There is much to love on a Hawaii vacation, from hiking and biking to snorkeling and surfing. There are swooping, soaring helicopter tours and sweet sojourns on sun-caressed bays. There are balmy, palmy days and moon-bright, lamplit nights, sparkling seas for sailing, and mind-opening cultural sites. Of all these cultural sites, the one that lives […]
Erik and I recently returned from a desert and Death Valley vacation that included sailing on Lake Mead at sunset, enjoying the sights, sounds and zaniness of Las Vegas, and experiencing the profound quiet, haunting beauty and splendid isolation of Death Valley National Park in California. It really was like visiting two different planets on the same vacation, and […]
I’ve just finished ten weeks of travel in three of my favorite places on the planet: Japan, Greece, and France. One of the great lessons I’ve re-learned on this trip is the importance of slowing down. Wherever you may be—a garden in Kyoto, or an Inca ruin in Peru, or a canyon trail in Utah—the […]