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 you universe.

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

Swimmer Diana Nyad tells us how her record setting open ocean swim from Cuba to Florida that her proved 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 historian Brent Glass takes us to a few of the places where women have changed American history.

We'll start with 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.

Come along for the hour ahead, it's travel with Rick Steves.

Maybe the fifth time is the charm. For decades, Diana Nyad wanted to swim all the way

across one of the most dangerous ocean passages in the world. It wasn't until she was 64 years old that she finally completed all 111 miles of the shark-infested crossing from Havana to Key West.

And she set a world record.

Coming up on travel with Rick Steve's swimming legend

Diana Nyad shares the amazing story of how she accomplished her historic swim

across the straits of Florida.

We'll also check in with naturalist Gary Ferguson.

He 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.

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