A Walk by the River and Remembering the Alamo in San Antonio (Texas)
After a full day’s drive across the blue highways of South Texas (in which we passed the time observing, tallyingContinue Reading
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Big Bend and Dark Skies: 3 Roadrunners, 1 Rattlesnake, a Tarantula and a Billion Stars
We arrived in Terlingua Texas, the gateway to Big Bend National Park, provisioned up at the General Store in StudyContinue Reading
The Gage Hotel of Marathon Texas
We set off from Lubbock pointed south to begin our fall trot around West and southern Texas, destination: Marathon. CottonContinue Reading
Travel Tips for Peru
First of all, let me just say wow. Really and truly wow. What an amazing country and experience. We knewContinue Reading
All Aboard Peru’s Andean Explorer (Video)
When we started looking into exploring Peru, the Andean Explorer was what really drew us in. The train runs fromContinue Reading
Douro in Springtime
With visiting family, we headed north and returned to the Douro Valley for the first time in several years. We’veContinue Reading
Vidago’s Palace Hotel
On our tour of northern Portugal nearly five years ago, we stayed at Vidago Palace‘s sister property at Pedras SalgadasContinue Reading
The Making of Alqueva, Portugal’s Great Lake
Last summer, on a trip to one of our favorite regions of Portugal, Alentejo, we took a cruise with AlquevaContinue Reading
Favorite Hotels and Airbnbs 2025
We stayed in some pretty fantastic accommodations this year. Last year, we posted about our Favorite Hotels and Favorite AirbnbsContinue Reading
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Favorite Places 2025 Edition
As has become our custom, we like to post our top 5 places we visit in a given calendar year.Continue Reading
