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 Time Line of Travels and Adventures

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Two Guys in a Monster RV on the
Greatest Road Trip in Sports History!


www.ultimatesportsadventure.com

 

USA proudly supports the Cancer Research and Prevention Foundation!

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January in Southern Africa, then off to the Winter Olympics for 10 days (BRRR!) then snowboarding in Utah, Colorado, Wyoming, and Idaho for 6 weeks with Rafe... Follow that up with the National Bridge Championship in Houston, then back to LA for a month of hardcore volleyball. Up to Vancouver for end of season boarding, then back on the poker tour. Another month at the World Series of Poker saw a third place finish in $2500 Omaha Hi-Lo and a 6th place finish in Pot-Limit Texas Holdem. Won nearly $100,000 in prize money.

It was at the WSOP that I purchased the USA RV. Gave up my place in Vegas and started round the country on an RV trial... LA, Phoenix, Houston, Austin, New Orleans, Atlanta, Columbia (SC), Raleigh, family reuniun in Wrightsville NC, Washington DC, New York, Seagirt Jersey Coast, Montreal, Toronto, Chicago, Denver, Aspen, Portland, Vancouver, Portland, San Francisco, and back to LA... a clean 12,000 miles over 3 months.

Invited to Aruba for the Ultimate Bet World Poker Tour... beat 7 of the best players in the world and claimed $250,000 in prize money... look for the documentary on national television in early 2003.

Back in LA, worked very hard for the rest of the year to get the Ultimate Sports Adventure all set up... Check out all of the action in 2003!!!

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2001... Fifteen minutes of fame... Again, most of the winter in Tahoe at home... after a relationship disaster, headed to Vegas with my buddy Rafe for the World Series of Poker. Somehow managed a 4th place finish in the World Championship -- payday of $400,000 and a celebrity spot on the Travel Channel documentary "Inside the World Series of Poker".

Decided shortly thereafter to move to Vegas and get back on the road... so sold the Tahoe house, packed it all up, and got a place in Sin City. More travels: Estero Beach Volleyball Tournament, a Carribean Cruise (Jamaica, Grand Cayman, Bahamas, Keys), Motherload Volleyball tournament in Aspen, two months backpacking in Spain, a month in Germany -- Octoberfest is not to be missed! -- Amsterdam, London, Belgium... Then volleyball in LA for a month... followed that with the calm before the storm... 10 days in Turks and Caicos, followed by a two month African safari through South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, and Zimbabwe. It was on this trip that Rafe and I hatched the idea for "The Ultimate Sports Adventure"...

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Ah, 2000... Millenium in Costa Rica, then snowboarding in Tahoe all winter... trips all over, including North Carolina, Hawaii, a month in New Zealand, Philadelphia, three weeks in Vietnam, and Salt Lake City... No real updates, of course, because life "at home" is rather boring. A well deserved break from the vagaries of the third world.

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Aug

Scandanavian Sojourn

 Amsterdam

Copenhagen

Sweden

 

 

July

My sisterAshley Gordon and Ryan Stone

My sister Ashley married Ryan Stone on July 4, 1999 in La Jolla California. Here are a few of the pictures from the wedding and reception

 Cabo San Lucas, Mexico
El Arco, CABO SAN LUCAS
I spent 5 days in Cabo with my long time friend, Richard Averitt...
Thanks to my sister's in-laws for use of their fantastic house!

Cambridge, England
Don't miss the story
of my first AIRPLANE CRASH!

 Chicago
A Cub's Game at Wrigley, stunning architecture, beautiful friends
June

Vampires Anonymous

Paul Popowich as "Vic" in Vampires AnonymousI worked as an Executive Producer on a Hollywood movie that my friends Jay and Mike wrote, directed and produced... Check out exploding cars, stunts, and behind the scenes pictures of all the stars!
I bought a house in Lake Tahoe! I spent the majority of the month in San Francisco and Lake Tahoe looking for a place to call home... Check it out!  
May 

Small Australia Map
 Australia...
Overland Adventure

20,000 kilometers around Australia in a Landcruiser
Sydney - Blue Mountains - Prince's Highway - Tasmania - Melbourne - Adelaide - Ayer's Rock - Alice Springs - Darwin - Cairns - Barrier Reef - Whitsunday Islands - Brisbane - Sydney
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Malaysian Madness
Kuala Lumpur, Penang/Langkawi
January 12-26, 1999

Featuring 2 New Essays:
Hard Luck Cafe & You No Shoot!

