Let’s Welcome “Subway Santa” To Chicago! Here is Santa arriving by train in Chicago…a video I captured several years ago, and which went viral on YouTube to the tune of 8.4 million views! I’ve got the whole story, but first,… Read More ›
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Here Are 2025’s Funniest Holiday Memes – With A “6 7” Twist For The Kids!
I’m Dreaming Of A Six Seven Christmas…” Well, it appears that 2025 is the year of the “6 7” holiday season! Here’s proof: I found variations of this ad all over the internet…so, even though “6 7” just means “whatever,… Read More ›
Need A Christmas Tree? Try A New York Sidewalk Store! Plus I Have A Martini Ornament – And A Pizza-Toting Rodent Too!
Here’s My 2025 Christmas Tree! The lights are on and soon it will be decorated with some really fun ornaments I can’t wait to show you! First: this 7 foot Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri) is a popular, fragrant evergreen tree native… Read More ›
Did Alex Just Drink A Buried Root? We Make Fire With “Botswana Bushmen” On A The Kalahari Desert Survival Tour!
Alex Is On The Hunt! Yes, that’s my wife Alex with two Kalahari Desert Bushmen, who are about to take us on a fascinating adventure walk in Botswana! After our incredible adventure at Singita Boulders in South Africa, Alex and… Read More ›
Have You Hiked Victoria Falls? Here’s “The Smoke That Thunders” – With Soaking Wet “Moonbows!”
Prepare To Get REALCLOSE To Victoria Falls! That is the largest line of falling water in the world – and we are standing right across from it! And wait until you hear about this! Oh yes, that’s a very wet… Read More ›
The Lions Get Close! We Watch A Feeding Frenzy In The Kalahari Desert!
Got Your Attention? When I say we got “up close and personal” with some Lions on our safari, I’m not kidding! I’ve got the story of an incredible, VERYCLOSE encounter with a pride of Lions as they were finishing devouring… Read More ›
SEVENTEEN Lions Take On One Annoying Baboon! Here Are The “Sky High” Highlights Of An Epic Battle!
Never Mess With An Angry Baboon! This Baboon yelled at us on our safari for daring to sit out on our terrace…but this was just the beginning of our Baboon interaction. This Baboon turned out to be a nemesis to… Read More ›
“Psycho” Has A Live “Shocktober” Serenade For Halloween!
Looking For The Perfect Halloween Getaway? Well, if you choose the Bates Motel, you can expect some unexpected surprises to be sure! Oops! Someone got surprised in the shower! OK, enough joking around: my Halloween is going to be the… Read More ›
Know What An “Elephant In Musth” Means? It Means No Boat Ride Today – Here’s Our Wild Safari Encounter!
Welcome To The Elephant Superhighway! See these two Elephants? See the tire tracks in the sand? Guess whose road it is? Theirs! The Elephants control all the travel here – in Botswana’s Okavango Delta they call it the “Elephant Superhighway!”… Read More ›
Have You Seen SEVENTEEN Lions Closeup? Wild Dogs! Spotted Hyenas! Here’s Our “Perfect Storm” Of “Safari Stories!”
Well, have these two guys got a safari story for you – oh wait, make that 17 Lions with a story to tell! It was all part of a “perfect storm” of wildlife sightings this last summer when my wife… Read More ›
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