We are jet lagged and so everything carries a dream-like quality to it. The lush green countryside of Tuscany unfolds outside our car window on our first full day in Italy. Tuscany is breathtakingly beautiful and I鈥檓 happy that I agreed to spend our first full day here in the care of a priva…
The winter blues are a real thing. As much as I love ski season, the long dark days, and sometimes day after day filled with low gray skies, are just too much for me. I moved to Yakima from the Phoenix metropolitan area 16 years ago and while I don鈥檛 often miss the desert, I find quick trips…
The Maldives 鈥 a small island nation off the southwest corner of India 鈥 is famous for its clear blue, warm water and over-water bungalows. Alluring photos of the Maldives are in every serious traveler鈥檚 portfolio. A whimsical and romantic trip to the Maldives is on many bucket lists 鈥 and f…
Any day now, my first grandchild will be born. It鈥檚 an exciting time, yet I can鈥檛 help but feel a little nostalgic for the days in which my own children, Erin and Patrick, were small. Looking back through the years, many of my happiest memories are of travel with my kids. It鈥檚 amazing to loo…
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist.
Paris in the fall? Paris anytime is the right time.
John Denver wasn鈥檛 kidding 鈥 the Rocky Mountains, in any season, are spectacular.
Dubai is a showstopper city that marvels every time. A frequent stopover city, many travelers deplane here for only a day or two as they head for farther-afield places like India, Africa and, for me most recently, the Maldives.
鈥淵ou beat cancer by how you live. ...鈥
The Olympic Peninsula is a vast piece of our state; its beaches and lakes, great hikes and temperate rainforest are alluring. This special place is also a great family vacation locale, as you can easily squeeze in a ton of fun over a long weekend.
This October, I was wildly fortunate to take a spur-of-the-moment trip to London. My friend Wendy texted me on a Tuesday, saying she needed to be in London by Sunday for a work meeting. Would my daughter and I like to tag along with her and her daughter?
I have long held the belief that Thanksgiving is for international travel. I look at the few solid days off from work and school as a fantastic reason to add on a few more and another weekend and make it a good 10 days to go someplace warm.
On our first major vacation in well over a year, our family of five ventured to the Big Island of Hawaii in March. We have a tradition in our family 鈥 when you turn 10 years old, you get to pick the family vacation.
Snow! Snow! Snow! Ski! Ski! Ski!
I鈥檝e traveled all over the world and I am always eager to come back home to the Pacific Northwest and our abundance of beauty. Choosing just four of my favorite places is tricky, because in each direction we have exhilarating and interesting vacation spots.
As a sometimes-travel writer, I am sadly still shut out from most of the beloved world until it is safer to move about the Earth. My passport is ensconced in a safe place while I dream and plan for farther-afield adventures in 2022 (Maldives? Cost Rica?).
Has the pandemic left you with a sense of wanderlust? Do you daydream about heading to a scenic lake? Perhaps even visiting a medieval castle? Or staying at a quaint chateau? With many travel limitations still in effect, the Schweitzer Basin in Idaho offers an interesting alternative to more…
It鈥檚 safe to say that just as 2020 proved to be a year of very little travel, 2021 is starting out the very same. Fewer flights are being taken, cruises are docked and trains are pretty well out of the question.
