What’s your tradition for the Thanksgiving holiday—family, football, friends, turkey, ham? For Pam and I, it has always been the time to get out of town, and this year was no different. So like past years, we booked our two-bedroom villa overlooking the ocean. We were...

When Pam & I were looking for a new adventure in 2017, it was hard to top the trips we had earlier in the year. Stops included photography in the Netherlands & Belgium, kayaking in Greece & Croatia, and exploring the Dolomites in...

Having just retired, I finally had the opportunity to go along with my wife on her business trip. This is completely unfamiliar territory as I was the one taking her on trips for the last 10 years. And, having photography and the passion for writing as a primary...

San Francisco is the emerald city of the west coast and it is one the best places in the world to spend 3 days. The key to having an amazing time is to have an ace up your sleeve, in this case my daughter Britt who is now living there. After taking an Uber from the...

    Over the years, I have grown to passionately love the Sawtooth Mountains. Ever since I moved to Boise, Idaho and took the two and a half hour drive into Stanley and looked at range jutting up off the valley floor, I knew they would continue to attract me...

So the title of this travel blog is "London...How to do it right." With this bold statement, I have to confess I did it right mostly by luck. As we arrived in town, I saw the "Big Bus" and somehow it all made sense. What a great way to get a feel for the lay of the...

Pam & I just flew in from Boise and when you come to NYC, you can become overwhelmed. It was a beautiful afternoon and I had just the right thing to do. Instead of attending a Broadway play, I decided to take her all over Manhattan via twilight cruise. We jumped...

Monte Cassino (sometimes written Montecassino) is a rocky hill about 81 miles southeast of Rome, Italy, 1.2 mi to the west of the town of Cassino and at an altitude of 1,706.04 ft - it towers over the valley. Once the site of the Roman town of Casinum, it is best...

When you live in the Boise Foothills and you get to look at this view every day, you wonder what is really up there. Well, finally we found out. On  Mother's Day, Pam my wife wanted to spend time with me and her idea of good time was a 10-mile hike. We started up the...