Category: Adventure travel

Hi, I’m Tim, the grizzled old editor at the helm of this blog here. I took my first round-the-world backpacking trip in 1993. Yes, last century, last millennium. I …

For a nice half-day or day trip, here are three Texas state parks near Austin TX that are easy to get to and have lots of trails (including easy …

(First in a series about geocaching as a beginner.) Here is geocaching in a nutshell – you use an app on your phone to hunt little hidden containers. When …

Northwest Highlands Geopark: a place where sea and mountain frame day to day community, where history, geology, exploration and wilderness meet. In case you might be thinking the word …

Connecting with nature: that’s part of travel. If you are staying in one place, that can be a part of exploration nearby. If you are in a city, it …

Want to try out the RV travel life without plunking down your life savings and getting 5 miles to the gallon driving the thing to your destination? Go the …

Whether you know them by Sliabh Liag, the name in Irish, or the English name Slieve League, these cliffs in Donegal are dramatic, thought provoking, and impressive. That is …

Would you ever consider sleeping on a tiny island off the coast of Sweden? I didn’t until I was offered the opportunity to do so. Now I can’t wait …

Once upon a time, you could visit the great bucket list wonders of the world—officially designated or otherwise—and practically have the place to yourself. That’s how I experienced Petra, …

At the start of the pandemic, streaming subscriptions like Netflix, Amazon Prime, and Hulu saw a surge in memberships–with some services up 50% from 2019. Locked at home, would-be …

What happens in surf paradise when nobody but the locals can visit? Before the pandemic, it was hard to imagine the world’s most perfect waves breaking without a cluster …

Dreaming, planning, anticipating, remembering, reflecting: all of those are part of travel. They are all part of creating and sharing stories too. We are all storytellers here. We have …