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May 28, 2018
Albany, Georgia has a lot of really fun outdoor pursuits. When I heard our girls’ getaway weekend was going to include a Flint River kayaking excursion, I had mixed feelings. I like kayaking…but I don’t love it. “Will we have to struggle against the current?” I asked, recalling most of my previous excursions in a […]
October 5, 2017
It’s on nearly everyone’s Bucket List, and since I’m a certified scuba diver, it was definitely on mine. So when it came time to celebrate one of those milestone midlife baby boomer birthdays, I could think of no better place than Cairns Great Barrier Reef. In addition to exploring one of the world’s top scuba […]
December 28, 2016
The Azores is one of the best places in the world for whale watching, with a strong cultural connection to whales. While there are some 25 species of whales in the archipelago, the mammoth sperm whale – forever immortalized as “Moby Dick” – is the most common. We chose to go out to find whales […]
April 23, 2014
Sailing is fun, but racing? Even better! And what better place to experience the thrill of speeding through the warm turquoise Caribbean ocean off the island of St. Maarten with the strong trade winds at your back. As part of my Carnival cruise excursion, I was not just a passenger on board one of the […]
March 20, 2014
Grab your tube and water shoes and get ready for a true wet ’n’ wild adventure — a journey that starts with a mostly uphill jungle trek hauling your own professional-grade inflatable tube and includes fording a portion of the beautiful, green Caves Branch River. The vigorous hike through the untainted rainforest followed by an […]
March 14, 2014
I didn’t want to do it. Every fiber of my being was screaming, “NO!” The seemingly vertical drop looked bottomless. But I had no choice… after all, I had a reputation to maintain. I’d already nailed adrenaline stunts like skydiving, hang gliding, and tons of bad-ass roller coasters with ease. So why was a “little” […]