Years ago when I was a graduate student and single parent, the first time I ever had any extra money, I took my then 8-year-old son and drove cross-country in my VW Beetle. We hiked part of the Grand Canyon, went rafting in Colorado and stayed for a month in Taos, learning to ride bareback with the Taos-Tiwa Native Americans. Ever since then, I’ve been enjoying adventures with my family, friends and by myself.

As a travel writer for more than 20 years, I have written 2000 travel articles for many magazines, newspapers and Web sites, as well as authored 27 travel books, including two for National Geographic. I won the 2004 “Caribbean Travel Writer of the Year for North America” award and I am a three -time winner of the Society of American Travel Writers’ Lowell Thomas Travel Journalism award.

I specialize in soft adventure—the kind where the excitement is left in, but the danger’s taken out. I am delighted to share with you—and to encourage you—to do something that’s out-of-the-ordinary for you. Whether you go dog sledding in Minnesota, snorkeling barrier reefs in Bonaire, camel riding in the Sahara desert, hiking the rain forests of Panama or try another adventure, you’ll find the challenge worth the trouble and the rewards abundant.

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