Dave Ford Does Earth

Dave Ford Does Earth

A Lifelong Journey Around the World

Current Project: Snapshots of New York City

A few years back I set off to travel the world. The journey enabled me to swim with Amazonian pink dolphins, summit the highest peak on the African continent, and sail below the Antarctica circle. The 1 1/2 year trip netted me a worldwide troop of friends and stories out the ying-yang. Currently I live in New York City and have decided to write about the energetic madness that occurs here on a daily basis.

DFDE’s Top 10 of 2007

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When I was in Canada a few weeks back my Australian friends Benny, Billy, and I started talking about all of the things that we had seen through our travels in 2007. After reminiscing, we each made a list. I decided to include my list here in the blog. It seems like a good way [...]

Day 21, 22, 23 (Final Cross Country Post): Magic in the Grand Canyon

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We hiked 8 miles into the depths of a massive hole in the ground and fell in love with what we discovered. A vast, open, beautiful new world lie in the depths of the Grand Canyon. We saw new animals, met new friends, and liked it so much that we decided to stay [...]

Days 19 and 20: Monument Valley,Utah

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(Pictured: Gooseneck State Park, Southern Utah)We pulled out of Lisa and Joe’s humble abode in Pagosa Springs, Colorado on Sunday morning awaiting a solid drive back into New Mexico to pick up our broken down station wagon. The wagon was located about an hour east of Albuquerque at a remote service station in “Wagon Wheel”, [...]

Days 15-18: Pagosa Springs Colorado

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Pictured: The Hot Springs in the town center. There are 18 pools with temperatures ranging from 101 to 112 degrees. Ahh, Pagosa Springs Colorado. What? You have never heard of it? Well, none of us had heard of it either before this trip. Friends of mine from back home in Baltimore, Lisa and Joe, [...]

Days 12, 13, and 14: Carlsbad Caverns, Rozwell, and the White Sands of New Mexico

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Pictured: in the Hills of New Mexico
From Austin we took off west towards Carlsbad Caverns in southeast New Mexico. It took us about 9ish hours if I do remember correctly.
Carlsbad Caverns are very old, very deep, and very cave like. Yes, that is right I said cave like while describing caverns. In truth, I [...]