When you think of spending time at a guest ranch, do you imagine horse rides through fields of wildflowers, cooling your toes in a gurgling creek or telling stories under a star-filled night sky? My guest ranch visions are white, all white, especially when it comes to a Triple Creek Ranch winter getaway in Darby, […]
Donna Hull
A boomer travel and lifestyle authority who is exploring the world one activity at a time. Besides writing and publishing My Itchy Travel Feet, she is also the author of New Mexico Backroads Weekend Adventure and Coloring the West, An Adult Coloring Book for Travelers
The Best Travel Bucket List Apps
Nothing says boomer travel inspiration like creating a new travel bucket list filled with dream destinations. Whether you’d like to explore around your own area or jet off to the most off-the-beaten-path location you can find, making and fulfilling personalized travel to-do lists with apps is a fun experience. From deciding where to go to […]
What Puts the Boom in Your Step?
This article was sponsored by Pfizer. The boom in my boomer life comes from two loves—Alan and travel. When it comes to travel, I don’t mean the type of experiences that our parents enjoyed—sedentary trips where most of the time is spent sitting and looking out the window from a tour bus window or from […]
Make Your Friends and Family Happy: Send Postcards
My Postcard is sponsoring this article on how to create and send postcards while you are traveling. Growing up, did you collect postcards? I remember my postcard collection. A bulletin board over the desk in my room was loaded with postcards from around the world. My cousin, Barbara, sent them to me from her work […]
Enjoy Fakarava French Polynesia on Your Own
If you’re dreaming of an off-the-beaten-path travel paradise, meet Fakarava French Polynesia. But where is this tropical isle where palm trees outnumber inhabitants and tourists? Fakarava, one of 77 atolls in the Tuamotu Archipelago, sits southeast of Rangiroa in the portion of the South Pacific Ocean claimed by French Polynesia. And, with some luck, you’re South Pacific […]
Exploring the Ancient City of Nora, Sardinia
On a spring visit to Sardinia, Italy, it’s tempting to look for boomer travel adventures involving the island’s beautiful beaches. Visitors flock to Sardinia for the clear coastal water fringed by white sand. But, if you spend all of your time on the beaches, you’ll miss the Phoenician and Roman history at the ancient city […]
How to Find the Best Travel Tips
There’s no shortage of travel advice on the Internet. But how do you know if the latest “best travel tips” that you see published in news articles, blogs, even at My Itchy Travel Feet, are the right ones for you? Our advice—consider the source. If the author doesn’t travel in the same manner that you […]
Cruising the South Pacific on Seabourn Sojourn
Here we go again, another South Pacific Cruise. For the fifth time, Alan and I will be relaxing while cruising the South Pacific on a luxury ship in the beautiful blue Pacific Ocean. Obviously, it’s our favorite itinerary. With lots of sea days, plenty of water adventures that boomers will love, and an itinerary that […]
Fall on the Oregon Coast
Have you considered an Oregon Coast fall trip? I know what you’re thinking—why visit in the fall? The water’s too cold in Oregon for swimming—actually it’s too cold and rough most of the year for swimming. And it will be rainy, right? I had the same thoughts about visiting the Oregon Coast in October when […]