Montana: The Last Best Place
Exploring Montana and the Pacific Northwest
From the second we are born our imaginations are constantly shrinking. As a child the world we find ourselves in is full of small mysteries, everything is new. A trip to Burger King or the bowling alley is an act of discovery and [...]
Cyber Vagabonding Part 2: The Couchsurfing Experience
Couchsurfing: Another Way to see the World
At TentSurf 2010 in Mexico, couchsurfers gather around a bonfire. This weeklong party on the beach featured people from all over the world, and the United States. Part of the International phenomenon of Couchsurfing.
My guests have just departed. After a round [...]
Antique Shops in the Catskills
Best Antiquing in the Catskills
Growing up in Connecticut, my family would take a trip to the Catskills every fall. As a child, the Catskills were synonymous with the (now out of business) Catskills Game Farm (…”you’ll find adventure…at Catskills Game Farm…adventure is in our nature! “). I can still recall [...]
Erie Canal Cycling
Stress-less Cycling along the Erie Canal
The Erie Canal was pretty instrumental in the early economic growth of Rochester, as well as Buffalo and even New York City, but its downfall was rapid once highways showed up to replace it. I-90 actually takes the same basic path as the Erie Canal. It finished the [...]
The Red Robin Song Guest House, New Lebanon, NY
Tucked away in the town of New Lebanon, NY in the hills of the Berkshires, on a quiet off-the-beaten-path side road off Rt. 20, you’ll find the spacious and serene Red Robin Song Guest House. The B&B rests on 85 acres surrounded mostly by wooded land, which include manicured [...]
Driving Cross Country: A Cross Country Tale of the US, Part Three: Missouri and Nevada
Long story short, my partner of two years and I quit our stable, semi-satisfactory jobs in D.C., bought a car, and spent two months visiting the 48 continental states.
Why would we do something so irresponsible? Why not? Timing was good, funds [...]
Best New York City Breweries and Beer Gardens
Before the common era, man had found a way to make the satisfying and sometimes intoxicating beverage that we have come to know as beer. One of the first drinks our kind decided to make remains one of the most popular. Although, beer in itself is one of [...]
Hospitality Services: A New Way to Travel
Couchsurfing can mean a wide range of accommodations, from mansions and penthouses to tree houses, partially furnished caves, vans, school buses, or vans welded onto the tops of school buses, like this one at an anarchist collective in Northern California.
There is a new kind of tourist out there—walking, biking, [...]
Lourdes of Litchfield in Connecticut
If you’re ever driving along Route 118 in the Litchfield area of Connecticut, you may see a reflectorized road sign stating that “Lourde’s Shrine” is five miles away. This fascinated me when I was younger— was it a real shrine? What exactly was a shrine? Was it something that only religious [...]
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