Photo Friday: Lake Tahoe, California
While I had a blast at Snowcial in Tahoe last month, I'm still dreaming of days spent tearing down the… [more]
Japan: Efficient, but Not Necessarily Easy
Somewhere in between China and sailing across the Pacific, we made a five-day stop in Japan. It was rainy,… [more]
Roatan Under Water
After Costa Rica, following a day cruising through the Panama Canal, our Semester at Sea voyage made… [more]
Photo Friday: Newport, Rhode Island
On the last day of our whirlwind tour of New England last summer, we drove the hour from Providence down… [more]
An Almost Snow-Less Snowcial
I nearly didn't go to Snowcial this year. There was the little issue of getting out to Tahoe from Tennessee… [more]
R&R in Costa Rica
When we were headed toward Central America last month, we originally had planned to do a vacation home… [more]
On Sports and Haka Dances
I grew up a very sporty kid. My parents had me in tee-ball and soccer before the age of 5---on boys'… [more]
Photo Fridays
Photo Friday: Angkor Thom, Cambodia
I've ridden camels. I've pet sharks. I've been thrown off an ostrich. I've had my lunch swiped by a monkey. But up until my visit to Cambodia, I'd never actually sat on an elephant. When Mom and I were in South Africa two years ago, we visited an … [Read More...]
Photo Friday: Monterrico, Guatemala
I never did much coverage of our 2008 trip to Guatemala, primarily because neither of us were wild about the destination. We found Antigua too touristy, the Puerto Quetzal area too run down, the rainy season (which lasts much of the year) a bit too … [Read More...]
Photo Friday: Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Tomorrow marks the anniversary of when a Vietnamese army toppled the Khmer Rouge regime from Phnom Penh---a topic I will write about in greater depth next week---so I thought it fitting that today's Photo Friday come from the Cambodian capital … [Read More...]
Photo Friday: Kyoto, Japan
The last stop on the Asian leg of our Semester at Sea voyage was in Japan. We docked in Kobe, but SVV and I immediately hopped a train from there to Kyoto for the night (about $10 each and a 45-minute ride). News flash: Japan is expensive, y'all. … [Read More...]
Featured Posts
Flying Down the Frenchman at Keystone
It feels weird to write about snow when I’m currently sipping POG juice on my lanai at the Fairmont Orchid in Hawaii, but California and Colorado are having such record-breaking snow seasons that I’d be a terrible travel writer and blogger if I … [Read More...]
Heavenly vs. Northstar: A Smackdown
We were supposed to be up at Tahoe for the next few days making use of our season passes one more time before winter officially ends in California, but alas, that day may already have come; warm 50-degree weather paired with drizzle do not great ski … [Read More...]
The Jewel of Tasmania
This is the occasional part of my job that I'm kind of embarrassed to talk about. You see, the whole purpose for the jaunt to Tasmania---and as quickly as we were in and out, it was just that: a jaunt---was for the opening of this uber-swank resort. … [Read More...]
Israel: We’ll All Float On
Back in November, when I was trekking it across the Israeli desert, I got the chance to see one of the world's wonders.* After driving for miles and miles through brown rocky terrain and placid, sandy desert, it truly is magnificent to see muted … [Read More...]
