Is there anything more quintessentially American than the Pacific Coast Highway road trip? It's an item that was on my bucket list for the last decade, so I'm glad to finally have checked it off. Although the trip wasn't without its hiccups (you may have read about road washouts in this area), it's … [Read more...] about Planning a Pacific Coast Highway Road Trip
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Tikal By Night
A shuttle picked up my Canadian friends and me mid-afternoon. We'd been bullied into buying our tickets to Tikal from a friend of the bus driver on our 12-hour trip. I didn't want to be taken advantage of. But it had been a long day and the price seemed right. We were afraid we'd been … [Read more...] about Tikal By Night
Antigua, Guatemala for Gringas
Flying into Guatemala City International Airport, I was one of many travelers making a beeline for shuttles to Antigua, bypassing the city entirely. I'd come back to explore later, but for now, my focus was on making my way to the most popular destination in the country. My sister was living there, … [Read more...] about Antigua, Guatemala for Gringas
Finding Hitchcock in Bodega Bay, California
I think we're in real trouble. I don't know how this started or why, but I know it's here and we'd be crazy to ignore it... The bird war, the bird attack, plague - call it what you like. They're amassing out there someplace and they'll be back. You can count on it... Unless we do something right … [Read more...] about Finding Hitchcock in Bodega Bay, California
On Living an Alternative Life
So I said, "I don't wanna be alone foreverBut I can be tonightI don't wanna be alone foreverBut I love gypsy lifeI don't wanna be alone foreverMaybe we can see the world togetherI don't wanna be alone foreverBut I can be tonight, tonight" One of the things about traveling frequently is how it … [Read more...] about On Living an Alternative Life