Cycling over the Golden Gate Bridge was the highlight of a long weekend in San Francisco. Of course we're amped. We're cycling over one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World, according to the American Society of Civil Engineers. The wind howls, our grip tightens on the handlebars and we peddle harder. My wife, Kerry, and I and our 16-year-old da...

Vacationing where the Wright Brothers invented motorized flight means taking to the air ourselves, fishing, horseback riding and eating barbecue. Just like Orville Wright, I'm flying over the sand dunes of North Carolina's Outer Banks. Orville, the first man to fly a motorized airplane in 1903, accomplished the world-changing feat at nearby Kitty H...

The new Deep South USA guide, which can be read online or ordered, covers the five southern states of Alabama, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. The new guide now includes themed itineraries which can be combined to showcase the whole region, with recommendations for t accommodations. Highlights include an introduction to the Deep Sou...

Western Colorado offers some of the most spectacular scenery in this state that overflows with mountain landscapes.  While most visitors travel to Denver and Rocky Mountain National Park in the northeast part of the state, I wanted to see the fall colors that cover Colorado from Grand Junction to Durango.  My travels would also stop in As...

Swimming with eight-metre-long whale sharks is the highlight of a vacay to Mexico's Baja Peninsula. In my periphery vision, slowly and steadily, a hulking, dark and indeterminate shadow appears. My heart quickens and there's an involuntarily sharp intake of breath on my snorkel mouthpiece. I first focus on an elaborate pattern of white dots on a gl...

Dog travel writer borrowed for a half-day now has a forever home. Tail a waggin', Simba leads the way like he knows where he's going. It's the first time this Chihuahua-terrier cross has been on the Koloa Heritage Trail, but that doesn't damper his ears-perked, tongue- hanging-out canine enthusiasm. My wife, Kerry, and I happily follow, hardly beli...