There’s hikes, and then there’s HIKES. Hiking British Columbia’s West Coast Trail is so Epic that everything feels like it should be capitalized. It has thick forests of old growth with totem poles sleeping inside of them, historic lighthouses standing sentinel over beautiful yet treacherous coastline, and a resident population of wildlife that far outnumbers […]
Outdoors
Photo Friday: Along the Inca Trail
Inspired by the other bloggers who are doing “Photo Friday“, I’m sharing a photo I took on the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu in Peru. This is a great set of ruins you encounter along the final day of hiking into Machu Picchu which is called Winay Wayna. Many historians feel that this was a […]
Tips for Seeing the ‘Real’ Hawaii
What does “Hawaiian vacation” conjure in your mind? Ladies in cliched grass skirts and coconut bras doing hula at the Marriott? Tourists festooning the sands of Waikiki like beached whales? Visions of aloha shirts, flip-flops and plastic leis? I’m seeing loads of deals all over the internet right now for airfare to Hawaii. And while […]