How to Travel Cheap – i.e. How to Make Travel Affordable People ask me all the time how to travel cheap internationally. It’s difficult to answer since everyone has different circumstances. Some people have access to lower-cost airports. Some choose other priorities and wonder why there isn’t money left over… Read More
Study Abroad: The Best Decision I Ever Made
Study Abroad – My Story Growing up in Colorado in the ’70s I traveled on planes maybe once a year. Most years we traveled domestically, but three times I got to go overseas – twice to France to see family and once to Fiji. In the days before Internet, and… Read More
The Best Gifts for Travelers
My Annual Gift Guide I love doing this post every year! As always, this gift guide includes things that we like and use. It’s not based around affiliate links or obligations to brands I’ve promoted or anything else. Enjoy! And if you’ve found amazing things that have made your travels… Read More
The Benefits of Traveling
Travel with Young Children We’ve been traveling with our kids since they were born. It simply made sense. Both my wife and I grew up traveling, and we studied abroad in college, and we felt like we benefited greatly from having seen the world outside of our home states. It’s… Read More
When It’s Fun Not to Travel Deeper: Flying Around the World
Traveling Around the World I’ve traveled around the world, in one itinerary, four times now. The first was when my eldest daughter was 10. We flew LA-Orlando-Paris-Dubai-Oman-Borobudur-Bali-Sydney-LA in two weeks. Then when my son was 10, we took two and a half weeks to travel LA-Copenhagen-Greenland-Seychelles-Abu Dhabi-Mumbai-Singapore-LA. Both were amazing,… Read More
Hokkaido: Adventure in Northern Japan
Previous Travels in Japan We love Japan. I’ve visited Kyoto and Tokyo twice with my daughter. I’ve traveled around Hiroshima, the Iya Valley, Miyajima and Naoshima Island with National Geographic and I dove deeper into Tokyo with AFAR. When I had my family rate the 60+ countries we’ve visited, Japan… Read More
Visiting Arches National Park with Kids
Arches National Park Utah Prompted by the pandemic, we switched from international travel to domestic road tripping, and we gravitated to the National Parks. Between 2020 and 2023 we made 19 visits to nine US National Parks in Utah, Arizona, Nevada, California and Colorado. An $80 Annual Pass for the… Read More
Colorado Springs with Kids
Things to Do in Colorado Springs with Kids / Colorado Springs Kids Activities Growing up in Colorado Springs, I don’t remember ever being bored. I lived a block from the Broadmoor Hotel and walked over frequently, reading comic books in the drug store, playing at the playground or grabbing day-old bread from the Tavern kitchen… Read More
10 Cities That Should Be on Everyone’s Bucket List
Top 10 Cities in the World Creating a bucket list of the top 10 cities in the world to visit is tricky! The world is full of amazing cities. It would be easy to put together a list of unique cities that are off the beaten path, or a list… Read More
A Twist of Fate: Why Getting Robbed in Spain Was the Best Thing to Ever Happen to Me
I’m married today because I got robbed in Spain. In retrospect it could have been a lot worse. The man across from me was bleeding. A woman was sobbing. Several children were crying. I was the lucky one waiting to file a report at Madrid’s airport police station. I only… Read More
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