I just got back from an 8-day DIY tour around Namibia with a friend of mine, complete with safaris and rhino tracking, desert exploring, hiking, fishing, and camping out under...
Summer in Alaska? A house sitter opportunity titled ‘Summer in Alaska?‘ caught my eye. Is that a rhetorical question? I applied and was accepted, securing a trip to Alaska after...
Where is Kangaroo Island? My 2nd Workaway experience was on Kangaroo Island, a remote island in South Australia that few Australians could locate and even fewer have visited. Because of its...
Noosa, Australia I am a guest here, volunteering through a company called Workaway, receiving room and board for 5 hours a day of work… but it’s hard to call it...
A Trip to Sydney After traveling 53 hours to get to Sydney, Australia, you could say I took the scenic route. With an unexpected 12 hour layover in LA and...
I stripped down to my bikini and gingerly stepped into the 48-degree water. The wool hat, puff jacket, running jacket, long sleeve shirt, stretch pants and running shoes with thick...
It was just an experiment… These last 3 months were a trial run in a new lifestyle experiment. The goal was to be a house sitter up and down the...
What if someone told you to go jump in the Hudson River or the San Francisco Bay? You’d probably reply with a few expletives and hand gestures (especially if you’re...
San Francisco loves theme parties. Bay to Breakers, Gay Pride, Chiditarod (a play on the Alaskan dogsled race with shopping carts and group costumes started here in SF prior to going nationwide), the...