by Marybeth Bond | Jan 28, 2020 | Homepage Slider, Travel
Mass tourism is causing havoc in many European cities. Fueled by low cost airline seats, cruise ships, and online room rentals like Airbnb, iconic tourist destinations are over crowded. In the summer months popular destinations such as Amsterdam and Barcelona have 20...
by Marybeth Bond | Dec 1, 2019 | Homepage Slider, full-image, Wine Country, California
Paso Robles, mid-way between San Francisco and Los Angles, is known for wine tasting and summer concerts. Recently my husband and I drove 3 ½ hours south of San Francisco to visit the famous wineries. An added bonus was the temporary outdoor exhibition of British...
by Marybeth Bond | Nov 5, 2019 | dog friendly, Family Travel, Pets, Homepage Slider, full-image, home page slider, Adventure, Colorado, Travel, Luxury
Think Telluride is all about powder skiing and film festivals? Thing again! This is the place where Butch Cassidy began his bank-robbing career at the San Miguel Valley Bank on June 24, 1889. After the heist, Cassidy and two buddies mounted their steeds, shot their...
by Marybeth Bond | Oct 22, 2019 | Travel
We fed the bears marshmallows from the back seat of the family car when I was kid. Cranking down the window a few inches we’d toss leftover peanut butter and jelly sandwiches and sweets to the fat bears who waddled from car to car along the road into Old Faithful....
by Marybeth Bond | Oct 22, 2019 | Travel
Today most travelers have experienced overtourism and huge crowds at the popular tourist destinations: the Statue of Liberty, Yosemite National Park, Barcelona, the Louvre and Eiffel Tower. The statistics of overtourism in Europe are staggering: Barcelona hosted 32...
