2014

Cheetahs And The Olympics

Except for ice-skating, most events in the Winter Olympics call for speed if the athlete expects to win gold, silver or bronze. In no sport is this truer than for downhill ski racers. And when you combine the sport of downhill skiing with the speed of the fastest land animal on the planet – the […]

The Dunes of Sossusvlei

It is time to catch up on some Africa Blogs that I have been meaning to write. Back in the end of October I attended the Adventure Travel Trade Association World Summit in Namibia. It was great to be able to get back to Namibia as it afforded me an opportunity to take Diane to […]

2013

Delicious Apple Crumble – Where?

You might expect to get a delicious chunk of homemade apple crumble at your Grandma’s house in say, Michigan or Central California. But… in the middle of the Southern Africa desert? As part of Diane and my recent trip to Namibia to attend the Adventure Travel Trade Association World Summit and to visit the Cheetah […]

Beautiful Cheetahs In The Wild

As most of you know I sit on the board of trustees the Cheetah Conservation Fund. The primary goal of CCF is to make sure that cheetahs survive the threat of extinction. Right now there are only about 10-12,000 cheetahs left in the wild. While some of my clients have had great sightings, I have […]

2012

Elephants Helping Cheetahs? You Can Too!

In the wilds of Africa, cheetahs and elephants are not friends. But here in the United States, they’re teaming up next week all across the country to celebrate International Cheetah Day! Well, not real elephants and live cheetahs – but on Tuesday, December 4, the popular Elephant Bar restaurant chain will donate 20% of your […]

Cheetah Conservation Fund

Giving Back Part 2 In the past I have written about having a cheetah at our house to support the Cheetah Conservation Fund (you can read it here).  I have also written about my visit to the Cheetah Conservation Fund headquarters in Namibia.  Both of those events inspired me and convinced me that CCF is […]

Meet A Cheetah!

I will spare you the bad jokes of “take a seatah to see a cheetah” “what a treatah” “cheetahs are neetah” or “nothing sweetah than a cheetah” (OK I could not help myself). In a past blog I told you about my experience about visiting Dr. Laurie Marker at the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia […]

Go Chester Go!

How often does one get an opportunity to help a cheetah start a new life back in the wild? While at CCF Laurie Marker asked if I wanted to help relocate “Chester.” And unite him with his 4 brothers. How could one say no to that? What CCF does is help cheetahs get ready to […]