I was born and raised just outside Baltimore, MD. At age 18 I entered the Air Force and served 4 years as a narcotics dog handler. Other places I have lived include Guam, Maine, Colorado, Japan, and along the coast of Northwest Florida. I went to school at Pensacola Junior College and received an AS [...]

I was born and raised in Loveland Ohio, just outside Cincinnati. I had a very adventurous childhood, and my parents traveled alot with me.
I attended the Columbus College of Art and Design, Pensacola Junior College and finally getting my degree in studio arts at the University of West Florida. I have lived in Kentucky, Hawaii, [...]

The Current Sole Searching Vehicle: Nora’s Ark
The name is both a tribute to Nora and Noah. It is a 1994 Roadtrek 210 Popular class B motorhome. It was quite an adventure to get this second vehicle as many of you may have read about in the diary section. The Ark is a constant work in [...]

Best Sushi • Nippon AYCE, Pensacola, FL
Best Beach Bar • Sun Village Tiki Bar: Dominican Republic
Best Mexican Food • Dean’s: Punta Gorda, FL
Best Restaurant • Rocky Pt. Restaurant, CA
Top Dog Parks

Hounds on Henry: Punta Gorda, FL
Millie Bark Park: Houston, TX
Dog Beach: Venice Beach, FL
Sausalito Dog Park: Sausalito, CA
Mesa Arizona Dog Parks
Waller Mill Park, Williamsburg, [...]

 
Over the years of traveling in the Cruisemaster we documented many fun adventures in hundreds of locations and during that time we kept a log of everything we experienced on a website titled DogParksandBrewPubs.com. The reasoning behind the name was simple, every new place we visited we always tried to find either a Dog Park [...]

Our destroyed home on Pensacola Beach after Hurricane Ivan came roaring through.
In October 2004 my wife Sharon and I lost our residence on Pensacola Beach to Hurricane Ivan. Instead of treating it as a disaster we made this an opportunity for us to pursue our dream of traveling the U.S. in a motor home. During [...]

This video originally clip aired on March 1 &2, 2008 on CNN Headline News Channel for the news show “News to Me” with host Eric Langford. It highlighted the One Shoe Diaries and Sharon and Randy’s cross-country journey in a motorhome.
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MOST RECENTLY FOUND LOST SOLE: Shoe #360, found on Pensacola beach amongst the tar balls at the surf
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