London, England 

Big Ben, Parliament BuildingJan 12-19

Visiting friends and taking in some sites

 Jan 2-9
Skiing in Whistler, Canada

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Dec

 top, lake mead
Hoover Dam, Las Vegas
Engineering Wonder of the World

Christmas and Holidays
with the Furst/Alvarez Family...

New Years in Vancouver
New Year 99 Gang

Nov


South American Exploration

Valley of the Condors
Me hunting for anacondas in the Amazon swampland

This is a day-to-day diary/photo essay from a three month trip in South America...

Peru: Lima, Pisco, Ica, Nasca, Arequipa, Cusco, Inca Trail, Lake Titicaca

Bolivia: La Paz, Most Dangerous Road, The Amazon Jungle, Sucre, Potosi, Uyuni

Chile: San Pedro, La Serena, Valpariso & Vina del Mar, Santiago, Puerto Montt, 4 day cruise through the Chilean fjords, Torres del Paine National Park

Ecuador: Quito, Galapagos Islands

Oct
Sept
Aug

Sonora Bay MexicoI was a G.O. for almost a month in beautiful Sonora Bay, Mexico -- get a taste for life as a Club Med G.O.! Beautiful sunsets, beautiful people, it's truly

Life As It Should Be
July Alaska MontageI spent a month backpacking in Alaska -- highlights included salmon fishing on the Talkeetna river, Crows Pass, A 6 day ferry down the inside passage...
June Greece MontageI spent a few weeks in the islands of Greece with my dear friend Alex... Check out "Paradise Beach" in Mykonos, the stunning islands of Santorini, and the beautiful and ancient Parthenon in Athens...
May

Costa Rica
I spent five weeks touring almost all of Costa Rica... Volcan Arenal, Monteverde Cloud Forest, Gandoca Turtle Reserve, Tortuguero National Park, Corcavado National Park, Playa Tamarindo, etc. Unfortunately, San Jose is a dangerous place and I had my computer and digital camera ripped off there -- so, no pictures... Huge Thanks to Mike and Jay, my friends from LA who joined me for 10 days...
Apr

 Club Med Cancun Mexico
After a long and tiring 5 months in Africa, what I really needed was a nice relaxing trip to Club Med... Cancun is a fantastic place, and I made some more excellent friends... Check out my first experience with Life As It Should Be...

 Vancouver, Canada
I just had to go visit my excellent travel buddy, Trent, in Vancouver... We went rock climbing (was it a 5.10 or 5.11 we bagged, Trent?), did the Vancouver nightlife, etc... No pictures, though, because my camera was stolen shortly thereafter in Costa Rica...
Mar

 African Adventure Montage
Click here for large route map

 Africa

South Africa
Zimbabwe
Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda
Ethiopia
Egypt

African Adventure

My 5 month tour of Africa up the east coast, took me through 7 countries, countless game reserves, and numerous adventures...

Highlights:

  • Cage Diving with the Great White Sharks in South Africa
  • Reaching the summit of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
  • Trekking for the Mountain Gorillas in Kisoro, Uganda
  • Three weeks of SCUBA Diving in Nungwi, Zanzibar

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cakeBon Voyage
Pictures from my Bon Voyage Party in San Francisco... Almost 50 people turned up to wish me well and drink free beer on a most infamous Pub Crawl on a San Fran Cablecar
partyRetirement Party
After 3.5 years of hard work for a company started with some friends, almost the entire staff turned out for a nice lunch and beer party... To those who say "You're too young to retire", I say "Phooey!"
mailboxMelvue, S. Carolina
My first stop on the way to Africa was to my dearest relative, Aunt Lib. She's connected now and following my journey on her WebTV... Here are some pictures from the house my sister and I spent every summer at... Thanks, Lib!
Aug indo-thai montageSoutheast Asia: Indonesia and Thailand
My world journey started as a vacation -- the first in three years. On the advice of a dear friend I left for Indonesia and Thailand. The things I saw and the great time that I had convinced me to retire, sell my worldly possessions, and hit the road as a full-time backpacker.
July


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