If you opt to explore Alaska’s Inside Passage via a big ship cruise, Ketchikan is likely to make the list of ports of call. This morning, we arrived to Ketchikan just after 6 am and we didn’t have to be back until 3:30 pm. When traveling as part of a group, you never know if […]
Read PostIf you find yourself in Skagway, Alaska with a few hours to fill, consider renting a car in town (Avis has an office on 3rd Avenue) and driving into Canada. We left Skagway at 10 am and were back in town by 2 pm. The drive along the Klondike Highway is incredibly scenic. You’ll pass […]
Read PostA few weeks ago, a friend suggested I book a food tour of Pike Place Market in Seattle when she heard I was spending a weekend there before heading to Alaska. What a great suggestion! Since I arrived to Seattle in the morning and my tour wasn’t until 2:30 pm, I was able to explore […]
Read PostTrips provide the ideal time to discover new landscapes, cultures, and customs. For many travelers, photos are precious reminders of encounters and highlights along the way. Taking photos of people can be tricky, though. Here are our tips on how to be polite while photographing people during your travel adventures. 1: Permission is key. Get […]
Read PostEarlier this month, we traveled to Alaska to start scouting areas for future client trips. Large tracts of wilderness, stunning scenery, and amazing wildlife viewing opportunities make Alaska a nature-lover’s paradise. Those reasons make Alaska a bucket list destination for many people, including us. Glacier Bay National Park & Preserve covers 3.3 million acres of […]
Read PostDid you know that Namibia was the first country in the world to incorporate environmental protection into its constitution? Conservation is a cornerstone of the Namibian experience. Local government has reinforced its commitment by giving communities the opportunity and rights to manage wildlife through communal conservancies. Today, over 40% of Namibia is under conservation management. […]
Read PostWe spent a week birding near Cape May, NJ with members of the Audubon Society of Greater Denver. Cape May is recognized as a birding hotspot. The peninsula provides critical habitat for birds as they migrate through the region. This trip coincided with spawning by horseshoe crabs along Delaware Bay beaches. Birding sites included Cape […]
Read PostLabeled living fossils, horseshoe crabs date back in the fossil record more than 350 million years. Not true crabs at all, these marine animals are actually more closely related to spiders and scorpions than Crustaceans (the group that includes crabs, lobsters and shrimp). Spring moons summon horseshoe crabs from the ocean floor to beaches and […]
Read PostOn the way back to Philadelphia International Airport after a week near Cape May, New Jersey, we stopped for a final burst of birding at John Heinz National Wildlife Refuge at Tanicum. The refuge is only one mile from the airport, yet it’s home to more than 300 species of birds throughout the year. Eighty […]
Read PostThis morning, we had the opportunity to go on a whale watching tour with Monterey Bay Whale Watch. We wanted to see, first-hand, why this area is famous for wildlife sightings. Our checklist of encountered species included California sea lions, sea otters, cormorants, rhinoceros auklets, black-footed albatrosses, Pacific white-sided dolphins and Risso’s dolphins. However, the […]
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