Adventure

I was feeling a little apprehensive about one particular item in our Belize itinerary: Actun Tunichil Mucknal (ATM for short). ATM means the Cave of the Crystal Sepulchre in Mayan. This cave…

What it’s like to climb the smouldering Pacaya Volcano in Guatemala and toast marshmallows on a lava flow.

The sharks weren’t bothering me, but I was a little nervous about how friendly the stingrays were getting. They seemed to be swimming in circles ensuring they passed right underneath me every…

Lush tropical islands surrounded by the cerulean South Pacific, I can’t think of anywhere closer to paradise than the Cook Islands. These quiet achievers were formed through volcanic activity and have all…

There are endless interesting facts about Yellowstone National Park! Here’s a handful to know and experience while in the Park. Some take more imagination than others, but all reveal the marvel and…

I grew up in the sub-tropics of the Australian east coast and spent the last 3 years living on the equator, then I moved straight into a Midwest U.S. winter! I was dreading the…

Unless you’ve been living under Navajo Sandstone, you’ve probably seen images of the exceptionally beautiful slot canyons of Arizona, the most famous of which is Antelope Canyon. Antelope, which can be experienced…

There is a spiritual nature to hot air ballooning over the Bagan Archaeological Zone. To drift quietly above the patchwork farms and ancient temples at the mercy of the breeze is a…

One of the most memorable parts of our month in South America was the six days we spent crossing the Bolivian Altiplano, seeing some of Bolivia’s most remote and awe-inspiring landscapes. The…

“It was the journey,” says art historian, Hikmet Sidney Loe in a video interview for the Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Anyone who has ever travelled to see Spiral Jetty in person…

Only a few blocks from where we live is a home with what the owners claim to be a “prairie garden.” The jungle of long grasses just looks like an excuse for…

Darwin’s theory of evolution could be attributed to Mother Nature’s quest for perfection, and a perfectionist’s work is never done. The Galápagos Islands are one of the most pristine natural environments on earth.…