Miscellaneous blogs

On May 18, 2021 I turn 48.  In the interest of making light of the event I am releasing a list of the 48 most amazing places that I have actually gone and visited so far in my lifetime. Disclosure: ...

I am spending about 60 days in Las Vegas to work on assorted content and audience building projects.  If you are interested in building audiences and that sort of thing I encourage you to follow my...

I am spending about 60 days in Las Vegas to work on assorted content and audience building projects.  If you are interested in building audiences and that sort of thing I encourage you to follow my...

I am spending about 60 days in Las Vegas to work on assorted content and audience building projects.  If you are interested in building audiences and that sort of thing I encourage you to follow my...

I am spending about 60 days in Las Vegas to work on assorted content and audience building projects.  If you are interested in building audiences and that sort of thing I encourage you to follow my...

I am spending about 60 days in Las Vegas to work on assorted content and audience building projects.  If you are interested in building audiences and that sort of thing I encourage you to follow my...

I am spending about 60 days in Las Vegas to work on assorted content and audience building projects.  If you are interested in building audiences and that sort of thing I encourage you to follow my...

February 8 to 14, 2021 Some Notes -  I am spending about 60 days in Las Vegas to work on assorted content and audience building projects.  If you are interested in building audiences and that sort...

February 2 to 7, 2021 I am spending about 60 days in Las Vegas to work on assorted content and audience building projects.  If you are interested in building audiences and that sort of thing I...

If you checked out 60 Days in Las Vegas - Part 2 you will know that I was answering some timely questions sent in from someone following my bike ride.  The following question was also asked by Simon...

Come to Belize!  The following post are some of the questions and answers that were covered in a recent YouTube video done between me and my YouTube guy Brandon.  You can watch the YouTube version...

If you haven’t read 60 Days in Las Vegas – Part 1 I encourage you to go read that first.  There will be a link at the bottom of this post and HERE Interestingly enough only a few days ago literally...

Intro and what this all about Originally, I was going to try turn this particular content into a YouTube series.  For two main reasons – to create more YouTube content and attempt to get better in...

I need to thank Tom Barbitta for this blog post.  In a comment from a personal Facebook post Tom asked what the story was with Belize.  Well that's the thing – it very much is a story.  And like...

On my way out of Golden BC I notice a sign on the highway for the Northern Lights Wildlife Wolf Interpretive Centre.  A search on Google Maps showed that it was only 5 km’s off the highway.  Which...

On July 22, 2020 I had the pleasure of visiting the Burrowing Owl Interpretive Centre in Moose Jaw Saskatchewan.  Who doesn’t love owls and the chance to see one or two?  I found out about the...

I had the pleasure on May 26 and 27, 2020 to visit Reptile Camp in Bonfield Ontario.  I had a few questions for Steve Featherstone the owner and camp director. How many animals are under your care?...

As many of you are aware on April 10 I released my first episode of The Safari Arie Road Show with my YouTube producer Brandon McCaskill.  The purpose of this show is to partially replace the...

My plan during this self isolation is to work on and improve my writing skills.  I am reading the book Wild Mind Living, The Writer’s Life by Natalie Goldberg.  I hope to spend the first part of my...

My plan during this self isolation is to work on and improve my writing skills.  I am reading the book Wild Mind Living The Writer’s Life by Natalie Goldberg.  I hope to spend the first part of my...

On March 9, 2020 I had the privilege of visiting the Montreal office of One Tree Planted at the Montreal We Work Office.  Now that spring and summer are upon us I hope to engage and learn from tree...

So I feel that I have been asked at least 100 times or more (at this point) whether or not  I am riding for or raising money for a charity.  Usually I keep the answer pretty simple to - "No." ...

Back on October 23, 2019 I posted Part 1 and then on November 10 I finally posted Part 2.  I am finally finally posting Part 3.  For those interested in this post I suggest you read Part 1 and 2...

This Part 2 of a blog that I was attempting to write weeks ago.   I posted Part 1 all the way back on October 23.  I will include the link at the bottom of this post if you haven't read it yet and...

Actually this is going to be more than a day.  It occurred to me that as this trucking career winds down I should document a California trip so I have something to go back to someday.   I should...

If we claim to be serious about the environment doesn't a personal environmental manifesto make sense? Are the poles melting? Is climate change natural or man-made? Actually we need to perhaps be...

While you sleep I am driving, while you are eating I am driving and while you spend time with loved ones I am driving. That is what I tell people.  Probably the easiest and simplest way to describe...

Such a simple idea that most of us have missed our entire lives.  How did I miss this idea my whole life?  How many stages of our lives are filled with boredom?  How many people are bored their...