Create Your Perfect Snow Day in Lake Placid with #PerfectSnowDayADK

Create Your Perfect Snow Day in Lake Placid with #PerfectSnowDayADK

Viewing all the playful snow images after Jonas, the 2016 blizzard that hit the east coast of the states, I realized I do miss winter, especially the snow. Yes, I’ll admit it. Now, in Florida (enjoying the sunshine state) I realize I’ll need to schedule winter holiday travel not just to escape cooler climates, but […]

A Sunset Sunday Stop at Vilano Beach, Florida

A Sunset Sunday Stop at Vilano Beach, Florida

After exploring Ponte Vedra Beach for the first time to take a rest in the Florida sunshine,  I decided not to head back to interstate I 95 but to continue south on A1A and make for a sunset stop in Vilano Beach, Florida. Just before I needed to head back across the bridge and head […]

The Beach for All Ages in Ponte Vedra, Florida

The Beach for All Ages in Ponte Vedra, Florida

After entering Florida and taking the highway I-95 south past Jacksonville, you can make a left and head for the Atlantic coast and some of Florida’s famous beaches. Before St Augustine travelers can discover Ponte Vedra, Florida Definitely worth a stop and also, the beach offers facilities to change and clean up, perfect for those […]

Sunset Sunday Series Video Recap Sept-Dec 2015

Sunset Sunday Series Video Recap Sept-Dec 2015

Every four months I create a video sunset compilation of the recent images in the Sunset Sunday Series. In this video recap; ride a bike through Montreal, walk the 7-mile bridge, paraglide in Slovenia, see sunsets on the lake in Siberia and Kyrgyzstan, learn about projects from the Global Sunrisers, see the cover of the annual […]

Travel Tips, Advice, and Seven Things to Love About Solo Travel

Travel Tips, Advice, and Seven Things to Love About Solo Travel

In today’s world we can see so much, do so much, enjoy so much, and learn so much. We have boundless opportunity to travel the world and sometimes, it is the trip itself that reminds us best that we are all on a life-long journey of discovery. Adventure away from our routine reminds us what’s […]

One Item for the 2016 #Bucketlist, A Dedication Post

One Item for the 2016 #Bucketlist, A Dedication Post

I can’t believe we are doing this for the third time already. It doesn’t seem that long ago many of us lost a friend, but in 2013 the travel blogging world lost Anita Mac. But this is the third remembrance post following the 2014 Bucket List and then 2015 Bucket List post. I am glad […]

First Time in Miami? Four Places to Visit

First Time in Miami? Four Places to Visit

Although I am not new to Miami, I’ve visited the destination countless times since the early 2000s, I now consider the city more of my home turf with my current relocation to Islamorada and the upper Florida Keys. My visits are now not just to escape the cold (or experience the cool). I discovered much […]

A Sunset Moment Paragliding West from Slovenia to Italy

A Sunset Moment Paragliding West from Slovenia to Italy

It was my first hike and fly expedition and the aim was simple to paraglide to Marmolada, Italy. I was accompanied by Jim Orava and Thomas Sloss–two crazy cool Canadians. We took off from a site just east of Tolmin, Slovenia. About 25 km down range the sky was looking ugly. With storms forming up […]