Category Archives: Travel
Coming Soon: 54th Annual Rockhound Gemboree
Nestled in Ontario’s Highlands halfway between Ottawa and Toronto, the town of Bancroft is known as the Mineral Capital of Canada.
Wordless Wednesdays: A Visit to the Macallan
Wordless Wednesdays: Lock ‘Em Up
Costa Rica: San Jose
We started and ended our Costa Rica adventures in San Jose.
Costa Rica: Wildlife and Bird Watching
On many of my personal backcountry trips – and even on some of my work ones – I tend to see a lot of wildlife.
Costa Rica: Biking and Cahuita National Park
We left EARTH University and arrived at the beach town of Cahuita, just outside of its eponymous national park and met Chino Randall who fitted us for mountain bikes and helmets.
Wordless Wednesdays: City by the Bay
Costa Rica: Take a Hike (to El Tigre)
Coffee. I awoke at 5:30 to the beautiful music of a river running from its source and all I could think about was coffee. Today we would hike, so I dressed accordingly and slathered on the sunscreen.
Costa Rica: High Wire Act (a.k.a. Ziplining)
I watched as one of the students flew across the zipline over the Pacuare River with the greatest of ease. Her yells of delight floated down to those of us standing on the ecolodge’s deck.