Weekend Roady

Planes, trains and automobiles - yes, all three transportation options converged to make for an incredible whirlwind weekend in the Yukon!

WHAT WOULD YOU DO FOR A TRIP TO THE KLONDIKE? Well, I’ll tell you what I did… Take off Friday before Labor Day and drive 6 hours to Bellingham, Washington after work the night before. Cross the U.S.-Canada border and take Air North…

This past week I took a trip to the Russian exclave of Kaliningrad to take in a bit of the World Cup fever!

A WORLD CUP JOURNEY TO KALININGRAD I believe it was October of last year – Breeah and I had just finalized our Australia plans for the following March. My father and I had a conversation about the final qualifying matches for …

Had three days waaaay down under in Tasmania, Australia's southernmost state.

ROADY DOWN UNDER: TASMANIA I look at the list of some great “side trips” I’ve ventured on, trips-within-a-trip, so to speak. The list includes (but is definitely not limited to: Faroe Islands Montserrat (th…

Rain has been scarcer than usual as we close in on winter in the Pacific Northwest. Meanwhile - we've been making more stops in Northern California, Oregon and Washington...

A STRANGELY DRY FALL IN THE PNW So as we dive head first into the throes of winter with the upcoming Winter Soltice and Christmas holiday, I would me remiss not to acknowledge my relative lack of updates here, especially since th…

Took a trip to the site of the very first Ghost Adventures episode in Virginia City, Nevada

GHOST ADVENTURES IN NEVADA Every now and then I may find that my journey take me, well, out of this world and into the paranormal. Breeah and I took our second-ever road trip together out to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and stay…

Solar Eclipse Totality in Sweet Home, Oregon at 10:17 AM PST

The Faroe Islands show a completely different slice of the many pies it is part of (Europe, Scandinavia, Denmark). A true hidden gem in the North Atlantic.

FAR OFF THE PATH IN THE FAROES As friends and followers may know about me, I often get obsessed about potential destinations based mostly (and sometimes solely) on geographical quirks. “Direction-most” places are obv…

A heckuva long hike in one of the U.S.'s most beautifully remote places...

21 MILES, ONE DAY, AND A BEAUTIFUL, RUGGED ISLAND Tormod is my crazy Norwegian friend. Maybe that’s just how I see him. Maybe it’s just because he’s as crazy as me. I wish I knew more crazy people like him, the kind that dream up…

Cuba, Finally...

CUBA: A BEAUTIFULLY COMPLICATED PLACE As a wide-eyed American youngster, I never really expected to experience the streets of Havana, the fumes of Matanzas and the pervasive propaganda of la Revolución. I was always strangely drawn to …

An Eleuthera, Bahamas vacation isn't complete without visiting the neighboring districts of Spanish Wells and Harbour Island - two completely distinct locales.

THE OUT ISLANDS OF…ELEUTHERA Look up Eleuthera on Wikipedia and you get a dual reference – one for the island chain and surrounding cays and the other is the name of the long, very narrow – yet unbroken – isl…

Eleuthera, Bahamas...what a place to get married in...

A LOVE STORY IN THE BAHAMAS I couldn’t have felt more calm. I didn’t expect it. But I’m so glad I feel this way. Those three short sentences epitomize my thoughts on the morning of January 31st, an unbelieva…

You have to go a long way to get to Adak, Alaska. Its the westernmost town in the U.S.A., and it is closer to Russia than it is to Anchorage or anywhere in the Lower 48.

ADAK – AMERICA’S FRINGE