Category Archives: adventure travel
My neighbor – the world traveler, to the Stans and beyond.
Today I’m thinking about my neighbor from my childhood home in Michigan – who I just found out died last weekend at age 93. As a kid – and later as an adult – I loved hearing about Mrs. B’s … Continue reading
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Joining Ragbrai on a one day ride
Okay, it’s a little wimpy but one day is better than no days when it comes to riding the Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa (RAGBRAI.) I have always wanted to ride some – if not all – of … Continue reading
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On zip-lining
No one – including me – can quite believe that I went zip-lining in Panama. For the uninitiated, zip-lining is an adventure sport that involves coasting along a cable strung between two high tree tops. You’re attached by a harness … Continue reading
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Zorbing in New Zealand
I had never heard of zorbing until I read a story about extreme sports adventures in New Zealand that ran in Sunday’s NYTimes – but a friend in Des Moines confirmed that zorbing is for real – her fearless daughter, … Continue reading
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“New” places to go in 2011
For future reference, here’s what I’ve culled from the NYT’s Travel Section story on 41 places to go in 2011. Places I’ve already been: San Juan Islands, Wash; London; Milan; Olympic Park, Wash (went there on our honeymoon…along with the … Continue reading
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off-beat culinary bike tours – Chicago
Just read (in my son’s Northwestern alumni mag) about a fun way to experience Chicago – by bike, visiting various food outposts. A Northwestern Alum opened Fork and the Road, which offers these tours – after a test run with … Continue reading
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Other issues when picking a hotel in a foreign land…beyond cost and location
Other issues beyond the more pedestrian ones of cost and location when trying to pick, from a great distance (say the distance between Des Moines, Iowa and Boquete, Panama), a hotel/inn/B&B to stay at in a foreign country: – SIZE … Continue reading
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Boquete, Panama – where to stay
This tends to happen – I narrow down our choice of lodging to two options, then am completely torn on which to pick. And I’m left parsing guidebook descriptions and over-analyzing website photos. My choices in Boquete boil down to … Continue reading
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Dreaming of Panama…pt. 2
So here’s what I’m thinking after reading a few guidebooks about our trip to Panama in February (yes, Panama. February!). We’ll stay in Panama City a few days then fly to David and stay in Boquete, an eco-tourism spot in … Continue reading
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Dreaming of…Panama
My husband has a business trip to Panama City in February and I’m hoping to tag along for a few days (sure beats Des Moines in February). Thought maybe we’d go to Costa Rica afterwards but now thinking we can … Continue reading
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