was not going to happen. I got up and Tagg and I…

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Winter at the Confluence
Bytomas January 11, 2018October 15, 2026

This last weekend I stopped at the confluence of the Gallatin, Madison and Jefferson rivers. This is the official start of the Missouri River. The rivers are icebound right now, but I was able to get a sense for where my journey will begin this spring. This is a large undertaking that I need to…

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Fueled to paddle
Bytomas February 25, 2018October 15, 2026

During the Lewis and Clark expedition along the Missouri River, they hunted on a daily basis to provide meat for the hard-working men of the Corps of Discovery. I will not be hunting as I paddle down the Missouri this spring and summer. The past few hundred years have changed our food sources significantly. Food…

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How a crossword grew into an adventure
Bytomas March 4, 2018October 15, 2026

A New York Times crossword puzzle planted the seed for this trip. Last fall, my wife was finishing a Sunday puzzle on a plane flight. She asked me, “Where are the headwaters of the Missouri River?” I told her they are in Montana not far from where our daughter lives, three hours away to be…

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Tagg, My Travel Partner
Bytomas December 21, 2017October 15, 2026

During my adventure on the Missouri River I will be traveling with our dog Taggerung. Tagg is a five-year-old border collie from Wildblue Border Collies, a local breeder in Colorado. When you consider border collies, Tagg is not typical. Tagg is a mellow go-with-the-flow dog. I think Tagg believes himself to be human. He is…

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Paddling Down | Trip Prep

My Eddyline Shasta
Bytomas February 21, 2018October 15, 2026

My boat is here. I have had the joy of working with Eddyline in the production of my new Shasta tandem touring kayak. My boat is custom built for solo paddling with all the additional hardware for tandem setup left off the boat to save weight. The quality of craftsmanship in the build is apparent…

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