“In the Kingdom of Tonga, underwater wonders and Polynesian hospitality” – As I stepped off the little boat after 48 hours of travel, I felt a little like Tom Sawyer. Mostly because my family would be staying in a treehouse. But also because the island looked like something out of a […]
A motorized sailing canoe is perfect for playing around on Montana’s lakes and rivers with the whole family.
Rocks and riffles entertain our baby during a week on the John Day River in Oregon.
Watching birds in cool places is the perfect way to get outside for mini-adventures with tots I bet you never thought birding was hard-core. I didn’t really, either. But then we added a baby to the mix, and Montana decided to sprinkle in some of its famous fickle weather to make our […]
Traveling with more families doubles the joys and splits the burdens (+ tips for making communal living easier).
“5 things that make communal parenting easier than going it alone” – Real-life story of how and why you should consider hanging often with other families, including tips for how to embrace short-term communes. Read more >>
“What to do when you’re giving a tropical island” – When Ben and Lisa Newton sold their businesses and homes to sail through the South Pacific, they never expected to own one of the islands they dreamed about. Read more >>
“The Dawn Watch” – I have the dawn watch on this passage from Rangiroa to Bora Bora, the shift from 0300 to whenever my husband wakes up. As I stretch and yawn, I try to switch gears to the less comfortable reality of night sailing. Read more >>
“Meet Earl, the gatekeeper to Paradise” – Paradise, population one, is halfway along one of the roughest roads in the US West, perched between two vast wilderness areas that total 1.4 million hectares. That’s where we met Earl. Read the full story here.
“A Special Recipe For Saving Sage Grouse” – Picture yourself on a vast Western range, the glow of the spring sunrise tinting the gold-green landscape in shades of rose. Sagebrush rolls away on all sides toward craggy snow-covered mountains. Over the calls of cattle roaming through the native grasses, you suddenly […]
“The adventure doesn’t have to stop: Here’s how to travel with baby” – This On Parenting post explores how to get out on rivers and trails with your wee one. Read more.
“A Shark Encounter” – Check out this action-packed travel tale about diving with hundreds of sharks in Fakarava, an atoll in the Tuamotus island chain. Read more.
“An Island Paradise That Will Adopt You” – On this fascinating South Pacific island, all 62 residents are related, everyone shares the same surname and can trace their lineage back to one British man. Read the story here on BBC Travel.
“A 600-Mile Run Through the Mountains” – Check out this story (and the amazing photos!) about world-renowned ultrarunners Mike Wolfe and Mike Foote, who partnered with photographer Steven Gnam to run across some of the highest, wildest mountain ranges in the Lower 48. Read the story here.
A spring roundup of stories and adventures, including a BBC Travel tale about the oddest island in the Pacific.
I finally feel like my head and my heart are back in the same groove after our recent adventures in jungles, deserts, oceans and mountains. Read on to hear why, and to check out photos from our travels!
This story by Rob, recently published in Anglers Journal, talks about our search for solitude and our search for big saltwater fish that Rob teased with a fly rod while we sailed the South Pacific.
“Elimination Communication: Let’s Just Keep The Poop In The Pants” Not for those with weak stomachs, but a good story if you need a laugh! Read on to hear about why I thought I could potty train my infant.
Meanwhile, the leaves fall like so many stories
each one sighing through the air with its own
weight and momentum
settling into the piles that layer our lives.
My inner rebel disappeared when we returned from our adventures overseas. I want her back. This week, I got to work figuring out how to be a rebel–and feel free–again.
A weekend extravaganza where Kevin Colburn coined the term “vacational whimsy,” an apt description for fly-by-the-seat-of-your-pants holiday planning. Vacational whimsy isn’t for the faint of heart. Rather than rainbows and gumdrops, unplanned adventures can lead to rainstorms and gum in your hair.
Snorkeling brings a new intimacy to my relationship with rivers and creeks that running rapids or matching the hatch never could. Here’s a little ditty on how and why you should snorkel Montana’s rivers.
Talon tells the tale of his first sailing expedition on Flathead Lake: “Last weekend, my parents took me in this big empty bathtub thingy with loud, white sheets that flapped around, went up and down, and swung side to side…”
It takes guts to leap from a picture on a vision board to the actual moment in unfamiliar territory. But life is more fun when you have grand plans, especially if they include big adventure.
This story about our visit to the remote and spectacular atoll of Palmerston in the Cook Islands — and the unexpected volleyball match we joined — appeared in Islands Magazine.