North America

Getting around urban Arizona

Technology is helping to make explorers out of visitors. This realization became clear to me on a visit to Arizona. Entrepreneurs have now used technology to enable a dizzying array of options for...

How to navigate the Avatar ride at Disney’s Animal Kingdom

Most people choose to go to Disney’s Animal Kingdom theme park for the Avatar ride. It’s new, it’s amazing, and I totally get it. I wanted to see what the fuss was all about. The advice that I...

Just Two More States

So, why New Mexico? It’s one of the last three to complete my quest to visit all 50 states in the union. What’s missing: Washington State (because a Seattle-airport hop to Alaska does not count...

Bend or Bust

Adventures in healthcare gave way to a trip to Oregon. Two weeks ago, the thought of josh getting on a plane was unthinkable. An ER visit followed by a spinal injection had him feeling spry one week...

What do I have to take into account for my visit to Mexico?

"Mexico lindo y querido" ... That's how the song is sung, but that does not stop it from being true 🙂 Have you ever heard someone say they do not like Mexico? Because I believe that even before...