We rolled off the plane from Hawai'i feeling fresh. We had slept only a handful of hours between us overnight, but the excitement of...

Act III Hawai'i Belt Road, several miles south of Captain Cook. Light to moderate rain. Motor vehicles and their passengers wheeling...

Our story continues on a fine (drizzly) Tuesday morning, about 10 miles north of Hilo. Our intrepid travelers Leandra and Vitali have...

"Are we having fun yet?" I inquired, with a note of desperation in my voice. It was our first eve on the island and Vitali had felt...

Author's Note: I was working on this post before departing for Hawai'i, and intended to complete it during the first day or so on the...

Slumbering in graceful repose, Mount Rainier quietly observes us, its shoulders cloaked in a mantle of ice. We are held under the...

We departed Crater Lake and drove 90 miles north, to the town of Bend, Oregon -- we were due for our bi-weekly shower. We arrived...

Ask yourself, and try to imagine -- what is the bluest blue you can see in your mind's eye? Navy? Sapphire? Royal Blue? I bet it...

We arrived at Cave Junction, Oregon mid-afternoon and stopped by the Oregon Caves National Monument visitor center to see about getting...