The July day was clear with sunny, blue skies. About 100 miles away we could see the magnificent, icy peaks of “The Great One” and couldn’t wait to arrive. Bill and I had no intention of trying to scale Mt. …
Author: Real Travel Adventures
No Worries In the Other Land Down Under by Linda Ballou
In New Zealand, a country that embraces tourism like no other, the outdoor loving Kiwis have made nature’s treasures accessible to all. A network of trails from mild to wild, are well marked and maintained by the Department of Conservation. …
Read More "No Worries In the Other Land Down Under by Linda Ballou"
Luray Caverns – Again by Andrew Der
I realized the other day for the first time that I have expended more effort to experience travel destinations across oceans and continents than I have where I call home. I don’t fully understand this phenomena but I may change …
Tiritiri Matangi – For the Birds by Linda Ballou
Spray splashed over the bow of our ferry chugging across the wind-tossed Hauraki Gulf to Tiritiri Mitangi Island in New Zealand. The white tower of the landmark lighthouse built in 1894 atop the island still gives warning to ships sailing …
Read More "Tiritiri Matangi – For the Birds by Linda Ballou"
Snakes Alive! by Bonnie and Bill Neely
On the waterfront walk (20 Orange Street) in Wilmington, NC, is an amazing new type of “aquarium” which is a MUST SEE, especially for those who love to watch crazy “Australian Steve” and “Fear Factor” on TV! Cape Fear Serpentarium …
Travel adventures at a Spectacular Nevada State Park by Bonnie and Bill Neely
Between Las Vegas and the Northern shore of Lake Mead stretches a most spectacular and awe-inspiring expanse of rugged gray sandstone mountains and rich red, carved rock mounds, which form a popular hiking and picnicking State Park called the Valley …
Read More "Travel adventures at a Spectacular Nevada State Park by Bonnie and Bill Neely"
Travel Adventures in Tropical Marianas Island of Guam by Cindy Doan
You’re invited to join me for a morning jog… Just be prepared for a possible attack from above! Actually, possible attack from above, from below, from the right, from the left, and especially from the rear. It’s a bird; it’s …
Read More "Travel Adventures in Tropical Marianas Island of Guam by Cindy Doan"
Travel Adventures Outside the ‘City of Life’
by Cameron Burns A few months ago, if you’d asked me where Hong Kong was and what it was like, I would’ve guessed: “Big City in Asia.” The most I knew about the place was Jackie Chan, Jackie Chan and …
Travel Adventures to Jamaica More Than Just Sand and Sun by Rita Cook
First time to Jamaica – it’s a state of mind as much as a destination. Sure, I knew it for many of the preconceived notions I already had. You know, things like rasta, reggae music, dreadlocks and lazing’ on the …
Read More "Travel Adventures to Jamaica More Than Just Sand and Sun by Rita Cook"
CANOEING INN TO INN THROUGH THE DORDOGNE A TREAT FOR THE MIND AND PALETTE by Charles Olson
From our very first stroke on, it was serendipity. Our canoes turned to time machines as we paddled through 37,000 years of mankind’s progress. Around each bend, the riverbanks became storybooks unveiling new examples of civilization from prehistoric times to …
Real Travel Adventures 