The SoJourner:

There have been wonderful things in my life—far more than I sometimes allow myself to remember. I have snorkeled over the reefs of Puerto Rico and walked through the old forts of San Juan, touching walls that have stood watch over the Caribbean for centuries. I have bivouacked beneath the enormous skies of Alaska and trekked through the rugged Uncompahgre country of the Colorado mountains, surrounded by landscapes that make a person realize just how vast and magnificent God’s creation really is. From Puerto Rico to Alaska, from the mountains of Colorado to the lakes of Florida, I have lived some remarkable adventures. I water-skied across those Florida lakes back before we began joking that the alligators had taken possession of them, wandered through the historic thirteen colonies where so much of America’s story began. This and much more.