2012

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 […]

Here Kitty Kitty Kitty!

As the Southern California Chapter Chair of the Explorers Club I have the privilege of meeting some amazing people.  One of those amazing people is Dr. Laurie Marker who runs the Cheetah Conservation Fund in Namibia.  I met Laurie a couple of years ago at an Explorers Club function in New York and then my […]

2010

Lowell Thomas Awards at Explorer Club

As a member of the International Explorer’s Club, I had the honor of attending the Lowell Thomas Awards this weekend at the club headquarters in New York. It was a great event with several amazing people being recognized for their work all over the world. The Master of Ceremonies was Broadcaster Bill Curtis (see photo). […]