A little before Gary Ferguson's wife was taken from him in a tragic canoe accident.

She said something that he'll never forget.

She laid her paddle down on her lap and she looked up to the sky and she said thank you universe.

Coming up we'll hear how the wilderness can play many roles in our lives.

Swimmer Diane and Ayaed tells us how her record setting open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida allowed her to prove

to herself that she really could beat the odds.

Who am I?

Am I a person who commits to a big dream that maybe is untouchable, maybe can never be done, but it's worth the journey?

And let's celebrate Women's History Month that places that help define America, like Harriet Beecher Stowe's home in Hartford, Connecticut.

Which is devoted to issues of social justice and social reform, some of the same issues when she wrote Uncle Tom's habit.

It's all in the hour ahead on travel with Rick Steves.

Maybe the fifth time time the charm.

For decades, Diana Nyad

had wanted to swim one of the most dangerous ocean passages in the world.

It wasn't until she was 64 years old

that she finally completed the 111 mile crossing through shark

confessed waters from Havana to Key West and in doing so she set a world record.

Coming up on Travel with Rick Steves, we meet swimming legend Diane and I had and learn the amazing story of how she did it.

We'll also check in with naturalist Gary Ferguson.

Gary explains how he was able to rely on the wilderness to help heal his grief after he lost his

wife of 25 years in a whitewater canoeing accident.

Since 1987, March has been designated Women's History Month here in the United States.

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