Travels With Charley

Awhile back I read Travels with Charley – In Search of America by John Steinbeck. I was not expecting much since I’ve not been a fan of Steinbeck’s works of fiction but I really fell in love with his writing in this book. It helps of course that it’s about travel. Travels with Charley is…

Lonely Planet 3000

Do you have a hard time filling up a list of places to go and things to do? Yeah, probably not if you’re reading this blog. So then a word of caution, if your travel to-do list is already several pages long and you really don’t want to find more things to add to it…

Two Perspectives on Long Range Hiking

Wild by Cheryl Strayed Becoming Odyssa by Jennifer Pharr Davis Only a few thousand people hike the Appalachian or Pacific Crest Trail combined each year so it’s a pretty elite club. Then consider that few of those are women who hiked alone and you realize that Cheryl Strayed and Jennifer Pharr Davis have a lot…