Pedaling rail bikes in the Mendocino Forest. Steam billows up from behind a hillside like a monster hiding in the woods. A distant whistle preempts the sounds of metal scraping on metal as a huge train engine is … Continue reading →
Schooner Adventures with Maine Windjammer Cruises. Click photo. The historic Grace Bailey. She is magnificent under sail; she is a rustic and fun haven at anchor—Grace Bailey graces the sea—primarily along the rugged Penobscot Bay shorelines … Continue reading →
A killer whale named Onyx breaches in Canadian waters. Killer whales are some of the most powerful, intelligent, majestic creatures in the sea. They can throw a 2,000lb sea lion 30 feet into the air during a hunt … Continue reading →
\ Located In The Heart Of The Strip. Las Vegas, as young to the world as it might be does have a vibrant and storied history. From its earliest days in the mid-1800s, when a group of Mormon … Continue reading →
Get Sassy with The Farmer’s Daughter. What happens when you mix art, fashion, and entertainment with a unique, country, modern, tasty, and playful escape ? You get to experience the adventures of the Farmer’s Daughter. No, not the … Continue reading →
Adventure Jeeping From Palm Springs. Beyond the oasis of air conditioned casinos and palm-lined streets are miles and miles of dirt. But venture out beyond the touristy civilization of Palm Springs, and you’ll find geographic anomalies, millions of … Continue reading →
Wine and Food Excursion. It’s a sunny Thursday morning when I arrive at the Napa Valley Train Station located in the charming city of Napa, California. Napa is an American Viticultural Area and one of the premiere wine … Continue reading →
Elvis Lives as Living Theater. If you like Elvis you will love Viva ELVIS, the new Cirque du Soleil homage at Aria Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. Having seen every Cirque show on the Las Vegas Strip I was … Continue reading →
Celebrate at the Beach. L’Auberge Del Mar, in Southern California, far surpasses a trip to the South of France. It’s a romantic getaway weekend without jet lag or airport security lines. This French inspired inn redefines the charm … Continue reading →
The Atlantic Coast Hollywood. Stress free transportation. Hollywood has produced many unique, campy, and fun beach movies during the past century of celluloid, but no beach movie matches Hollywood Beach – not the tinsel town Hollywood, but … Continue reading →
Maui — Outrigger Kapalua Villas, A Slice of Hawaiian Heaven. “I feel like I get five years of my life back every time I go to Maui”, my friend Darin said when I mentioned to him that a Maui vacation … Continue reading →
Dine in San Diego’s Historic Balboa Park. (Photo of The Prado Fountain Courtyard.) Spanish influences are evident in The Prado. I’m strolling down the promenade of Balboa Park in San Diego; there is crispness in the Spring … Continue reading →
Check Inn To The Black orchid Room. Labor Day heralds the end of summer, and just under the wire I am fortunate to spend three days and two nights at Century House, the longest continuously running guesthouse on … Continue reading →
Royal Footsteps. Above – Halemaumau Crater, Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. Mokuaikaua Church. The “Royal Footsteps Along the Kona Coast” drive begins just 8.2 miles from Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport in an area once known as … Continue reading →
Ride and Rest in Style. The Alisal Guest Ranch and Resort in Solvang, California is a rare place in our world where you can enjoy a vacation adventure exploring the coastal hills of central California in the luxury … Continue reading →
There’s gold in them thar hills. There are flakes and nuggets in the streams and fools’ gold in the ore body, but the real gold is in the fall foliage around Spearfish Canyon Lodge, embedded deeply in … Continue reading →
Try Your Hand With Lady Luck. Wild Bill Hickok was shot playing stud poker; he should have been playing the Wild Bill slots at the new Lodge at Deadwood because his odds would have been better. There is … Continue reading →
I am on a bar and lounge and fine dining adventure, but I am early for my dinner reservation at FIX Restaurant and Bar at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas, so I saunter across the casino floor … Continue reading →
THE WORLD’S MOST REMOTE ARCHIPELAGO. Back in space, our island’s picture tells a somewhat different story. No longer a static image, we see Hawaii as a dynamic, living entity. A place where the works of wind and water, … Continue reading →
The Golden Isles of Georgia. I had never visited this enclave of America. Not surprising, for it is unfamiliar to Westerners like me. For us “the Southeast Coast” more likely calls up Charleston, Savannah or Hilton Head to the north, Florida to the south. Elegantly settled into … Continue reading →
