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Palmquist Farm Wisconsin cross-country ski trails photo essay

on January 20, 2012 in cross country skiing, Photograph of the week, Wisconsin adventure travel

Palmquist Farm in Brantwood, Wisconsin has over twenty miles of cross-country ski trails. Along these miles of ski trails are many pine trees. I never tire of pine trees covered with snow along a trail. Some sections of trail at Palmquist are quite narrow, so it is a lot of fun skiing through narrow corridors [...]

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Female great currosow Corcovado

Photos of the week: The great currosow in Corcovado National Park

on November 24, 2011 in Adventure travel, backpacking, Central America, hiking, International backpacking, Photograph of the week

Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica is lauded for its intense variety of wildlife. The trees are crawling with howler monkeys, spider monkeys, and the endangered squirrel monkeys. Endangered Baird’s tapirs, coatis, peccanaries, pumas, and jaguars roam the jungles. The jungle of Corcovado is one of those few outdoor places that resemble a live zoo. [...]

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Pont du Gard

Roman ruins in France: the Pont du Gard

on November 15, 2011 in Adventure travel, Europe, historical travel, Photograph of the week

For some reason, the thought of Roman ruins in France always comes as a surprise to people. Not sure why this is because just about every high school history textbook in the world has a map showing Rome in red during its peak conquest. These maps show France under their dominion as well as the [...]

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Charles C. Deam Wilderness

Charles C. Deam Wilderness fall photo essay for #frifotos

on November 12, 2011 in Adventure travel, backpacking, hiking, Photograph of the week, United States

Every Friday on twitter travelers share their pictures dedicated to a theme. This week it is fall. Since I just returned from a hike with the Chicago Backpackers in the Charles C. Deam Wilderness in the Hoosier National Forest, I thought I would partake in this grand tradition. The Charles C. Deam Wilderness is a [...]

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Great Smoky Mountains National Park

Drive south to the Great Smoky Mountains in Tennessee

on October 19, 2011 in Adventure travel, backpacking, camping, hiking, Photograph of the week

A couple of years ago, I was heading down to Knoxville, Tennessee for a college football game between Georgia and Tennessee. After the game, I was going to hike in the Great Smoky Mountains. Before I left on my way from a Chicago suburb to Tennessee, I called the local radio station and talked to [...]

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Monarch butterfly

Photos of the week: Monarch butterflies, nature’s greatest travelers

on October 12, 2011 in Adventure travel, Photograph of the week

We adventure travelers sometimes think we are pretty big after we come back from a long hiking trip or a several country escapade, but we have nothing on the monarch butterfly. The monarch butterflies captured in these photos are about to embark on a 2,000 plus mile journey to the Sierra Madre Mountains in Mexico. [...]

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Batad Rice Terraces Philippines

Rice wine with village elder at the Batad Rice Terraces

on October 8, 2011 in Adventure travel, Photograph of the week, Southeast Asia

The Longest Way Home just posted a picture of a rice worker from the Ifugao Rice Terraces in the Philippines. This inspired me to post a couple of photos from my own experiences traveling to Batad to see the amazing rice terraces. While hiking to a waterfall down in the village I met some Philippine [...]

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three-toed sloth Costa Rica

Three toed sloths at Manuel Antonio National Park

on September 29, 2011 in Adventure travel, Central America, Photograph of the week

When you go to adventure travel to a new country like Costa Rica and see wildlife, you are probably seeing many animals for the first time. This was very true in Manuel Antonio National Park. First time animals spotted included a tarantula, a green iguana, and three toed sloths. The first sloth we spotted had [...]

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Scuppernong Kettle Moraine

Photos of the week: South Kettle Moraine Scuppernong area

on September 23, 2011 in Photograph of the week

  South Kettle Moraine State Forest is a wonderful place to visit anytime of the year. The Scuppernong area is especially beautiful with many wide open spaces perfect for gorgeous vistas. With autumn approaching it is time to think of great places to view fall colors. Much of northern Wisconsin is blanketed in coniferous forests, [...]

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Scarlet macaws Corcovado

Daily Costa Rica travel photos: Scarlet macaws at Carate

on September 19, 2011 in Adventure travel, Central America, Featured, Photograph of the week

A favorite food for the scarlet macaw is almonds. In Carate, which is a tiny town just outside Corcovado National Park in Costa Rica, there is a grove of almond trees in front of the tourist information building near the airstrip. Scores of these beautiful birds can be seen and photographed in this grove of [...]

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