Merry Christmas! From Lake Tahoe, I wish you and yours a day of love, near or far, together or apart, present or in memory. It’s been months since my last post, which was the culmination of blogging every day for one year through the ups and downs of the pandemic. I stepped away after that last post on April 6th
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August 26th, 2020 In my travels, I’ve had the thrill of landing at three of the world’s top ten scariest airports (in terms of geography) according to world travelers: Lukla in Nepal, Paro in Bhutan and Tioman Island in Malaysia. Today’s repost is my story from March, 2012 when (spoiler alert) we finally touched down and enjoyed the weekend at
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August 25th, 2020 After yesterday’s final excursion in Taiwan, let’s fly the magic carpet to a tropical island escape. Hopefully our landing will be a little smoother than last time! More about that tomorrow. Until then, Kelly Photo of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel
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Post of the Day: Adding a bit of light to the darkness as we get through the pandemic together. This series features travel photos from my archives, shared with you while staying close to home. July 20th, 2020 Yosemite’s Ahwahnee Hotel is one of the great, historic lodges of the U.S. Built in 1927, its age and character speak through
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April 19th, 2020 This post is part of a series called Daily Dose of Beauty featuring travel photos and stories from my archives, shared with you as we shelter in place during the pandemic. For today’s Daily Dose, we’re in Canada on the Sunshine Coast at Rockwater Secret Cove Resort. Many of us are already looking forward to the day
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Last March, we decided it was time to pack up and leave Vancouver — such is the life of opportunists and world travelers always looking ahead to the next stop. But before we left we were surprised with one late-season, last-minute opportunity to see the Northern Lights — a big item yet to be checked off our bucket lists. Forecasts
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We depart for Bella Coola from the south terminal of Vancouver International Airport, where the old-school spirit of travel is alive and well. We’re aboard a twenty-seat prop plane but we never cleared security and our bags were never x-rayed. We’re flying into the wilderness on the honor system — something that feels uniquely Canadian and appropriate for the weekend.
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We’re standing on a mountaintop west of Lisbon. We’ve lucked out. It’s one of those perfect days when the blue sky extends all the way to the horizon. To get here, we drove west from Lisbon to Sintra, parked the car, walked partially up the hill, stopped to think about it, hired a mototaxi, arrived at the ticket booth of
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