I used to take an exorbitant amount of clothing when I traveled. Used to car trips where we had plenty of room and no weight restrictions, I crammed everything in just in case I might change my mind about what to wear. So when I began to travel more often by air, I had some serious adjustments to make in packing attitude. Some people manage to walk on a plane with one small carry-on or …
The huge redwood we were gazing at in the middle of Muir Woods soared high above our heads, filtering out the sun. The ground around it was covered with dappled images of light and shade that moved and shifted as the mighty tree swayed slightly in the breeze.
Established on January 9, 1908, as a national monument, Muir Woods is located only about 11 miles north of the Golden Gate Bridge, but this wilderness of …
There has been a great deal in the news lately about travel rage and extremely inconsiderate travelers. Look, we get it. Travel can be exhausting, uncomfortable, and downright unpleasant but do you have to take it out on your fellow travelers?
Can’t we all just get along?
Air travel is one form of travel with the worst offenders; after all, who likes sitting wedged into a too-small seat jockeying for the arm rest with the …
Leaning back in our comfortable, padded seats, sipping on cold bottles of water, and watching the scenery of the city slide by on either side of us, we decided we had happened upon possibly the most comfortable and unique way to see a city.
In a gondola.
No, we were not in Italy.
In fact, we were thousands of miles from Italy in a beautifully restored gondola on the Providence River in Providence, Rhode Island.…
