29 Sep Best restaurants: Key West
It's hard to come up with a short list of best restaurants in Key West. Most are locally-owned and run by top chefs who chose...
10 Sep Tips for avoiding crowds at Arches National Park
I don’t want to be a Jimmy Joykill, because Arches National Park in Utah and its amazing rock formations give my family boulder-sized goosebumps. Next...
14 Aug Switzerland’s Murten makes a great day trip from Bern
Some of our favorite travel memories are things we learned about talking to an innkeeper or fellow traveler. Such was the discovery of Murten in...
07 Aug Exploring Alaska’s Glacier Bay National Park
We chose UnCruise Adventures and their promise to show us the parts of Alaska that 95 percent of tourists don’t experience....
29 Jul Tips for first-time visitors to Switzerland
We frequently meet Americans who want to visit Europe for the first time, but are anxious about language and cultural challenges. We have one word...
25 Jul Cape Romain’s Boneyard Beach: Thorny’s reluctant sunrise outing becomes an amazing day
Arriving at the beach in total darkness, I saw pre-sunrise for the first time. As the sun appeared I began to understand where Boneyard Beach...
14 Jul Sampling Alaska with pre-cruise land trip
We’d thought about Alaska over the years. And then decided to stop wondering. So we booked a weeklong cruise into Glacier Bay National Park and...
26 Jun Peer into Oregon’s Crater Lake National Park
Crater Lake sinks 1,943 feet deep and holds the world record for water clarity. It’s fed only by snowmelt and rain; no water flows in...
22 Jun Big Sky Nelson Eco B&B: So much more than just a place to lay your head
When traveling we prefer small boutique properties with the owner on-site so that our lodging becomes part of the travel experience....
20 Jun Nelson – New Zealand’s often overlooked destination
Cruising silently towards Nelson, New Zealand in my fully electric car I still, 18 years later, mumble to myself, “We live here!” Every single time....