Just like my travels that take me to unique places, I also love gifts that are unique. We might not have been able to travel much in 2020, but that doesn’t mean that we can’t dream about travel. At this time of year I normally write articles about travel gear gifts, but this year I’ve […]
It is said that good things come to those who wait. Yet few big decisions in my life have ever been about waiting. In fact, I believe if there is something I want, then I need to make it happen. In my opinion and experience, waiting kills a good idea or life change. That’s why […]
I’ve always had a thing for communities that lie at the end of the road. There is no way out except back in the direction you came. People tend to learn to get along when they can’t avoid each other. In my experience (Crested Butte Colorado or Norddal Norway), it’s normally a formula for a […]
When the world starts to travel again post Covid19 quarantines – where will you go? I think one of the things people agree on is they want to go to places that aren’t crowded or necessarily well-known. That may mean isolated destinations, remote outdoor places, urban settings that are lesser known (tier 4 & 5 […]
2018 was the year travel nearly killed me. No, it wasn’t a close call driving in a foreign country which is how I always assumed I would get hurt traveling. Instead it was my long-distance flight from the US to India that nearly killed me. No, it wasn’t turbulence, terrorism, or mechanical failure. It was […]
Madison is home of progressive ideas, cheese curds, and the brandy old fashioned. But what was it that made me get on a plane from Denver and travel to Madison in November, a brown, chilly part of the year for Madison? I wanted a travel experience. Madison calls them Essential Experiences, and they make up […]
“What next?” This is typically the first thought on people’s minds as they finish the Camino de Santiago thru hike in Spain. Finishing a thru hike is exhilarating, exciting, and emotional. It’s a journey you put days, weeks, and sometimes months of time into it and you have truly become one with the trail. You […]
For the last 2 months I’ve been referring to myself as 50, even though I’m 49. It’s a weird way that I trick my brain into being comfortable with the age prior to my birthday. I’ve been doing this for years. It was working great – I was at peace with it, I’m 50, no […]
We had been driving for about 4 hours when we turned off the bumpy road onto the flat expanse of the Sahara Desert in Morocco. You could see for miles. There were no roads, just a few tire tracks and a bunch of signs sticking in the sand advertising various hotels that were nowhere to […]
My brain was so busy anticipating penguins and landscapes. Yet throughout both of my Antarctica cruises, I realized that there was much more to Antarctica than I originally thought. Some of the things you could do there were quite surprising! Here are 7 things to do in Antarctica that surprisingly don’t involve wildlife! Go shopping […]
