#TRAVEL HACK: Solo Travel: 5 Easy Steps to Get Out There On Your Own

Updated July 2022. “Oh wow.  You travel alone? By yourself?  Aren’t you scared/lonely/bored?” These questions are asked of me often: Why do you travel alone? Isn’t it boring? Aren’t you lonely? What do you do all day? Why don’t you travel with a friend? (You do have friends, don’t you? 🤔) And always…. I am […]

The Fiery Furnace – 7 Tips for a Successful Hike in Utah’s Arches National Park

Updated June 2022 The national parks in Utah offer so many different and exciting ways to experience their majestic otherworldly beauty. You can hike, drive, photograph, mountain bike, camp, ATV, motorbike or Jeep through these magnificent and amazing places. My favorite way to discover a place is to hike, so… After hiking some amazing but […]

A Rainbow of Color – the Villages of the Alentejo in Southern Portugal. (Spoiler Alert: Lots of Photos!)

Updated June 2022 After spending some time in the southwest corner of Portugal exploring the beauty of the ancient port towns of Lagos and Faro, I headed north from the Algarve to the Alentejo region of Portugal to hike parts of the Rota Vincentina, a little-known long-distance trail along the spectacular Portuguese coast I had […]