Apr 8, 2022• by TravelLightLaura
Bella Vista, a Bike-In Bike-Out Beauty
Bella Vista, translated from Spanish to English, is simply a beautiful view. There is plenty of beauty, and it's a beautiful thing to pedal right from your yard into a world-class mountain bike trail...
Feb 8, 2022• by TravelLightLaura
Midwest Mountain Bike Vacations
Bike tourism is on the rise as communities understand the benefit of increased trail usage and rollover effects for related businesses, not to mention the inherent health and wellness perks. So yeah...
Jul 10, 2021• by TravelLightLaura
Red = Adventure (Cuyuna Lakes, MN)
Like the mineral-infused red dirt in Cuyuna Lakes area, Minnesota, the color matches the personality of the people and the place. Red symbolizes passion, primal forces, energy, and adventure. It's an...
Jan 12, 2021• by TravelLightLaura
Pedal Power: Bentonville & Hot Springs, Arkansas
News flash – people plan entire vacations around cool places to ride a bike! You've heard of ski-in-ski-out condos, but the new trend is bike-in and bike-out! Bike-centricity is the hot new amenity...
Dec 11, 2020• by dcglobejotters
All American: Exploring Four National Parks in the Southeast USA
“A national park is not a playground. it's a sanctuary for nature and for humans who will accept nature on nature's own terms.” -- Michael Frome, writer, educator, and guardian of the national...
Jul 17, 2019• by TravelLightLaura
Michigan is often called the Great Lake state, and its residents try to selfishly hog the accolades of all five of the amazing inland seas of freshwater. The reality, Michigan is great and is...