Category: Activities

Activities / Adventure / High Adrenaline / USA

Backyard Carnival

The place where I hid out for winter of 2021-2022 was on a very tiny horse farm outside Mobile, Alabama. Aside from the two horses, the family that owned the farm had a collection of toys that rivaled any church carnival. A trampoline A motorized train made from rain barrels...

Activities / Modes of Transport / USA

Snoopy vs. The Red Baron

Although Joseph is a small town in a relatively remote area and has only a small airfield, they drew a surprising number of planes. Including four old WWI biplanes. Despite what was supposed to be a formation fly-by of F-15 fighter jets from the Oregon Air National Guard, it was...

Activities / Modes of Transport / Off-the-beaten-path / USA

After all, what would an airshow be without airplanes?

I arrived bright and early for the pancake breakfast. Thankfully, by the time I finished eating most people either hadn’t arrived yet or were still eating or socializing. So I was able to get really nice photos of the planes on the ground without people wandering through my shots.

Active / Activities / Adventure / Bucket List / Guided Tours / South America / Tropics

The Most Touristy Thing I’ve Done

For those who don’t already know, every year I take my daughter on a trip for her birthday rather than buying her stuff that she doesn’t really need. We have gone to some amazing places together. This year, for her 22nd birthday, I took her to the Galápagos Islands. Simply...

Active / Activities / Bucket List / Logistics / South America / Tropics

Adventure on the cheap in the Galápagos Islands

My daughter and I landed today in the Galápagos Islands. If you didn’t know, every year I take her on a trip for her birthday. Even though her birthday is in December, this year we had to schedule the trip around other commitments we both had. The Galápagos is certainly...

Activities / Moderately Active / Off-the-beaten-path / South America / Tropics / Wandering

Secret passageways to Trujillo’s backstage

Trujillo, Perú has so many amazing doorways and alleyways, it’s tempting to want to just wander through every one of them. Instead I decided to design my own little walking tour and photograph some. Quite a few doors were closed and alleyways gated. That only added to their mysterious allure....

Active / Activities / Bucket List / Culture / History / South America

Ancient Aliens: Nasca Lines in Perú

Most everyone is familiar with them, even if you didn’t know what they were called or know much about them. The Lineas de Nasca are a bunch of lines and shapes out in the high deserts of southern Perú. If you were walking on the ground and came across one...

Active / Activities / Bucket List / History / South America

Learning Tango in Buenos Aires, Argentina

I’ve read that dance is a conversation between body and soul. Sometimes that conversation comes in whispers, other times in shouts. Tango is like those passionate cries that make the neighbors blush. Tango is very much a conversation… and a sexy one, at that. The entire conversation takes place strictly with body...