Following my arrival in Auckland, I traveled 10 minutes south to the home of my CouchSurfing host Chris. Chris, a 38-year-old computer programmer and self-acclaimed geek, was most fun and welcoming. This would be my home for the next three nights until I flew to Dunedin on the south island to connect with my friends. Following […]
I was fortunate to have enough AAdvantage miles to get a free, well $14.10 in taxes, business class ticket to New Zealand on Air Tahiti Nui. From the rapid check-in, I was ushered through security to the One World Alliance private lounge where I whiled away a couple hours on the laptop and sampled […]
INTI RAYMI During the reign of the Inca Empire, the Inti Raymi or Festival of the Sun was the most important of four ceremonies celebrated in Cusco, the historic capital of the Incas and a present day World Heritage Site. Last celebrated by an Inca Emperor in 1535, it was subsequently suppressed by the Spanish […]
Before I started on this marathon road trip, I made plans to meet up and camp with two friends in the eastern Sierra Nevada Mountains. Roughly two weeks into my journey and with no further contact, would we actually find each other at… Blue Lake, Sierra Nevada, California View Larger Map Blue Lake is […]
A Photographic Essay Bryce Canyon National Park Having visited Utah’s other four national parks and exploring much of the Colorado Plateau over the years, I was especially excited to have finally arrived at Bryce Canyon National Park. Bryce is relatively small, only 53 square miles. Over the last 200 million years the land has been […]
Glacier National Park and The Road to Bryce Canyon NP View Larger Map Day Three For my third and final day in Glacier National Park, my plan was to take half a day exploring the Two Medicine area of the park. Leaving the motel in East Glacier, Montana, a short drive across the old […]
Glacier National Park “…a man who keeps company with glaciers comes to feel tolerably insignificant by and by. The Alps and the glaciers together are able to take every bit of conceit out of a man and reduce his self-importance to zero if he will only remain within the influence of their sublime presence long […]
Glacier National Park View Larger Map Day One Well I was stoked to have finally made it to the edge of Glacier National Park after all these years! This is truly a place of superlatives. Here are just a few facts. Glacier became our eighth national park in 1910 and encompasses over one million […]
Over the last two weeks, I have received three versions of the A to Z meme that is making its way around the travel blogging community. After reading the review of my virtual buddy Stephanie of The Travel Chica and commenting her post, she challenged me to write one. So here goes my A to Z Travel Review […]
ONWARD TO GLACIER NATIONAL PARK Or, Go North Young Man (with apologies to Horace Greely) View Larger Map After a day leisurely driving past Lake Yellowstone and through Grand Teton National Park followed by a night in Jackson Hole, the decision was made to continue onward to Glacier National Park. This was about my first […]