Our lives are stories, and we are the narrators. The stories we tell have an arc across our lives as the plot, characters and climax...

Flying is an essential task for a flight surgeon. The initial appeal of being a flight surgeon for many of us is the coolness factor with...

After four years as an Air National Guard flight surgeon for the 173d Fighter Wing in Klamath Falls Oregon I decided to transfer units...

I’ve had this blog for 14 years since my third year of med school. Back then, and even still I find writing in long format a great way to...

Since moving to southern Oregon I’ve been taunted by the constant roar of fighter jets buzzing the skies. One of my main motivations for...

I feel that whenever I have a story to share from the chronicles of residency or life it is typically an outlandish outlier from the day...

It’s been almost a year since my last blog. Much has happened and in some ways its been a little overwhelming to absorb all the...

If you’re into uber luxurious travel, taking a seaplane to your private island resort, and being served by a team of staff dedicated just...

My excitement for going back to India was over shadowed by the known pending exhaustion that is India. Boarding the plane from the...

The Maldives is one of those places that frequent the “Top xx places to see before you die” lists. Or as they should be known, the remind...

Vietnam is a bit of everything. It’s South East Asia at its best and worst. Overwhelming to not only the taste buds, but also the ears,...

This adventure was never planned, I was thinking Christmas in Hawaii, or riding around in some camper in New Zealand. What tossed the...

As a physician I have learned that we lose so much in the hustle of the modern day clinic. In order to deliver optimal wellness we must...

We walk many lines in life. Sometimes these lines are well structured with clear and concise paths laid out in simple steps. Sometimes...

(Words by Liz, photos by Justin, opinions by both of us) Since we’ve now been in South America for five months and my mom thinks the only...

Riding to the Peruvian border from Ecuador I received a concerning welcome to the country when a crow dive bombed into my chest at...

No need to be all wordy. Videos say enough!

There is a road in the south of Colombia between the amazonian town of Mocoa and Pasto known to locals as the Trampoline of Death, or...

Just like Google translate I learned the lesson yesterday that Google maps can’t always be trusted. After a sweltering few days in Cali,...

In exploring the new freedom of having our own transportation we took the motos to the national reserve of Rio Claro 3 hours east of...