The San Gabriel mountains north of Los Angeles, that form part of the iconic LA skyline pictures, are a great place to get out of […]
PLETTENBERG BAY AND KNYSNA, SOUTH AFRICA
Plettenberg Bay and Knysna are towns on South Africa’s famed Garden Route that attract jet-setter tourists, adventurers, and their dogs. The Keurbooms River (named after […]
PORT ALFRED, SOUTH AFRICA
Port Alfred, on the Eastern Cape Coast of South Africa, is home to wild waves and secluded beaches. It is also the home of 43 […]
EAST LONDON, SOUTH AFRICA
East London on the Sunshine Coast. East London is a relatively small town on the southeast coast of South Africa. It is peaceful and laid […]
JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA
Johannesburg is South Africa’s business capital. It is a sprawling metropolis that runs the gauntlet from first-world prosperity to third-world ghetto. Johannesburg is a big, […]
ROAD TRIP ACROSS THE USA
Traveling across the USA from Oregon to New Jersey with a toddler, a baby, and an old dog, one family’s experience Visit www.usaroadtripbaby.com to travel […]
OREGON COAST DOWN TO SAN FRANCISCO
We road-tripped the Oregon/California coast a few times. It’s a wild and wonderful excursion. It is hard to imagine a more interesting and wildly bewitching […]
MOUNT SHASTA, LAVA BEDS AND MEDICINE LAKE, CALIFORNIA
Native American tribes from this region of the Cascade Mountains regard Mount Shasta as the center of creation and it has been regarded by the […]
JOSHUA TREE NATIONAL PARK, CALIFORNIA
The most interesting thing for us here was learning about the tree for which the park is named and seeing it, in such abundance, in […]
TEMECULA, CALIFORNIA
Temecula is Southern California’s premier wine region given the Mediterranean climate (warm, dry summers and cool winters with relatively low rainfall) found in this little […]