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Belize’s (Affordable!) Off-The-Map Jungle Lodge

When I started planning our trip to Belize and first thought of staying in an eco-lodge, I never thought it would be like Black Rock Lodge. Yes, there were some basic qualities the hotel had to meet – in the...

September 27, 2016
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Adventure Blog Belize Scuba Diving Travel

Caye Caulker: Belize’s Gateway to the Blue Hole

I was walking down a side road in Caye Caulker when we heard it: “Hey. Hey, buddy. You!” We turned around, only to see no one nearby. We kept walking. Thirty seconds later, again: “Hey, buddy! How’s it going.” We...

August 22, 2016
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Adventure Blog Japan Travel Travel Tips

Five 1/2 Random Things to Know Before Visiting Japan

Sure – there are a bunch of things to know before going to Japan. You should know the exchange rate, about how much to budget, when to go, how to get around, etc. But there are also a handful of...

March 9, 2016
4 min read

Adventure Blog Japan Travel

Into the Wild: Close Encounters with Japan’s Wild Snow Monkeys

Welcome to the home of the wild snow monkeys. Located about 45 minutes outside Nagano, in central Japan, the snow monkeys live in an area called Snow Monkey Park, but it’s not really a park. You have to pay a park...

March 2, 2016
4 min read

Japan Travel

A winter getaway at Mt. Fuji

Well, we just got back from a few weeks in Japan and sufficed to say, there are plenty of posts coming. But for now, lets focus on one of the more awesome places we went: Fuji Kawaguchiko. Fujikawaguchiko is a...

February 27, 2016
4 min read

Adventure Blog Hawaii Hiking Travel

It’s Mostly Legal: Hiking Lulumahu Falls

There’s no shortage of outdoor activity on Oahu, but if you’re looking for a hike that’s equal parts Indiana Jones, Jurassic Park and The Beach, I’ve got a pick for you: Lulumahu Falls. The hike is only about 1.5 miles...

August 16, 2015
3 min read

California Hiking Nature Travel

Yosemite National Park in 48 hours and 29 miles

This post is one of many that came out of a cross-country USA road trip, where I moved from Texas to Lake Tahoe, in Northern California. Enjoy! Yosemite National Park – an icon of American beauty and a shining example...

May 5, 2014
4 min read

Adventure Blog Road Tripping Texas Travel

A road trip through Big Bend National Park

Big Bend National Park has the kind of vastness that makes you wonder “how many years would it take anyone to realize I had disappeared out here?”I’m going to guess at least a week. It’s about two hours off the...

July 26, 2013
2 min read

Adventure Blog Road Tripping Texas Travel

Contrabando: Texas’ Hollywood ghost town

Contrabando looks so authentic that you’d swear it must be fake – and you’d be right, because it is. The small-but-well-preserved ‘ghost town’ was built in 1985 as a movie set up for the film Uphill all the Way, and...

June 5, 2013
3 min read

Adventure Blog Road Tripping Texas Travel

Terlingua, TX: The hippie ghost town time forgot

Ahh, Terlingua – where the temperature is so hot you’ll swear your AC is broken and cash is optional. That’s right – Terlingua is that rarest of towns, a ghost-town-turned-hippie-and-arts-commune-that-is-actually-still-kind-of-a-ghost-town. You know, one of those. There are a good amount...