It only takes about two hours to get from the hotels on the Las Vegas Strip to Death Valley National Park, a short and easy day trip from the craziness of Sin City. I stood atop Dante’s View with my friend, happy to have made the drive. We got a deal on a car rental […]
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A Stay at the Travaasa Hana Hotel on Maui
Maui hotels and resorts are plentiful, but few anywhere on the Hawaiian Islands can stand up to what Travaasa Hana has to offer. I learned that fact when I enjoyed their hospitality on my recent visit to the island. My stay at Travaasa Hana was one of the best – if not the best – […]
A Scenic Drive Over Old Fall River Road
I made the turn in Rocky Mountain National Park to take the scenic drive up Old Fall River Road. I had never gone this way before. And I hadn’t intended to this day, either. But there I was, leaving the nice open expanse of West Horseshoe Park to head up the steep road through the […]
An Estes Park Hotel Stay at the Baldpate Inn Bed and Breakfast
I walked out of my Estes Park cabin at the Baldpate Inn to go for a hike at one of the two nearby trails in Rocky Mountain National Park. Two women were screeching about how something had just walked right up to the library door of the main lodge and then skittered across the driveway […]
Hiking Through Haleakala’s Bamboo Forest
I stood at a crossroads near the end of hiking by the Oheo Gulch on my way to the Waimoku Falls. On one hand, I would be risking almost certain death. But on the other I would be able to stand beneath the largest waterfall on Maui, admiring the spectacle as it dropped approximately 400 […]
A Maui Volcano Bike Ride
I looked like Darth Vader, standing there ready to go for a bike ride in Hawaii. Only this wasn’t any ride. I was going to be biking down the side of a volcano on Maui, whipping along like a black blur minus a really cool cape. Well, at least that’s what I thought I looked […]
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