Host Brian Buckley retraces Alex's life experience from the San Juan Ridge, to college at Bar Harbor Maine, to guiding kayak and wilderness adventures in the Sierra and abroad in places like the Amazon rain forest. Learn why he chose to come back and settle in Nevada County, and share his adventure kayaking the South Yuba River from its headwaters at Lake Van Norden to San Francisco Bay. Hear about  his passion for Expeditionary Learning to build character and culture, and his belief in the caring people who make our community exceptional.