San Francisco does not reveal itself in three days it teases you. The fog-covered hills, the $3 oysters at the Ferry Building, the Victorian houses stacked on 45-degree inclines, the neighborhoods that feel like separate cities stitched together by cable car lines none of this makes sense until you slow down and actually walk it. … Read more
Most people drive past Ludlow Falls without ever stopping and that is their mistake. A 20-foot limestone waterfall sits tucked inside a quiet gorge in Miami County, Ohio, less than 40 minutes from downtown Dayton and almost nobody from outside the region knows it exists. The trail itself takes under 30 minutes to walk but … Read more
Most people drive straight through Marble Canyon with their eyes fixed on the Grand Canyon or Lake Powell. They cruise past Milepost 547 on US-89A without slowing down and they miss one of the most useful, underrated base camps in the American Southwest. Cliff Dwellers Lodge sits exactly where the Vermilion Cliffs meet the Colorado … Read more
Every tourist in La Fortuna wants to see a sloth. Most of them end up on the wrong trail, paying the wrong price, arriving at the wrong time. The Bogarin Trail and Sloth Territory sit within 20 minutes of each other near Arenal, they both promise close sloth encounters and they could not be more … Read more