Travelogue With Photos – Our Yurting Trip To Treebones Resort In Big Sur.
For a few days last week, my wife and I went up to Big Sur, California to stay in a yurt at Treebones Resort. What’s a yurt, you ask? Well, according to Wikipedia, it is “a portable, felt-covered, wood...
View ArticleEarthTalk: Is Green Air Travel Possible?
EarthTalk is a weekly installment from E/The Environmental Magazine. Dear EarthTalk: Are there any efforts underway to green the air travel industry? It seems to me that it must be one dirty business...
View ArticleTen Places I Would Like To See Before I Die.
There seems to be a meme going around about places that people would like to see before they die so figured, hey, what the heck…there are some places I would like to see before I die too so why not...
View ArticleThis Christmas, We Will Be On The Road Track Again…
So, we just finalized our plans for holiday travel this year and once again we are hitting the rails with Amtrak! With the price of flying heading ever skyward and passengers being nickel and dimed to...
View ArticleTravelogue With Photos: Visiting Bandelier National Monument.
I thought you guys would be interested in seeing some pictures from a short trip we took this week down to Bandelier National Monument here in New Mexico. This park was established in 1916, covers over...
View ArticleAn Open Letter To Amtrak About Their Environmental Policies.
As many of you know, my wife and I traveled by Amtrak again this year across the country for the holidays. Last year we took it from Los Angeles to Chicago, and this year we went from Albuquerque all...
View ArticleBringing Back Train Travel To The U.S.
Dear EarthTalk: If train travel is so much less polluting than driving or flying, why are passenger rail options in the U.S. so limited compared to Europe? And is anything being done to shift more...
View ArticleDo One Thing: Take Only Photos & Not Souvenirs From The Outdoors.
When spending time outdoors, whether it be hiking, camping, or whatever, the only thing you should be taking home with you is what you had with you when you arrived. You should not be picking up rocks,...
View Article15 Benefits That World Travel Can Have On Your Health
Everyone loves to take a vacation, and hopefully you don’t need to be persuaded to take yours and travel the world! The current trend is that many people in the States do not take their full annual...
View Article7 Liberating Catholic Pilgrimages to Take at Least Once in Your Lifetime
There is something about pilgrimage that calls to human beings in a special way. We are fundamentally spiritual creatures. We are also nomadic. When you combine these two things, you’re left with a...
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