Magical Montenegro

Some places you travel to you will only visit once. Real special places make you want to come back, and they give you special memories each time you return. Montenegro is one of those places. Whether you are looking for stunningly beautiful coastlines, rugged mountains, or charming centuries old villages, you need to look no

McCanns in the Emerald Isle and the meaning of 2 November

A recount of a weekend trip to Dublin on an eventful anniversary, and a conversation with a Chipmunk.

Alphabet Adventures: World Travels from A to Z

Highlights of special places visited around the world, categorized by letter, with one place representing each letter of the alphabet.

Argentina’s Epic Road Trip: La Ruta Cuarenta – (Route 40)

Argentina’s Route 40 is one of the world’s epic road trips. It travels nearly the entire length from North to South in this large South American country. Traversing through remote deserts, to lush wine country with charming small towns, to wildernesses with glacially carved mountains, a trip down Ruta 40 has it all. Where else

Mt. Kilimanjaro: The Lemosho Route

a description of an 8 day expedition to the rooftop of Africa on the Lemosho Route.

Gauja National Park, Latvia

You might not first think of Latvia when mentioning a serene canoe trip through a national park which ends at a centuries old historic village. But that’s what you’ll get when paddling the Gauja River through the National park of the same name. After completing a solo bicycle trip through the Happy Isles of Western

Appalachian Highs

Sometimes, when life gets you down, you just have to get high. Real high. Naturally. A change in altitude can give you a lift in attitude! We recently traveled to Tennessee for a wedding and allowed a few extra days on the front end to climb a couple more state high points, one in Kentucky

Bernardo: Hombre de Bolivia

Sometimes you meet the most interesting people in the most unexpected places. If you don’t look carefully, you may also miss something that is really important. I’ve found that to be true in many places that I’ve traveled to. Therefore, Bolivia should be no different. But is WAS different, mostly because of a very special

The ROYAL (what’s in a name?) Hotel of Costa Rica

an account of a harrowing night I had in a foreign house of ill repute.

Walking Redmond, Oregon

When thinking about recreating in Central Oregon, don’t overlook Redmond. Bend gets most of the press, but we recently drove to the town to our north for a weekend hike and were not disappointed. With gas prices being sky high, we are doing much more urban hiking closer to home. We combined walking the paved