by Marybeth Bond | Jan 15, 2023 | home page slider, Homepage Slider, full-image, Alaska, Travel
Fairbanks is Alaska’s best place to see the Northern Lights. Picture: Aurora Pointe Shivering in the frigid Alaskan night, I stood in deep snow on a hilltop outside Fairbanks and scanned the black sky. I had travelled north, far north, to the interior of Alaska,...
by Marybeth Bond | Aug 14, 2022 | full-image, home page slider, Alps, Homepage Slider, Adventure, Travel, Switzerland
In Switzerland the Jungfrau and Ticinio regions offer Alpine adventures, castles, lakes, food and unsurpassed beauty. If you like mountains snow-capped, meadows carpeted in wildflowers, bubbling fondue, divine gelato, medieval castles, and sundrenched lakes, then look...
by Marybeth Bond | Jun 23, 2022 | Homepage Slider, full-image, home page slider, NORTH AMERICA, Carmel & Monterey, California, Travel
What to do in Monterey Spend an afternoon at the Monterey Aquarium. Here’s the latest on the new exhibit. Dive into the food scene of Pacific Grove. Meander along the pedestrian trail to Lover’s Point. Go for a walk along the unsoiled nature beaches. Enjoy...
by Marybeth Bond | Apr 1, 2022 | Homepage Slider, full-image, About Marybeth, Solo Travel Tips
Traveling solo? That can be a scary idea. Travel is, or can be, as much an inward as an outward experience, and mine proved to involve an important inner dimension. Cut off from all of my support systems, I was tested in some rather wild situations. I learned...
by Marybeth Bond | Feb 28, 2022 | Arizona, Homepage Slider, full-image, Utah, Adventure, Travel Magazine, Featured
When the walls feel like they are closing in and I need a boost again, I return to the wide-open spaces of the southwest and the healing peacefulness of the canyons for a road trip in Utah and Arizona. Nothing can put life into perceptive better than...
by Marybeth Bond | Dec 7, 2021 | full-image, Homepage Slider, Adventure, NORTH AMERICA, California, Travel
History, adventure, chic western towns and gold: You’ll find them all in California’s Calaveras County. As we drove to California Gold Country, between Lake Tahoe and Yosemite, I was wowed from the get-go: a vivid landscape of golden-hued hills, grazing...
