Since our last vlog, we left our tiny cabin in the woods near Yosemite to spend the summer at a friend’s house in beautiful Truckee, California – only 10 miles from Lake Tahoe. After our motorcycle trip to Alaska ended in 2016, we stayed in Truckee and instantly fell in love. A beautiful mountain town, … Read More
Introduction Back in 2006, Sheri and I spent five weeks in Lagos, Portugal learning to scuba dive. Diving along Portugal’s sun-drenched Algarve coast was addictive. Get up, dive, laze on a quiet beach, spend the night partying, sleep, and repeat. We were immediately hooked. Diving, we quickly discovered, was a perfect complement to our lifestyle … Read More
Ever since we were young, we’ve longed to be in the mountains. Perhaps it’s a love affair rooted in our upbringing along the Atlantic coast and a longing to explore somewhere different. Or perhaps it’s more directly tied to our passion for skiing, trail running, and pretty much any outdoor pursuit enhanced or challenged by … Read More
Like lots of folks, we’ve got a list – some people will call it a bucket list. Ours is more like a steamer trunk of interesting, if sometimes ill-conceived, ideas for misadventures one might argue are just as likely to result in an untimely death as contribute to a fuller life. They’re the sorts of … Read More
10 Must-Do’s in Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guyana As we enter 2018, we find ourselves reflecting back on an extraordinary first year in South America. It’s been a year defined by a seemingly endless string of nature’s superlatives – towering peaks, roaring rivers, verdant forests, and diverse wildlife – and it’s been … Read More