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Five Fantastic Gifts for Nomads

Five Fantastic Gifts for Nomads

Giving nomads gifts is difficult because they either don’t want things, or don’t have room for things. So what do you do? We’ve got five fantastic gifts for the nomads in your life.

Walking and Biking Easter Island Rapa Nui

Walking and Biking Easter Island Rapa Nui

Walking and Biking Easter Island Rapa Nui I cried the first time I saw the Easter Island statues, the Moai. Maybe it was that I had been waiting since 5th grade to see these magnificent sculptures, or perhaps it was the exceedingly difficult bike ride I had taken to...

5 Unusual Things to Do in Denver with Family Over Thanksgiving Week

Free Things to Do in Denver with Family During Thanksgiving My family joined me for Thanksgiving, and hosting fell into my lap. My sister and brother-in-law from Maine and my mother from Florida arrived with a week of "What are we doing today?" We are not a family who...

5 Unusual Things to Do Emerald Pools Zion National Park

5 Unusual Things to Do Emerald Pools Zion National Park

5 Unusual Things to Do at Emerald Pools in Zion National Park (note: this post was updated in 2022.) Zion National Park, a southwestern Utah must-stop, fashions gorgeous views and wild imaginations. Avoid the crowds by doing these 5 unusual things. Most folks will...

5 Unusual Things to Do in Monument Valley

5 Unusual Things to Do in Monument Valley

Five Unusual Things to Do in Monument Valley (note: this post was updated in 2022) Monument Valley, Utah, one of my most favorite places in the US, is often overlooked by travelers doing the great western park loop of our National Parks.  It shouldn't be. Monument...

Save Money in Mexico through Time Share Presentation

Save Money in Mexico through Time Share Presentation

Save Money in Mexico through Time Share Presentation If you're getting ready to go to Mexico, especially Cancun or Cabo San Lucas, you've heard it from everyone--run as fast as you can from the Time Share Hawkers. But I'm here to tell you, they're your friends, and...

How to Get Married in Alaska on a Glacier

How to Get Married in Alaska on a Glacier

How to Get Married on a Glacier in Alaska (note: this post was updated in 2022) Steve and I dated for a year, then got engaged for a year, and then planned our wedding. For our fifth wedding (third for him, second for me) we refused to do things the way everyone else...

Walking and Biking Fakarava

Walking and Biking Fakarava

Walking and Biking Fakarava Far from everywhere else in the world and perhaps close enough to paradise, you'll find the tiny atoll of Fakarava. Part of French Polynesia, this narrow strip of 850 inhabitants is also home to the best scuba diving in the world. Some...

Hiking Adventure to Middle Earth, New Zealand

Hiking Adventure to Middle Earth, New Zealand

Hiking Adventure to Middle Earth, New Zealand I had no idea I was in Middle Earth. Google Maps sent me south from Auckland through Hamilton to a tiny dirt road that went over a set of mountains, past fields of sheep where I barely missed hitting the wild black baby...