Nature Rick's Most Excellent Adventure

06/18/2019

Just added a small about me page to the website and I also put it on the blog! Check it out when you get chance!

Also, huge shoutout to Fabiana Solano for the awesome photos she took for my website (the photos you see in this blog post, the about me page, and my soon to be profile picture for this page)! If you are ever in need of any types of photos (headshots, portraits, group shots), Fabiana does a fantastic job! Check out her website at http://www.fabianamsolano.com/

Adventure on!

These words have been a part of Nature Rick’s vocabulary for more than 20 years! Early on, while growing up in SE Michigan, he was observing painted turtles in

06/18/2019

I know I have said this in the past... but I am bringing this page back to life! It is in the process of slowly being revamped, so get ready to sit back, relax, and enjoy some of these Moossssstttt Excelllllent Adventures! The big adventure right now is all about the website that I just created. From this adventure, I am hoping to share the rest of my adventures through this website and this page!

This is the official launch of the website!!! It isn't much right now, but it is a work in progress and may turn out to be something nice! Hope you enjoy!

061619 I hope that both of you both have a special day and thought that you would appreciate this throwback to last year! In honor of Father's Day and my Mother

08/30/2017

Time to bring this page BACK!!!!

School just started again at FGCU! IT IS MY SENIOR YEAR!!! If all goes well, well I will be graduating mum!! Here is what has happened in the past few days!

With all of the flooding in SW Florida from Hurricane Harvey going by, a few of the guys from the Wildlife Club and I went out for a quick Wet Walk in the Cypress Dome! This is one of the best ways to experience the Wet Season in Southwest Florida! Next time, I want to take my snorkel and see what underwater critters I can find!

The roommates of HN02 (aka Club Soda - Coming up on my 2nd year living there - oh boy I have a lot to catch everybody up on) going for a sailboat ride on a Hobie Cat on the North Lake!

Lastly, the FGCU Wildlife Club had its first meeting of the semester today! Forgot to take a photo of the group, but we had an awesome gathering today and this semester will be full of great adventures!

01/01/2016

Transitioned into 2016 with a trip to Myakka River State Park up in Sarasota County! What a beaut! Looking forward to all of the adventures this year will bring!

11/07/2015

This past week on November 4th, I shaved my head for the second time for St. Baldrick's Day and for the third time ever in my life. My head is pretty cool right. St. Baldrick's is an international foundation that is devoted to finding the cure for childhood cancer. A whole bunch of friends (brothers, residents, other people I know) and I decided to shave our head to support the cause!

Overall FGCU has raised around $12,000.
My teams - SigEp and Team RezLIFE raised $200 and $500 respectively, and I managed to raise $100 for the cause!

Thank you for all of the support and I can't wait to grow my hair out until my next haircut on St. Baldrick's Day!

09/20/2015

Continue on with Ricky's journey as he goes through his second year at FGCU. The only difference now, he's an RA!

09/20/2015

MOVE IN DAY!!!!!!

09/20/2015

THE PALMETTO CREW!!!!!!!!!

08/30/2015

Have you heard of the Vanilla Coke Man yet? If you haven't, you are surely missing out. What has simply started as a "joke" has turned into one of the greatest acts of kindness. Upon move in day, this student had a box of Vanilla Coke in his room and one of friends asked him to bring him one a couple of rooms over. Since then, he has gone through 8, 24 packs by giving individual Vanilla Cokes to people. He is a rising star in South Village and it is only going to get bigger. He loves doing it because it puts a smile on people's faces. Next, it sounds like he is going to be leaving cans of Vanilla Coke around the buildings of FGCU with inspirational quotes on them. This kid is awesome! Way to go Vanilla Coke Man!

08/28/2015

Felt the need to share this. One of the most important things I have learned in college this far: "NEVER WEAR SANDALS WHILE LONG-BOARDING". The beauty marks in this picture are from two separate occasions. The right leg was earlier this week and the left leg was earlier today. Wear shoes everybody.

08/11/2015

Here is my first ever bulletin board of my RESIDENT ASSISTANT career!! "Don't Mess With The Myths - Get The Facts Straight". It was all about not letting the myths about college get to you. They are BUSTABLE!