Articles about my travels beyond my beloved Pacific Northwest of the U.S.
I’ve written a fair amount of content about RV living but have never driven an RV. How crazy is that? Well, when one of my clients approached me with the idea of taking one of their smaller RVs on the road, I quite literally jumped at the chance. Blacksford RV has offices in Bozeman, Montana…
Where in the world can you experience towering alps, castles seemingly hanging in mid-air, a mystical mountainous spirit, bubbling hot pots from the center of the earth, and finish off the day at a world class Mediterranean restaurant, all within a day’s drive from each other? Hugging unusual frontiers, we’re edging out excitement, we’re going…
Have you heard the news? Of course, you have. The world of travel has changed, literally overnight. International borders have closed on a global scale, and our exploratory nature has been dashed without nary a warning. I’m not going to even get into the decimating effects this has had on every facet of the travel…
I think more of us will be slowing down and reading this summer…and who doesn’t love a good book? Especially when you are stuck at home and cannot travel. At least it is comforting to know that when you are able to travel again, the world will still be waiting for you! No matter the…
I’ll admit it, it’s not all about me! I started this blog with the humble desire to shout my love of the Pacific Northwest to the world. I wanted to show people how incredibly, fantastically gorgeous my home is. To this day, I am pretty much the only one of several Portland bloggers that focuses…
I am a solo female adventure traveler (who wears a size 12) and blogs about the Pacific Northwest. That was my ‘elevator pitch’ when I went to Austin, Texas for TravelCon 2018 and It Was Awesome!!! It was my first travel blogger/media conference and my first time in Austin. Yes, I hit two birds with one…
I’m going to jump on the bandwagon here because I rarely do that. I’m writing this week’s blog post as a list. The ever-popular “5 reasons why (insert subject here)”. Because 1) it’s fun, and 2) everyone loves a list of something. It’s click-bait and I’m not ashamed to flaunt it. And I’ll say it…
When you need travel inspiration, who or what do you turn to? Facebook? Pinterest? Instagram? Good ol’ Google? A favorite travel blogger? Or something else? It’s common knowledge that travel bloggers these days are a dime a dozen. It seems everyone has built their own website to chronicle their yearly (or monthly) vacations, and that’s fine….
“Y’all know what you’re havin’?” the friendly, weathered man said behind the counter. “Oh yeah, we came here all the way from Portland for an ‘All That Jazz’ “ said my husband. Well, we didn’t come to New Orleans JUST for that. We were at Verdi Mart on Royal St. around 1 am for the…
Okay, so you’ve decided that you want to take a vacation. A good one. A few days to get away from regular life. The need burns so great in you that if you don’t leave town soon, you’ll burst. What to do? Where to go? Maybe you don’t even care where you go, you just…
The best hike of my life so far? Definitely! Certainly, the longest hike I’ve done yet, and one of the most challenging. Not so much as difficult in terms of elevation, but in the uniqueness of terrain and stamina. Much of it is wading in water, negotiating smooth rocks. As I was preparing for this…
