Next Trip

Where am I going next?

Our feet are itching to go in 2010. Here are the plans so far, but check back often to see what new adventures have been added. Interested in assigning an article or purchasing a reprint? Contact me.

So, where are Alan and I traveling this year?

Bluff Balloon Festival, Bluff, UT
Hidden Meadow Ranch, Greer, AZ
California road trip up the coast including Paso Robles, Ragged Point, Half Moon Bay, Mendocino and Sonoma
Southern road trip with visits to Dallas, TX; Hot Springs, AR; Memphis, TN; Atlanta, GA; Jacksonville, FL
New York City where I’ll attend TBEX 2010
Montana in the summer exploring the Bitterroot Valley followed by time at Fishtail in the Beartooth Mountains north of Yellowtone
Cancun, Mexico where I’ll be blogging from CasaMagna Cancun Resort for Marriott’s blog paradise press trip
Alaska sailing the Inside Passage from Juneau to Ketichikan on an uncruise (small ship adventure cruise) with InnerSea Discoveries and American Safari Cruises
Northern Italian road trip including Milan, Lake Como, Parma, Lucca and Orbetello.
Cruise from Civitaveccha to Ft. Lauderdale on the Seabourn ship, Sojourn. Ports include Livorno (Florence), Italy; Monte Carlo, Monaco; Marseille, France; Barcelona and Malaga in Spain; Gibraltar; Lisbon, Portugal and Madeira, Funchal.

Did we have fun in 2009? Oh yea.

The Big Island of Hawaii and Molokai concentrating on off-the-beaten-path adventures and unique lodging; Eugene, Oregon with a Joe Cocker Concert thrown in for fun; Chicago where I attended the BlogHer conference and TBEX09; Cruising on Regent Seven Seas Mariner for 52 days from Vancouver to Singapore, with stops in Alaska, Siberia, Japan, South Korea, China, Hong Kong, Viet Nam, Cambodia and Thailand.

Travels kept us busy in 2008:

Mississippi, including driving the Natchez Trace and exploring Vicksburg; Memphis; Kiawah Island, SC; Greer, AZ; Dolores, CO; Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park and Hotchkiss, CO; Ouray, CO; Gainesville, FLA; Tampa, FLA; South Africa including safaris in Lion Sands and Madiwke Hills; Hermanus, South Africa; cruising from Cape Town to Rio aboard Regent Seven Seas Navigator, with stops in Namibia and St. Helena

And, where did we go in 2007?

Solvang, CA; Santa Fe and Taos, NM; Kauai; luxury cruise to Norway and beyond aboard  Regent Seven Seas Voyager; Ouray, CO;  Jasper Lake Lodge in Canada; Southeastern Utah including Valley of the Gods, Bluff and Moab; New Zealand South Island road trip from Nelson to Queenstown before cruising the South Pacific from Auckland to Los Angeles on Regent Seven Seas Mariner.