Feb 15, 2026by: Curtis Hoff No Comments

WANDERLUST KICKED IN – Janice Anne Wheeler, Sparring With Mother Nature

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Time is a precious commodity—thanks for spending some of yours SPARRING with me! ~J

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WANDERLUST KICKED IN

Opportunity knocked, and I left the Mac at home.

Janice Anne Wheeler

Feb 15

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As the gurus of Substack send this out to you diverse and delightful readers, I am sipping my hot, sweet coffee in Guayaquil, Ecuador in preparation for a 600 mile hop west to the Galápagos Islands where I will spend the next ten days drinking in some of the most famous and unique places and creatures in the world. It’s a place I’ve dreamed of since I first learned about Darwin and his sturdy vessel BEAGLE, and nothing goes to windward (or the Pacific) like a 737.

Yes, I left this to go to the equator. (!)

In particular I’m searching for the restaurant where the sea lions can be found beneath the bar stools—: if Clare Polders of Wonder, Wander, Write, hangs out with them it must be an adventure. I appreciate and recommend her sage advice—the second in her excellent, informative series on the Galápagos can be found here.

Simply said I was far too wound up gathering information and booking SCUBA to concentrate on boat rebuild and the contemplation thereof, much less write about this week’s challenges… I leave the project in more capable hands than my own.

Have a wonderful week!

~J
Www.JaniceAnneWheeler.com

You know the first thing I packed was my SARONG & you can read about those here: