If you want that cozy, holiday, cabin feel, even in the middle of summer,...

My previous winters in Chicago always left me wishing I could be somewhere warm...

The Channel Islands have always been this alluring beacon to me to come explore....

Along one of the turns, we saw a crashed van pulling a boat on the side of the road where yellow caution tape was up. We all had our theories about what possibly could have happened. Did the van get too close to the edge? Did foul play happen because it looked like gunshots in the windows? We’ll never know. We pulled over by the lake for a picnic lunch and enjoyed the serene views. When we got to the dam, we stopped and marveled at the history of all that this land holds and tried to imagine riding this trail via stagecoach. It was an adventure even by car.

Of all of the adventures anticipated I never expected to be photobombed by bears and eagles in Juneau, Alaska.