One of my favorite things to do while traveling, is find a way to loop high points into my trip. On a trip two years ago, I managed to visit the highest point in the State of Kansas, Mount Sunflower. While not that impressive looking, it is a high point none the less. Here I
By way of introduction, I am a history professor (the photo above shows me atop the walls of Istanbul earlier this year) who will set aside his books for the next five to six months to hike the 2,184 mile Appalachian National Scenic Trail, more commonly known as the Appalachian Trail, or AT for
Today's Signs Of Adventure takes me back to my 2012 trip to Oregon to climb Mount Hood. While we never got onto the mountain due to terrible conditions, we did get to visit Crater Lake National Park. Crater Lake is the only national park in Oregon, and one of my favorite parks in the Country.
The past few weeks have been a dream-like for me. I have been present, but not really here. In the end of March, my father passed away due to complications from a pretty routine procedure. It snapped me into the realization as to how fragile life is, but it also changed my perspective on some
Located in the Finger Lakes Region of New York, and the Southern tip of Cayuga Lake is the town of Ithaca and the home of today's "Travel Brews". While not right in downtown, Ithaca Beer Company is just outside of the downtown area and is home to some really great beer. The Beer Going into this
While I was wandering around Kennedy Space Center last year, this early Jet caught my eye. It just screamed starfighter to me, and really grabbed a hold of my imagination. If you could fly into space, anywhere, where would you go? how long would you stay? Space flight has always intrigued me, so getting see
It seems like every time I enter a state with my friend Bill, we can be found jumping out of the car at the welcome sign, and inevitably, he climbs the sing for a photo op. Well Today's Signs of Adventure is no different. Here Bill can be seeing topping out on Idaho's welcome sign
With spring starting to make an appearance here in the Northeast, I am starting to get amped up about warm weather activities, both that I can participate in, and photograph. While I was exploring Delaware Seashore State Park last summer, I ran into a bunch of skim boarders who were really quite impressive. For nearly
Some people may hate the winter, others love it, and while I do love warm summer sunshine, and the chance to hike and photograph the outdoors with minimal layers, I still enjoy the spoils of a good winter. January in the northeast often has a pretty awesome yield of snow and Ice, and this winter
As a traveler, we are often compelled to make lists, or complete certain goals. One such list of goals for me is to visit all fifty of the state high points here in the US. Big and small, all the US highpoints have significance. Primarily that significance is that this particular location happens to be