Ride along with the author on his motorcycle named Wanda, and in his cars, bus and even trains as you explore America, Canada, and other countries. This memoir is a personal record from his youthful hitchhiking travels to his latest sojourns as an adult with an engaging, tongue-in-cheek view of life's unpredictable experiences. From the depths of a New York City subway car to the summits of the New Hampshire White Mountains; from a kangaroo watch in Australia to a nerve-wracking drive on Ireland's country roads; from a wintry blast on top of a freight train to a heat-soaked Death Valley trek, the author gives you scares, laughs and insights into life. These are the stories that have given definition to his adventurous life.
C. Thomas Decker is a retired educator who still loves to wander and to write about it. While living and teaching in Canada, Mr. Decker won a Canadian national award for innovation in education and Teacher of the Year in Ontario. He was the founding editor of the National Council of Teachers of English Computers in English Newsletter and has edited and published a number of other commercial and professional publications. Ridings is his first published collection of short stories, and he is finishing work on his next publication, Glimpses, a collection of original poems of his life. He lives in Florida with his wife, Judy, who is often his traveling companion.