Miguel’s
Eating at Miguel’s Pizza made me wish I were 20 again. Part pizzeria, part campground, part climbing equipment supplier, Miguel’s is the place to pitch your tent if you’re hiking […]
We Got Hitched!
Literally. Finally. We got my mom’s camper hitched to her truck. It took us an hour in the blazing sun as we examined all the pictures in the instruction manual and […]
Hong Kong
My friend Carrie sent this to me. I love her descriptions; especially “…the bay looks like a Richard Scarry children’s book with boats of all sizes zooming all directions…” […]
No More Noodles
McDonald’s at the Beijing Railway Station After eating Asian food for four days straight, morning, noon, and night, I needed a break. Luckily there’s a McDonald’s on nearly every corner. […]
How Many Pictures Are Too Many?
Please forgive the barrage of pictures below, but really. How many pictures are too many pictures when you’re standing on the Great Wall of China?! Visibility was low, but I […]
Chinese Toilet Extremes
It seems there are two different types of toilets in China. I eventually got used to the squat toilets which I encountered nearly everywhere outside of my hotel. Again, my pre-reading […]
Hawaii
This is the postcard that started it all. My parents travelled to Hawaii when I was five-years-old. I stayed with my aunt and uncle and they sent me this […]
Kayak Eyes
My husband and I laugh and laugh at the Kayak commercial where the vacation-planning husband dilates his eyes so that he can take in more travel information as he surfs […]
Chairman Mao
I’m stealing liberally here, from J. Maarten Troost’s Lost on Planet China. I read this book before coming to China and was both fascinated and terrified as a result. His […]
Hello World!
I was recently posed this question: What would you do with your life if you were independently wealthy? My initial reaction was that I’d travel. But I also wanted to […]
Browsing The Atlas 