The usual travel life cycle is ‘dream, plan, book, travel, and share’.  But when friends invited us to join them on their ‘bucket list’ Celebrity Xpedition 10-night Galapagos cruise/tour, we jumped right past the ‘dream’ and ‘plan’ stages and went straight to our local AAA office to ‘book.’  Now, granted, it was a pretty special trip and we did do some research to prepare,... Read More

Dress in layers and hold on tightly!

That’s the best advice I can give if you plan to go whitewater rafting in late May or early June along the Arkansas River in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains. Fortunately, before leaving Elk Mountain Ranch for our 45-minute commute to Wilderness Aware the morning of our scheduled full-day river trip, I heeded warnings from local residents... Read More

I had booked a whitewater rafting trip in North Carolina once before, only to cancel upon learning of my first child’s pending arrival status.  That child is now 14, so it took me awhile to reschedule, but now the trip would include her and her 9-year-old brother.

As a first-time rafter, I waded online ... Read More

     Traveling for adventure is a wonderful thing - no matter what your age.  Not everyone can hike the Himalayas or Mt Kilimanjaro, but there are many destinations that offer all kinds of unique things to do.  Stretch your imagination and consider some of the things you can do just south of the border in Cabo San Lucas, Baja, Mexico.

Bike riding too tame?  How about ATVs – even little kids ride these.  They are easy to operate and safe, unless you are prone to reckless behavior, generally.  There are several companies up and down the corridor between... Read More