This author has yet to write their bio.Meanwhile lets just say that we are proud William Kennedy contributed a whooping 22 entries.
From the EY Archives – A story like this just has to be told – and retold! For everyone who has ever spent a day (or even 10 minutes) in a car with parents and siblings – you know EXACTLY what we mean! Here is one man’s tale of the ~dreaded~ Family Roadtrip.
After months of shooting in the Kenyan highlands, editing footage in Colorado Springs and finally shipping off the completed documentary “Where Dreams Don’t Fade” to some twenty film festivals around the world, Filmakers Alex Nichols and Martin Mudry, the onetime cross-country teammates, have all but crossed the finish line for their project…
Like many moody teenagers, I dreamt of suing my parents, but never more than after our first family road trip. I imagined bringing my mom and dad to the courthouse of public opinion in my mind, but I thought, why stop there? Why not sue my two sisters and make it a clean sweep? Maybe, just maybe, I could prevent these people from ruining any more lives.
This is my story. The story of the worst, most humiliating two weeks of my life. I’d change the names, but it would only protect the guilty.
Entertaining Yourself through Adventure is NOT necessarily for the faint of heart. Will calls this story: “I survived Dog Sledding in Mongolia ~ OR ~ How to put what’s left of a good face on travel adversity.” We would have called it “You Don’t Have To Be Crazy, But..” except we already used that title. Best advice: “Bundle up tight, hold onto your hats and prepare yourself for a chilling ride.” This is the perfect tale for an Armchair Adventurer…
Consider a trip to Scotland: hikes along steely-blue lochs, green glens full of wee-wooly sheep, everyone talking like Sean Connery. For these features and so many others, the rugged land of the bagpipe and thistle grabbed a place among my three all-time favorite countries after one visit. Scotland boasts the United Kingdom’s highest mountain, the island’s most epic weather and…
Why visit Mongolia?
According to Will, there are probably a million reasons. How about snow capped mountains? The Gobi Desert? Reindeer? Dinosaur Eggs? Sunshine? Need more? We’ve got ‘em… Make plans or live vicariously…
Will provides his own special travel tips based on first hand experience…
In the red-dirt highlands of western Kenya, 200 miles from the capital, Nairobi, rests the 4,000-person town of Iten. Remotely situated among the peaks and basins of the Great Rift Valley, the settlement’s 2,400-meter elevation and female mayor distinguish it from many Kenyan towns, but it’s truly extraordinary for another reason. Iten, as well as […]
The judging of our “Best Running Story in a Foreign Country Writing Contest” was particularly challenging due to the fact that we received several really great entries. Another judges’ favorite was this Running in Strasbourg story by EY Contributor, Will Kennedy. Will’s take on running gives new meaning to the phrase “Lost and Found” – reminding us that some resolutions are meant to be broken!
Swaying on the wire bridge above the stream flowing from Steall Falls down Glen Nevis—a lush valley outside the town of Fort William—the Scottish Highland’s fabled euphoria seized me. My state of mind approached tranquility. I contemplated the magnificent cascade and wide, birch-laden valley, almost oblivious of the icy water below. For a single moment, I was free of all thoughts about the cost of getting here. I had discovered the Wealth of Scotland…
Swaying on the wire bridge above the stream flowing from Steall Falls down Glen Nevis—a lush valley outside the town of Fort William—the Scottish Highland’s fabled euphoria seized me. My state of mind approached tranquility. I contemplated the magnificent cascade and wide, birch-laden valley, almost oblivious of the icy water below. For a single moment, I was free of all thoughts about the cost of getting here. I had discovered the Wealth of Scotland…