In this second annual round-up of the books I’ve read and the beds I’ve slept in, I gotta admit I’m cutting corners on the reading list. Every year, I promise to keep better records, because by December it’s all a jumble. I’m left to cobble together notes, scan my bookshelves, log in to Amazon and […]
One afternoon aboard the Safari Endeavor on the Sea of Cortez, we were chatting in the lounge with Jeremy Saenz, our Un-Cruise Adventure Expedition Leader, when someone spotted a Humpback Whale nearby. As is customary, the sighting was announced from the bridge so everyone onboard could keep an eye out. But unexpectedly, Saenz jumped up […]
When John Steinbeck wrote The Log from the Sea of Cortez, the memoir of his specimen-collecting journey with marine biologist Ed Ricketts in 1940, he wasn’t concerned with Baja towns like San Jose del Cabo. Later, when he wrote his short story, The Pearl, inspired by this area, he was vaguely aware of future tourism. […]
Detouring from the Sea of Cortez, our Un-Cruise Adventure took us across the Baja Peninsula to Magdalena Bay on the Pacific for some whale watching. I was hopeful, but keeping in mind that we might not spot a whale. After seeing some dolphins heading for deeper water, we circled back into the bay and found […]
By day it’s plain to see why people refer to the white guano covering this rock as Baja snow. But at dawn, before the sun breaks the horizon, the hues make Roca Solitaria look like a giant nugget of gold. Roca Solitaria is part of Isla Coronado, located near Loreto in Baja Sur, Mexico. Our […]
Most everyone knows that Cinco de Mayo, May 5, is not Mexico’s Independence Day (which falls on September 16). Cinco de Mayo memorializes a famous 1862 battle in the colonial village of Puebla, Mexico, in which the Mexicans defeated a much larger French force. The battle was said to solidify Mexican resistance, and was later […]
Most travel bloggers will have heard of Talon Windwalker long before this. Apart from traveling and blogging, he’s father to his almost-13-year-old traveling companion, Tigger, and an all ‘round über active guy. Just having followed him on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google+ and Instagram (all linked below), I know that he is an ultra runner, snowshoer, […]
Kris and I visited 13 foreign countries this year. In order: Spain, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala, Canada, England, Ireland, Northern Ireland, Japan, back to Spain, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, and Hungary. Our travels within the US included trips to Napa, California and Hawaii, both new to us as well. Here are 50 photos I made along […]
Playa Pescadores means Fishermen’s Beach, and the boats were lined up on the sand side by side. Occasionally, a pair of men would drag the boat into the surf, fish for a while just offshore with nets, then haul the boat back out with a pickup. We just sat under umbrellas and drank mojitos, ate […]
As we were walking out of the village of Atotonilco, near San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, we saw this head of Christ. It seemed to have been carved from a tree root and stuck upon a wall which separated an orchard from the road into the village. The church in the village, The Sanctuary of […]
