Some of you may remember that last year we participated in a unique fundraiser called Passports With Purpose. This annual event was started by a group of travel bloggers looking for a way to help support communities in need around the world. This cause is near to my heart. I feel incredibly lucky to be able to travel the world and I love the idea of using this little blog to do something real for ...
Maui to Molokai
I wanted to share a quick update on our Hawaiian adventure and some photos from Maui and Molokai. We had a unique reason for planning this trip to the islands; Kevin's college basketball team (California Golden Bears), was invited to play in the Maui Invitational tournament. As we often do, we followed the team to watch them play. Through the three-day tournament, we stayed in West Maui ...
Coming Face-to-Face With Your Food at the Otavalo Animal Market
Want to develop a closer connection to your food? Traveling in rural Latin America is one way to start. High up in the Andes, the city of Otavalo, Ecuador hosts a weekly market where ranchers from surrounding towns come to sell livestock to restaurants, families and other farmers. The conventional (by US standard) species like chickens, pigs, cows, and goats were there, but the vendors also ...
Where to See Elephant Seals in California
I've traveled around the world to see wildlife in their natural habitat, but one of my favorite experiences has been the one that is closest to home. The Northern Elephant Seal is one of the West Coast's largest (and strangest-looking!) mammals. Elephant seals are named for their size and the males' large noses that resemble an elephant's trunk. They spend most of the year at sea, but they come ...
After the Rim Fire
This summer, one of the biggest wildfires in California history took hold of the Sierra Nevada mountains. The Rim Fire charred 400 square miles over two months, destroying homes, damaging sensitive habitat, and threatening Yosemite National Park and the reservoir that sends water to 2.6 million people and businesses in the San Francisco Bay Area. Nearly three months later, driving through ...
Fall Colors in the Eastern Sierra and Yosemite
Growing up in rural Pennsylvania and upstate New York, I always looked forward to watching the forests around me explode into color. The vibrantly colored hills would ALMOST make me forget that a long, cold winter was coming. In coastal California we are blessed with many things, but impressive displays of colorful foliage is not one of them. Most of our nearby forests are shrubby, ...
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