Travelers' Notebook - Traveling With Ed and Julie

Logo & Links: See Page Bottom - Traveling With Ed and Julie - US, U.S., United, States, Visit, Colorado, Sightsee, Tour, Travel, Drive, Cruise, Trip, Plan, Hotels, Restaurants, Puerto Vallarta, Baja, Alaska, Mexico, California, Texas, Los Angeles, Antigua, Grenada, Puerto Rico, Palo Duro, Idaho, Antigua, Caribbean, Windjammer, Oregon

The Americas

Caribbean Cruise
By Harlan Hague. "The Flying Cloud was a beauty. A real, three-masted tall ship, a windjammer. On the main deck, we found hors d'ouvres and ... rum swizzles. On the main deck was a buffet dinner and entertainment by a steel drum band from Road Town. The yellow rum swizzle keg was bottomless."

The Amazon River Rainforest
By Harlan Hague. "For years, I had wanted to visit the Amazon, but I could never find the sort of experience I was looking for. Until I heard about Moacir Fortes and the Cichla Ocellaris." Here's an in-depth way to explore the flora and fauna of the Amazon.

Mexico
Puerto Vallarta
By Harlan Hague. Visit the sun-and-fun luxury resort of Puerto Vallarta -- on a budget!

San Miguel de Allende
By Harlan Hague. "San Miguel was quiet. There was only an occasional car, hurrying to end the day. The dimly-lit plaza was empty, except for a man who walked slowly, hunched over. A gentle breeze disturbed the tree branches, making moon shadows dance about the pavements. The town was heavy with an aura of mystery that daylight would not erase."

Baja California
By Harlan Hague. Swim with sea lions? Pat whales? See double rainbows and fields of wildflowers and trek through blossom-filled canyons?

USA
Colorado
San Juan Mountains
Ed and Julie's favorite spot in the US. Enjoy an out-of-the-ordinary vacation in the heart of the Old West following trails blazed by the miners. You'll find the mountains among the most beautiful and rugged in the world, and easily accessible thanks to four-wheel drive.

The Solid Muldoon and Others
By Eric Shackle. Part of America's western heritage is or was a tradition of hard-hitting journalism. This existed in places like our favorite Ouray, Tombstone, and others.

Alpine Loop Scenic Byway
By Lyle Bungart. Four-wheeling is the key to an out-of-the ordinary vacation. The Alpine Loop Scenic Byway over Engineer and Cinnamon Passes is memorable.

Driving the Mountains ... Without Bumps
By Lyle Bungart. It’s hard to believe, but there are people who don’t want to ride or drive over 4WD roads. This article is dedicated to the driver of the family sedan who craves an adventure on paved roads.

The Huntington
By Harlan Hague. Perhaps the most representative of the best California has to offer are the natural wonders of Yosemite and the handiwork represented by The Huntington. Northeast of Los Angeles, you'll find The Huntington is part library, part art museum and part gardens (14 in all), and is a testament to humankind's (occasional) ability to ensure later generations may enjoy what delighted the eye and mind of their forebears

Following Lewis and Clark in Oregon
By Harlan Hague. Cruise in the wake of these American adventurers along the Columbia and Snake Rivers.

Sawtooth Country
By Harlan Hague. The Old West of memory is a blend of history and fiction, a dreamy sort of never-never land that still captures the imagination, though it never really existed outside the movies and western fiction. The best place to glimpse the western land as it really was in the last century is in the Sawtooth-Stanley country in south-central Idaho.

Alaska's Panhandle
By Harlan Hague. This "...trip proved a feast to the eyes and the spirit. Glaciers with their feet in the sea were stunning. We stopped a few hundred yards from the face of Margerie Glacier in Glacier Bay National Park. From time to time, ice slid in sheets off the face, the sound reaching us an instant later. Hundreds of harbor seals lay on and cavorted around floes."

Paloduro Canyon
By Harlan Hague. Unlike the Grand Canyon, which was carved by a large river as the land uplifted, the Palo Duro Canyon was sculpted by wind and the action of a small stream, the Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River, from the geologically stable plain. The canyon is impressive, 800 feet deep and several miles long, containing about 16,000 acres.

To Page Top

Antigua
By Harlan Hague. The ambiance was all Antiguan, including nocturnal serenades by assorted dogs, goats, roosters, donkeys and tree frogs, and the rum punches softened all the edges. Combine a little history, snorkeling and shopping and you've got the makings of a perfect vacation.

Grenada
By Harlan Hague. Grenada was born in conflict, far before the 1983 "intervention." You'll find a monument to that more recent event, but you'll also find an inviting and tranquil Isle of Spice. And, again, more rum punches.

Puerto Rico
By Harlan Hague. For some reason, Puerto Rico is a 'near miss' destination. Puerto Rico for many is just a place where one changes planes for a flight to the West Indies. I plead guilty. I passed through San Juan at least a half dozen times before I left the airport. Then one happy day, my flight schedule required that I overnight in San Juan. Since then, I have not passed through Puerto Rico without stopping for a few days in at least one direction.

Top of Page

Our Favorites
Rome | Switzerland | Bavaria | Ouray, CO

Traveling
The Not-For-Profit Site For Your Travel Plans
Use of this site constitutes your acceptance of these
Conditions Of Use