Since our last vlog, we left our tiny cabin in the woods near Yosemite to spend the summer at a friend’s house in beautiful Truckee, California – only 10 miles from Lake Tahoe. After our motorcycle trip to Alaska ended in 2016, we stayed in Truckee and instantly fell in love. A beautiful mountain town, … Read More
Sheri and I often say that everyone has a story. And often, the best stories are those told by other travelers. What follows is the first installment in an ongoing series where we share some of our favorite books, films, and blogs on travel that we’ve found both entertaining and inspiring. Hard to put down … Read More
Introduction Back in 2006, Sheri and I spent five weeks in Lagos, Portugal learning to scuba dive. Diving along Portugal’s sun-drenched Algarve coast was addictive. Get up, dive, laze on a quiet beach, spend the night partying, sleep, and repeat. We were immediately hooked. Diving, we quickly discovered, was a perfect complement to our lifestyle … Read More
Ever since we were young, we’ve longed to be in the mountains. Perhaps it’s a love affair rooted in our upbringing along the Atlantic coast and a longing to explore somewhere different. Or perhaps it’s more directly tied to our passion for skiing, trail running, and pretty much any outdoor pursuit enhanced or challenged by … Read More
Like lots of folks, we’ve got a list – some people will call it a bucket list. Ours is more like a steamer trunk of interesting, if sometimes ill-conceived, ideas for misadventures one might argue are just as likely to result in an untimely death as contribute to a fuller life. They’re the sorts of … Read More
10 Must-Do’s in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guyana As we enter 2018, we find ourselves reflecting back on an extraordinary first year in South America. It’s been a year defined by a seemingly endless string of nature’s superlatives – towering peaks, roaring rivers, verdant forests, and diverse wildlife – and it’s been … Read More