Brave Escapist Pillows

"I want to climb up mountains without a rope, jump down waterfalls and run through a swamp barefooted to film crocodiles. That's why I need travel insurance - I'm a scaredy-cat."

'I love our hideaway. I only wish we could find it.'

Ice fisher.

Crowded Ice Fishing

A tourist watches a television on the back of a donkey

"And then, when I feel like a rum punch and breaded shrimp, I can just swim to Tony’s Trattoria."

He can lean back in contentment on cowslip banks and let everything wash over him.

Fish swimming by fishermen's feet - 'This looks like a safe place.'

Man fishing while aliens invade.

"To think—this meeting, which turned into the perfect day, filled with spontaneous adventures that will become priceless memories, could have been an e-mail."

"We should have done more to bring all the things we were trying to get away from."

"So why do I feel like we're being watched?"

'You said you were going to put gas in the RV, and then come right back. You've been gone for a year. Care to explain?'

Blowing up the camping mattress.

Desert Mirage

Man chases after his skis.

'Now don't forget, polar bears can be sneaky buggers.'

As you like it - One way of catching fish

"Behind the back, between the legs, around my disappointed parents, nothing but net."

"Mr. Jenkins' idea of paradise is a never occupied loo, a big flat screen with hundreds of free sports channels and a fridge that always gets refilled with beer and pizza."

The Wet Fly Man is a more active creature.

'Ready or Not here I come.'

'Come back and get me about noon.'

'I loved the great outdoors too, however in 2006, I got hooked on tranquilizer darts and here I am!'

Sleeping Tiger

Why do you hate blockbuster movies? Why do you hate documentaries? I don't. I love spending two hours watching the very life I'm trying to escape. Oooh, fun, bittersweet insights into the complexities of living in modern life. Document this! My camera lens isn't wide enough.

Man skis through Tree.

"I hate crowded parks!"

Fish get smart.

'He doesn't like to catch anything - He just fishes for the exercise!'

"Realism! . . . Realism!"

heavy plant crossing

Lady feeding birds from her car.

"I can't wait for our new vacation home to be finished so we can commune with nature on weekends."

Man lifts up the pages of a book and discovers a brick wall.