Charlottesville, Virginia isn’t just a university town where you can visit historic Monticello, home to Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia. The Shenandoah Valley offers some of the best hiking and scenery of the rolling Blue Ridge Mountains in the mid-Atlantic. Be sure to check out … Continue reading
Recipe for the perfect winter weekend getaway: 1 destination less than a 3-hour drive from home 1 dog-friendly digs with fireplace 2 good friends 3 open restaurants 4 trails for hiking and cross-country skiing Generous handful of independently owned shops Too many kind souls to count! Mix all the ingredients and what do you get? … Continue reading
Sunrise at Tongariki Santiago is quite literally the jumping off point to get to the most remote inhabited island in the world, Rapa Nui. The island’s first recorded European visitor, Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen, give it the name Easter Island when he landed there Easter Sunday 1722. I prefer, and so does almost everyone who … Continue reading
Chaxa Lagoon I didn’t want to travel all the way to Chile and miss the driest place on earth. What a superlative! I also didn’t want to go home without visiting Rapa Nui (Easter Island) and I was lucky enough to do both. First spending a few day in the Atacama, then on to Santiago … Continue reading
With only one week I wasn’t sure about spending a couple nights anywhere but Quito on our first trip to Ecuador. In retrospect, Mindo is the perfect diversion from Quito’s sprawl, concrete and cars. Just a two hour drive outside the city you’ll be a place that feels very much like the forest, which after … Continue reading
So, there I was. All alone, wandering around a place I’d never been. My kind of heaven. So if West Virginia claims to be almost heaven well then sweet Jesus musta called me home! It’s not often I’m out exploring by myself with my camera and my notepad. Just talking to people. So when this opportunity came … Continue reading
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