Are your baby boomer travel feet itching as much as ours? Alan and I are wishing we were on a good old fashioned road trip. You know, the ones where you leave the interstates behind in favor of scenic byways. In today’s guest post, Joe Laing of El Monte RV Rentals is back to tempt […]
Boomer road trips
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: 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 […]
Exploring Greenwich Village On a Walking Tour
Greenwich Village isn’t really a secret. It can’t even be called an off-the-beaten-path area of New York City. But on a visit to Manhattan, baby boomer travelers will find tree-lined streets, a secret garden and respite from the chaos of Times Square. At least that’s what this boomer discovered on a summer visit to the […]
Surviving A Road Trip
Updated 05.30.2020: Surviving a long road trip—bet you never considered roadtripping in that light. But when you’re in a vehicle for a long period of time with a mate, partner or friend, you definitely need a coping strategy. Road trip? Those two little words are like music to our baby boomer travel ears. Alan likes […]
Ragged Point Inn: Rooms With a View on the Big Sur Coast
Driving California’s Big Sur coast from Cambria to Carmel, baby boomer road trippers won’t find accommodations with a finer view than at Ragged Point Inn. Although the rooms are not the most luxurious in this isolated portion of central California, the cliff-side location more than makes up for the nondescript decor. And the restaurant serves […]
Searching for Paradise in Montana
Have you searched for paradise on your boomer travels? Did you find it? Alan and I went looking for paradise on a boomer road trip to Montana, because of a photo in a new car brochure. That’s right, a photo. It all started in 2005 with the purchase of a Jeep Rubicon. As Alan poured […]
Road Tripping the Oregon Trail
Oregon offers many travel opportunities for active baby boomers. Sheri Wallace, editor of Road Trips for Families, says,”The Mt. Hood region of Oregon has compelling history, spectacular scenery, every outdoor activity imaginable and, unlike the pioneer’s Oregon Trail, is easy to road trip.” In today’s guest post, Sheri offers her advice to baby boomers considering […]
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