Bacon or chocolate” A pint of craft beer or a wedge of aged gouda” The family dog or cat”
Picking my favorite hike destination is … Read the rest
Travel – Cycling – Outdoors
Bacon or chocolate” A pint of craft beer or a wedge of aged gouda” The family dog or cat”
Picking my favorite hike destination is … Read the rest
IcelandAir has a cool practice: It names its aircraft after Icelandic volcanoes. I took two flights on Hekla, to and from JFK airport in … Read the rest
Vanuatu wasn’t a destination I’d ever thought about until I read the Cash Peters book Naked in Dangerous Places. The author paints a very … Read the rest
The Thrihnukagigur volcano in Iceland just gave me another reason to visit again: a tour company that takes people down a 400-foot descent into a … Read the rest
Glowing magma from horizon to horizon. A never-ending blanket of fire. I’m captivated just thinking about what this area looked like as recently as 1984
Landmannalaugar isn’t so much a place. It’s more of a rip in the space-time continuum.
Consider its summer: It’s hard to tell 3 a.m. from … Read the rest
It’s easy to forget or to never even realize it – but much of northern Arizona’s landscape was shaped by fire. Or by lava, if … Read the rest
A few years ago, Sarah and I were riding in the Taylor House Century bike ride in the 60-mile group. I didn’t know much about … Read the rest