On a drive into Arches National Park near Moab, Utah, these stone formations are the first scene that you’ll see. It’s tempting to hop out of the car to spend your time photographing them. But this is only the beginning. Active baby boomers will find over 2,000 natural sandstone arches as they walk, hike, drive […]
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
Sunset at Strawberry Hill
While on a private photo workshop with Marc Adamus, Alan captured this sunset shot at Strawberry Hill on the Oregon Coast, south of Lincoln City between Yachats and Florence. We had just completed scrambling up from a self-made trail which was a challenge for this active baby boomer.
Four Wheel Drive Fun in Funchal
If you’re cruising on an Atlantic crossing, Funchal, Madeira is often the first or last port stop, depending on if you’re coming or going. Located in the Atlantic Ocean southwest of Portugal, Madeira’s mountainous landscape offers plenty of options for active travel including hiking, trekking or horseback riding, not to mention water sports. But, if […]
Saturday’s scene: Guarding Monroe Beach
Baby boomer travelers will find that Monroe Beach is the prize at the end of a 45-minute rainforest walk on the west coast of New Zealand. As you emerge from the forest’s green coolness, large rock formations seem to stand guard over a pristine beach littered with driftwood. On our South Island New Zeland road […]
Day-tripping Through New Zealand’s Glacier Country
Updated 02.01.2016 For a close-up glacier experience, nothing beats the convenience of Franz Josef and Fox Glacier on the South Island of New Zealand. You don’t have to board a ship for a long cruise to the glacier’s face, simply park your car in the parking lot and start walking. Active travelers choose between moderately […]
Hiking the Abel Tasman Coast Track
Updated 06.01.2015 Isolated beaches, sandy coves, tree-studded ridges where a waterfall’s trill competes with the call of the bellbird and tui —this is New Zealand’s Abel Tasman National Park on the South Island. You’ll find plenty of active travel adventures here, including some world class hiking. Choose from two tracks: One leads inland up forested […]
Saturday’s scene: Rusted Dreams
On a four-wheel-drive adventure in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado, Alan and I discovered a car’s rusted remains. Close by, abandoned mining structures held the lost dreams of a long forgotten mining community (dating from 1860) near California Gulch. With an elevation of around 10,000 ft., life must have been hard for the prospectors. […]
Photo Essay: Nature’s Windows At Arches National Park
Over 2,000 natural sandstone arches fill Arches National Park near Moab, Utah. Active baby boomers will discover them while hiking, biking or car touring in this easy-to-explore national park. And boomer photographers will click that shutter repeatedly to capture the beauty of the arches and surrounding landscape. To photograph the most famous arch in the […]
Saturday’s scene: Remembering Sendai
While on a Regent Seven Sea cruise from Vancouver to Singapore, our ship, Mariner, stopped in several Japanese ports. On each occasion, official delegations swapped plaques and speeches with Captain Felice Patruno, while welcoming cruise passengers with dance performances on the docks, fireboats saluting the ship with sprays of water as she entered harbors, even […]