In late September/early October Andy was asked to travel to Colombia to present his masters research during his annual work meeting.  Two weeks in Colombia provided an excellent opportunity to experience much of the interior of the country and to see just how advanced they are in their forestry practices.   The trip began in…

It was short but awesome experience.  After being in Raleigh for around 17 years and at Camden Street for 4 years we decided to head west.  With one of us getting a job transfer and several offers for Kate we ended up in Asheville the summer of 2015. Renovating the Camden Street home (or more…

In May of 2015 I was lucky enough to be invited to Guayaquil Ecuador and speak on my master’s degree research looking at Teak nutrition.  With a full meeting schedule, daily evening rains, and  an early departure to make it back to the states for wedding I was unable to spend much time exploring Ecuador, all the…

On a recent holiday weekend, we set out on a mission to ride from Raleigh to Durham!  We had a nice break in the weather and wanted to see if we could make it almost entirely via greenway.  We also had some nice motivation – donuts!  We started on the Rocky Branch Greenway .2 miles…