I was still climbing into my bunk when Ronna, a social worker in her early 60s, raced into the room, wide-eyed. “There’s a nude-fest going on in the women’s shower room!” she... Read more >>

To me, the best kind of secret is a travel-related one, be it a hole-in-the-wall restaurant that locals love; a hidden beach, away from the crowds; and best of all, a destination that hasn’t yet... Read more >>

Stage Two: Rancho Margot to Tierra Morenas (60+ kilometers) “I’ve never been so wet in a race,” said Georganna Quarles, fifty-two, from Duck Key, Florida, after charging through a... Read more >>

At 11:30 AM on a bright, breezy Saturday morning last September, I was among the two hundred backpack-clad runners (from fifteen countries) who sprinted off the starting line in the quaint ski town of... Read more >>

If I can be out in nature, I’m content. At peace. Calm. Happy. Include a canine buddy and life is good. No, it’s great. Studies show that pets and nature help decrease the stress in your... Read more >>

The prestigious National Geographic travel guide, Journeys of a Lifetime: 500 of the World’s Greatest Trips, cataloguing the most famous and lesser known trips of a lifetime, picked the... Read more >>

Walking through the ghostly, foggy mist Trails to the left and right make a wicked twist An echoing owl off in the distance Reminding me of his hidden existence Crunching leaves under my... Read more >>

Looking across amber fields of waving hay, The wind pierced my thoughts, My words to say. Like a sea of endless life Is this everlasting day. My hopes, My dreams, Could become reality, I pray.... Read more >>

Not trying to make it a race, but realizing it is, afraid to choose a path, never been good at this. I believe that God has touched my heart, and that it should be safe to listen to, but when its... Read more >>

At the U.S.A. Cycling Mountain Bike National Championships held last summer in Sonoma County, Calif., a crowd of Spandex-clad women pedaled to the start of a two-hour event. But it wasn’t a... Read more >>