Thomas J. Elpel is a wilderness educator, author, and founder of Green University in Montana. He completed a five-month, self-supported expedition down the Missouri River. His work focuses on plant identification, survival skills, and sustainable living, blending hands-on experience with ecological awareness. Q. What inspired you to start learning and teaching wilderness survival skills? My grandmother mentored me in learning edible and medicinal plants. She cooked on an antique wood-fired cookstove and had a library of wilderness survival books, including Larry Dean Olsen’s Outdoor Survival Skills. Olsen founded the program […]

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Daniel Seddiqui is an American traveler, author, and cultural explorer best known for “50 Jobs in 50 States,” the ambitious project he created for himself by working a different job in every state across the country.  He later chronicled his epic cultural quest in a book and founded Living the Map to promote deeper cultural understanding. Over the years, he has traveled the entire USA more than 20 times, making him one of the few individuals who have explored the nation more widely than almost anyone else. Q. You went through a series […]

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One of the most impressive of the western National Parks, Arches National Park should be on the bucket list anyone traveling through Utah. It is large enough that one should plan on at least two days to visit (be prepared to do plenty of hiking), taking advantage of lesser crowds in the early morning hour and late evening (as well as excellent lighting for photography enthusiasts). The park offers excellent photos almost everywhere one turns. Appropriately named, there are over 2,000 known natural arches contained within the parks borders. But, […]

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Welcome to the Angels Landing Trail. In this blog post, we’ll cover EVERYTHING you need to know to hike the Angel Landing trail. This includes the directions, a downloadable map of the trail, statistics of the hike, and so much more! Location of the Angels Landing Trail First thing you NEED TO KNOW Angels Landing Trail is located in Zion National Park Utah, USA. You can DOWNLOAD THE MAP of the trail via AllTrails so you can use your phone to navigate! The trailhead for Angels Landing is located at […]

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Close to Zion National Park and several state parks and surrounded by mesmerizing red rock formations, St. George, Utah is a fantastic destination to enjoy the beauty America’s Southwest. Less than a two hours’ drive northwest of Las Vegas, you’ll quickly fall in love with the sweeping vistas, sandy dunes and tall slot canyons that dominate the landscape. While there are dozens of fabulous hikes to explore in this area, narrowing down the list can be tough. We’ve put together a short (but beautiful!) list of the hikes in the […]

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Cultivate LA is an annual event organized by United Friends of the Children and has become a major fundraiser for Los Angeles area foster kids. This organization helps provide housing and educational opportunities for these kids. This year Cultivate L.A. was held in the Holmby Hills at the opulent Pritzker Estate, one of the largest homes in Los Angeles. This mega mansion is owned by an heir to the Hyatt Hotels fortune and encompasses some 50,000+ square feet with spectacular views overlooking much of the LA Basin including Westwood and […]

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See dem hills? I live in dem hills… The man pointing at the blue-green hills in question was talking to my mother. He looked like Billy Ray Cyrus — if Mr. Cyrus had less teeth and a meth-addiction. We were in rural Australia, and this young man with an uncanny resemblance to a junkie version of the popular country singer was doing his best to woo my mother. My teenage sister and I were highly amused.  Over a decade later, we still remind my mother of this day. I shouldn’t […]

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The one and only time I passed through Ruby Canyon was on my way west aboard Amtrak’s California Zephyr.   It was on my trip to start a new life in California in May 2013.   Located on the Colorado River on the Colorado-Utah border, the only access to the canyon, other than the passing through on the Union Pacific Railroad lines that Amtrak uses for the Zephyr, is the river(i.e.rafting).  It is a marvelous site to behold. The canyon is roughly 25 miles long and derives its name from […]

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I first met Emily at a travel meetup in Los Angeles several years ago – I was impressed by how easily public speaking comes to her and also by the fact that she has been doing something she loves for so long (she started her website way back in 1996). She continues to be the go to person for travel tips as well as a valuable resource for family related travel questions. She is much sought after as a travel expert -regularly making appearances on TV and is often a […]

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I haven’t always been enamored with trains. In my past travels, I had been on several rails both in the United States on the east coast and also through small parts of Europe. Those times however, I was too young and naive to appreciate the significance and beauty of a well-placed rail. Now, more than three months into my newly nomadic lifestyle and about 10 years since my last rail adventure overseas, trains have become a larger and more significant part of my life than I could have ever predicted. […]

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Customers are invited to donate their gently worn winter coats and in return Sport Chalet will give them a special offer on any new winter coat Nashville, TN – November 16, 2010 – Coming alongside their nationwide drives to collect shoes, Soles4Souls announced in early 2010 the launch of their new charitable division Clothes4Souls. Due to the success of the recent Sport Chalet shoe drives the two companies are partnering again to launch a new kind of campaign. During November 16 thru 22, Clothes4Souls and Sport Chalet will be collecting […]

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Classic Motorsport Routes by Richard Meaden Coffee table book, 224 pages of race routes and color photos. This book predominately covers famous historical racing routes in Europe but towards the end of the book you find routes in the mid and western USA. A must have for any racing car enthusiast – work these routes into a vacation! Very nice write-up on Pike’s Peak and the fast courses of the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, USA.

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Between a Rock & a Hard Place by Aron Ralston Aron has always loved the outdoors and climbing mountains. This is the incredible story of one man being in the wrong place at the wrong time and his ensuing entrapment in a remote canyon in Utah. He eventually arrives at the final decision he has to make in order to “free” himself. This is a gripping story that develops as the trapped man comes to terms with his situation and his ultimate choice. A full on adrenaline pumping read.

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This is a story of a travel and of a girl; of long ago memories. So long ago that I cannot even remember the girl’s real name, nor many of the places; only that it inspired love. What better trip is there than that? It started as a mini-trip to San Francisco with a college roommate. He and I were to travel on a budget of zero dollars, excluding a full tank of gas. We wanted to see Haight-Ashbury, the hippy scene of ’67. After collecting glass bottles for money […]

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St. George Utah – Recently we had a chance to visit St. George, a fast growing town located in Southern Utah – USA. With a town of this size, it has a plethora of amenities, shopping, and restaurants. Spread out among several valleys there is plenty of room within and surrounding St. George. Gorgeous red rocks are located above part of town and St. George is only about 40 miles from Zion National Park and then a bit further up to Bryce. With tons of outdoor activities including hiking and […]

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