Join me on a journey through the U.S. National Parks, California, and the South Pacific as my tours’ adventures yield valuable insights. This is the first in a series of books chronicling the challenges I confronted and the revela- tions that transformed me during my six-year global odyssey. If misadventure is the best teacher, these vignettes instruct with wit, wisdom, and humor. The calamities that befell my first tour, and my progress during the next seven tours form the...