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At 10,023 feet, the summit at Haleakala National Park is a must do when visiting the island of Maui. The silence is inspiring. The crunch of the volcanic ash beneath your dust caked hiking boots is deafening, in a crazy, cool way. If you dare, take a portion of the Sliding Sands trail down intoContinue reading “Haleakala summit trek & sunset”

A tropical adventure haven. My first visit was a group multi sport trip of hiking, rafting, biking and multiple addons. We rode a 4×4 to an isolated farm to start our trek into the jungle, where we only brought what we could carry on our backs. True roughing it. We hiked through mud deep intoContinue reading “Costa Rica x2”

When I travel to Central America or South America, I typically use GAdventures to plan all the details as they do a great job sourcing local guides and finding quaint lodging that you would never be able to find on your own. But I did venture out to another company for this trip. It wasContinue reading “Belize/Guatemala/Honduras”

My story joining the “Happiest place on Earth” cast: After graduating and coaching basketball for 2 years at my alma mater, I made the huge leap to start over in Orlando, FL. I wanted to go where no one knew me and see what I could make of it. Over Spring Break in 1998, IContinue reading “Disney Polynesian Hostess”

Would you purposely schedule an overnight layover in a foreign city just to get a glimpse of one of your long-standing bucket list destinations? Hell yes! En route back to Athens from a glorious 8 days hiking on the island of Crete and a spontaneous 2 days in Santorini, I arrived into a deserted airportContinue reading “Overnight layover in Athens”

The after glow of a sunset from the infamous Waikiki beach just hit differently. Truly spellbinding. EVERY night no one missed a chance to slow down and appreciate Mother Nature put on a spectacular show. There was a silence from the droves of tourists lining the shoreline and hundreds of suffers bobbing in the water,Continue reading “Waikiki sunset glow”

Adventure travel is my passion and I have to say Southern Utah is my “go to” location for an awesome outdoor itinerary suitable for any weekend warrior looking to get out of their comfort zone. In January 2022, I quickly threw together a jam-packed 6 day journey that exceeded even my own expectations. FYI, IContinue reading “Southern Utah 6-day adventure itinerary”

While I’m a self proclaimed adrenaline junkie, you would be surprised at the places that I remember while traversing across this big country. This is by no means a perfect list, as there are a few states that I definitely need to explore more of in the future. Enjoy this virtual road trip to myContinue reading “Best attraction in every state”

As I write this, I’m sleeping on a mattress with 7 other avid travelers under the stars on an old fashioned felucca parked somewhere on the banks of the Nile River in Egypt between Aswan and Luxor. Surreal?? Absolutely! If I back up to the start of our adventure, we left our hotel around 10:30amContinue reading “Sailing the Nile River”

For almost 20 years, the nightly fireworks spectacular at Epcot was my absolute favorite entertainment. I couldn’t get enough of it. From the beautiful musical score, to the perfectly synchronized pyrotechnics, to the integrated laser show, to the images projected onto the futuristic ball gliding across the water, it was spectacular. I could hum everyContinue reading “Epcot Illuminations”