In our 4th Vlog on Youtube, we share our quarantine routine. Two weeks ago we were living life on the road as we traveled across South America in our Land Cruiser, Maggie. Then the coronavirus forced us to abandon van life and retreat to the U.S. Now we find ourselves quarantined in a tiny … Read More
Heading north for Bolivia, we’re faced with the Coronavirus’ rapid advance into South America. Episode 3 covers a stressful week where we’re forced to make a difficult choice. With borders closing, quarantines going into effect, and flights being canceled, we can either try to ride out the pandemic in Argentina or abandon our overland travels, … Read More
Travel has been our lifestyle for the past 24 years. Now, 5 years into our current trip, we’re FINALLY starting a travel vlog! In our first vlog, we take the opportunity to explain a little bit about us – how me met, our past travels, and where the road might lead. We hope you’ll join … Read More
Buenos Aires, Argentina February 16, 2017 Embracing the Unexpected Travel is about embracing unforeseen opportunities. It’s about following a path in one direction only to take an unplanned fork in the road. The sort of fork that leads to extraordinary experiences. Forks like the time we met a cook named Ali behind a restaurant … 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
An Acai Recipe That’s Delicious, Healthy, & Easy to Prepare One of the things we love most about travel is discovering new foods. For us, exploring the world is as much about tasting its many flavors as meeting its people or experiencing its geographic diversity. During our recent travels in Brazil, acai was one of … 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
When we arrived at Jaguar Camp in Porto Jofre, a tiny outpost in Brazil’s northern Pantanal, we were unsure what the days ahead might hold. Our mission was simple. We wanted to see jaguars in the wild. Jaguars, however, are notoriously elusive and hard to spot, which means the prospect of seeing one – never … 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
Potholes, Potholes, Everywhere Shortly after returning from Africa in 2008, Sheri and I visited my parents in N.C. One night we went out to dinner and on our way back my mom warned me to drive carefully as there was a pothole a couple of blocks ahead. “Please take care. Ahead there’s a pothole on … Read More