Travel adventures
We were going to sleep on the sidewalk, if we were going to sleep at all. It was that or the freeway median, and that seemed an even worse choice. I did not want to sleep on the sidewalk or the freeway median, but there were no hotels, there were no campgrounds, there was … …
“I need to write something about people being nice to me while I travel.” “You should write about Sock Monkey.” “Oh, that was awesome, wasn’t it? I like thinking about him in the co-pilot’s seat, traveling across the Outback with the mail. The pilot saying (in his Aussie drawl), “Sorry, this is just a drop …
I’ve been swanning about the MatSu Valley as a guest of the local tourism bureau. Nearly all of my expenses, down to the sack lunch from Sheep Mountain Lodge, were paid for, including this glacier walk with MICA Guides. “I think you’re going to like this,” said Claire, the glacier guide. She was answering the …
I’ve been swanning about the MatSu Valley as a guest of the local tourism bureau. Nearly all of my expenses, down to coffee from the drive through, were paid for, including this flight-seeing trip with Talkeetna Air Taxi. I asked to sit up front and Tyler, the pilot, said I could if he didn’t need …
Photos 100% Mr. NEV. Edits mine. Can’t see the slideshow? Try this. If you’ve never been to a powwow, it’s something to see — and hear and feel and taste, too. I’ve been to three, two on accident, this one intentional. The accidental ones — I’d been out doing something and stumbled over the event …
Travel writer pro tip: When you think you’re losing perspective on what it means to be a travel writer, pack your younger brother. “Take a good hard look at the motherf*cking boat.” My brother can’t stop singing the Lonely Island song. It’s a parody of rap excess, but for years I’ve interpreted it as an …