North America
October 18, 2022
A Night in the Life of an Aurora Guide & Some Northern Lights FAQs “Did you always dream of being an Aurora guide?” I chuckled to […]
September 3, 2022
How to Visit the Denali National Park on a Budget In this article, I’ll show you how to visit Denali National Park on a budget. The […]
February 22, 2022
Climbing Haleakala Volcano by Bicycle (Maui, Hawai’i) I’m not sure when or where I first heard about climbing Haleakala Volcano by bicycle. But when I did, […]
January 9, 2022
Our Experience Renting a Campervan in Las Vegas What it’s like to Rent a Campervan for a Short-term Road Trip in Nevada and Utah Vanlife has […]
December 24, 2021
Best Travel Experiences of 2021 To say 2021 was another difficult year for travel, would be to overlook the fact that it was very difficult for […]
November 19, 2021
Revisiting Zion National Park and Coming to Terms with Limitations “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and […]
May 12, 2021
Why I Went to Fairbanks in Winter I said I would never go to Fairbanks, Alaska in the winter. But I did. In what seemed like […]
January 5, 2021
My 10 Best Travel Experiences of 2020 For most of the year, 2020 was the year of non-travel. If you couldn’t see the future and didn’t […]
September 1, 2020
My Favorite Photos of Havana I’ll start by saying Cuba is not among my favorite destinations. (Read this, if you want to know why I don’t […]
July 9, 2020
Why I was Wrong about Central America I’m not in love with Central America. But this latest trip certainly gave me a greater appreciation for this […]
March 26, 2020
Before some of you start sending me death threats in the comments section (as nearly happened for Why I don’t like Laos) know this: I don’t […]
August 17, 2018
Hiking in the Canadian Rockies Reminded me of what’s Important Why you should put your phone down and do something awesome A couple months ago I bought […]
August 11, 2017
Pennsylvania Face-off: Pittsburgh vs Philadelphia As noted in the recent Craft Beer in Pennsylvania: East vs West article, the state of Pennsylvania has an east-west rivalry […]
March 27, 2017
While many of us think only of crystal clear waters and white sand beaches when we hear Jamaica, there is so much more to this island […]
February 16, 2016
Locals’ Favorites for Wellness in Los Angeles Getting and staying healthy is important, whether you’re at home or traveling. I covered my top ways for staying […]
August 24, 2014
Photos from the Road: Venice Beach California At least ten months of the year I’m traveling, or at least living internationally as a digital nomad. So […]
August 1, 2012
2012 US Road Trip in Numbers 39 Days on the Road 6,141 Miles (9,883 kilometers) 13 States Our Route We left from Virginia, taking […]
July 31, 2012
I always try to schedule a little less than I know I have time for at a destination. That way there’ll be time to squeeze in […]
July 29, 2012
What’s in Oak Ridge Tennessee? The short answer to this question is that a good friend of mine has parents that live in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. […]
July 22, 2012
Navigating our road trip to the Very Large Array At dusk the evening before, we made a scramble for free camping in The Box. There is little […]
July 19, 2012
History and Superlatives of Santa Fe We somehow brought the July monsoon with us from the north. It rained in Taos and continued in Santa […]
July 9, 2012
Interior Design at Northern Quest I’m not an interior design expert nor do I know very much on the subject. I’ve only briefly touched on the […]