IN THE SPOTLIGHT THIS MONTH
What’s New(s)
JOIN ME & THE WAYFARERS ON A NEW MEXICO WALK IN SEPTEMBER
Pack up your hiking boots, your appetite for world-renowned cuisine, your sense of adventure and your camera and join me in New Mexico.
For six-days in September, I will join a walk in New Mexico with The Wayfarers, the premier walking vacation company since 1984 and personal favorite. From September 12 - 17, 2010, we’ll be walking through some of the most inspiring landscapes on the planet during this magical walk through Georgia O’Keefe country.
Travel Tips + Trips
SIX TIPS FOR TRAVELING WITH YOUR SPOUSE
Sure, you vowed to love each other “for better and for worse,” but who said anything about trekking Machu Picchu, tackling a via ferrata in the Canadian Rockies or a culinary bike tour through Tuscany, for that matter? For many, adventure travel wasn’t what they had in mind when they promised ‘til death do us part’.
So, what are the best strategies for traveling together AND saving the marriage.? You may be surprised!
Travel Steals + Deals
LATE-SUMMER TRAVEL DEALS: MARRIOTT’S SUMMER IN THE CITY.
photo by WanderingtheWorld via flickr (commons license)August might be the best time to book a last-minute summer travel weekend getaway, and Marriott’s popular Summer in the City hotel deal in four East Coast cities - Boston, New York, Philadelphia, and Washington D.C. - is still available Thursdays-Sundays* through September 6, 2010.
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GEAR TO GO
PATAGONIA, YOU HAD ME AT H2NO
I’m a longtime Patagonia fan, so I probably would’ve bought the waterproof Rain Shadow jacket and pants anyway. But with a tagline like H2No*, well, that’s just clever. Throw in the Patagonia Ironclad Lifetime Guarantee, and purchasing the gear for back-to-back Alaska adventures was a no-brainer.
From sea kayaking to glacier hikes, light drizzle to heavy downpours, this jacket/pant combo said H2No® to Alaska’s liquid sunshine.
GADGET GIRL
MUST LOVE ADVENTURE: OLYMPUS STYLUS TOUGH 8010
WANTED: Gadget girl seeks go-anywhere, do-anything travel partner. Must love adventure, water and winter sports, and global exploration. Fragile sissies need not reply.
FOUND: Olympus Stylus Tough 8010 pocket camera.
From our sister site…
YourLifeIsATrip.com
Q & A: Judith Fein, author of Life Is a Trip
Contributing writer Marlan Warren caught up with YourLifeIsATrip.com co-founder and editor Judith Fein while she was living her creed “I live to leave,” packing for a month-long adventure with husband, photojournalist Paul Ross. Sitting down for a moment in her Santa Fe home, Fein, took a time-out to discuss here new book LIFE IS A TRIP: the transformative magic of travel.
