Southern Skiing and Northeastern Tubing
Meet Adventure Auntie and Coach Mom, our new bloggers for the Eastern Frontier. Fun stuff to do with (or without) families east of the Mississippi.
Finding the Flavor of Wales
On her first trip to Wales, Tennessee-based writer Ann Yungmeyer finds that artisan cuisine puts the small but passionate country on the Foodie map.
Solo Traveler
I prefer to travel alone. I’m at my most selfish and self-indulgent when I fly solo. I also feel at my most vulnerable. Sometimes, I go to countries where a wandering single white woman is an attraction in and of itself. Are there moments of discomfort? Of course. Do I feel in danger? Very rarely.
Adventure Travel Alone?
When I proudly proclaimed to my family and friends that I was going to travel to South America alone, my enthusiasm was met with questioning looks and more than one objection. “Why?” was the general response. “Do you really think that’s a good idea?” “Isn’t it dangerous there as a 21-year-old blonde, alone?”
No Such Thing As Smooth Sailing When Racing ’Round Around the World
The pace of our training is the first challenge. I start slowly and clumsily; putting my thumbs in the wrong places and struggling to manhandle ropes into messy half-remembered knots. When your life depends on that knot, you’ve got to know it instinctively. The ocean doesn’t give you a second chance because you’re a beginner.
Through India on a Rickshaw
They say patience is a virtue, but when it comes to travel, I’m not that virtuous. When I arrived in India a few weeks ago to complete the Rickshaw Run, I realized that mentality wouldn’t work. With a 7-horsepower, two-stroke engine, the auto-rickshaws we’d be steering across India run at an average of 35 mph.
A Lyrical Landscape Along the Danube Bike Trail
Ann Yungmeyer’s great travelogue on her cycling trip down the Danube Bike Trail.
A Settlement of Criminals
Sea Dragon was making good time, and we weren’t expected in Tahiti for nine days so we made a pit stop on Pitcairn Island. Of its 55 inhabitants, 44 are are direct descendants of the original mutineers who sought refuge there. I couldn’t wait to see how the folks survived in this isolated place.
Sweetgrass Productions Presents Solitaire
The film explores backcountry riding in South America in some of the most remote areas from Peru’s Cordillera Blanca to Chilean Patagonia. I had the opportunity to ask Nick Waggoner, the director, a few quick questions hours before the film opened in Salt Lake City.
Good to Get Away
I’m not fond of long car rides, but sometimes I just need to suck it up, hop in a car, and drive to get away. And it’s usually worth it.
Shark Encounter on Henderson Island
Henderson Island—a makatea, which means raised coral island—is in the middle of the South Pacific. Although we were restricted from exploring the island’s interior, the excitement stopping here, checking out the beach for both birds and plastic, and surfing a reef in the middle of nowhere filled me with nervous excitement.
