After a 60-minute cruise across the San Pedro Channel, we spotted the rugged island’s iconic round Catalina Casino and its t…

There are few sights more uplifting than a field of girasoli (sunflowers) in full bloom. Across the countryside of northeast…

I was in New South Wales in the land down under and flora, fauna, time and season were out of joint. Lying on the southeast …

Mount Rainer was sacred to my family. It was where my parents had their first date, picnic prepared by mom's mother. This ti…

Millions of years ago these salt waters covered the peninsula, layering in shell that would become limestone. When the tecto…

The invitation came by post. I thought it was junk at first and stacked it with the rest of the mail until my wife Anne came…

Since my visit to Asturias, Spain, last October, I’ve been dreaming about a rustic chicken dish I was served there. I was vi…

January is heavenly in Greece. According to Greek mythology, Alcyone, the daughter of the king of the winds, married Ceyx, t…

The Blue Ridge Mountains, and the infamous parkway that runs through them, are famous for many things: scenic drives; nature…

As recently as 1990 there was virtually no tourism to the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, Norway. Located in the Arctic Ocea…