Sonoma’s Sebastiani, Continuing to Make Wine History

During a conference in San Francisco, my boss Joe wanted to thank a few of our clients for working with us over the years, renting…

A Weekend of Whitewater Rafting the Lower New River, 1998

It was a long holiday weekend and our family decided to plan a whitewater rafting trip on the New River in West Virginia.   We would…

Visit the Painted Desert in Arizona! 100 years of US National Parks

On a week-long vacation that included the Grand Canyon National Park, I decided that I would include additional stops in the Four Corners region of…

A Copper Mining Ghost Town: Jerome State Historic Park

Surrounded by a sense of the paranormal, I approached the historical ghost town of Jerome.  Uninhabited, it felt as though the residents of this Arizona…

Experience a Western Town by Visiting Rawhide in Arizona

It seems like ages ago that I spent the afternoon in the little western town of Rawhide,  in northern Scottsdale, Arizona.  With a fascination of…

The Petrified Forest National Park is a Scientific Phenomenon

Located in northeastern Arizona, the Petrified Forest National Park hosts over 800,000 visitors each year.  Words cannot explain this surreal environment where scattered logs cover…

A Side Trip to the Meteor Crater, Arizona

Since we were traveling to the Grand Canyon from Phoenix, I wanted to research some of the nearby locations that we could explore on our…

Scouting Out Chicago, 1998, 2012: A Photo Journal

Over my few trips to the Windy City, I fell in love with Chicago’s bustling downtown and laid-back lakeside.  For a short time, I had…

Camping Out at Carolina Beach

I met up with some friends for a long weekend during the summer to camp Carolina Beach State Park. We packed up our car with…

Climbing Dunn’s River Falls in Jamaica

It was our one-year anniversary and my husband wanted to take a dive trip to Jamaica.  We had decided to stay in Ocho Rios so…