Travel Stories

The links below will take you to the travel stories for specific regions. You can also jump to the Travel Stories List to go straight to a particular travel story.

Yosemite Travel Stories	Hawaii Travel Stories	New Zealand Travel Stories
Norway Travel Stories	Yellowstone Travel Stories	California Travel Stories
American Southwest Travel Stories	South Pacific Travel Stories	Australia Travel Stories
Eastern US Travel Stories	Iceland Travel Stories	Latin America Travel Stories
Africa Travel Stories	Caribbean Travel Stories	Asia Travel Stories
Pacific Northwest Travel Stories

TRAVEL STORIES LIST

YOSEMITE TRAVEL STORIES

• "Chasing the Firefall" (24-February 2006 to 26-February 2006)
• "Cramps and Thunderstorms [at the top of Yosemite Falls]" (30-April 2005)
• "The REAL Waterwheel Falls" (5-June 2004)
• "The Hungry Bear [at Glen Aulin]" (29-May 2004 to 31-May 2004)
• "Slithering Company [at Rancheria Falls]" (24-April 2004)
• "It's A Small World After All" (20-March 2004)
• "Bagging Half Dome" (7-June 2003)
• "Indecent Proposal [at Alder Creek Falls]" (31-May 2003)
• "High and Dry [on the way to North Dome]" (6-July 2002)
• "Locked Out" (31-May 2002 to 1-June 2002)
• "Crossing the Streams [at Wapama Falls] (31-May 2002)

HAWAII TRAVEL STORIES

• "Vog Heaven" (22-February 2008 to 24-February 2008)
• "Super Bowl Sogginess" (1-February 2008 to 3-February 2008)
• "Go Waipi'o!" (11-March 2007)
• "Madame Pele's Afterglow" (10-March 2007)
• "Unfinished Business on O'ahu" (7-March 2007 to 8-March 2007)
• "A BLUE Hawaiian Helicopter Experience" (25-February 2007 to 26-February 2007)
• "Almost on the Wrong End of a Flash Flood" (24-February 2007)
• "Raging Waters [in East Maui]" (23-February 2007)
• "Surprise Down the Pipeline" (22-January 2007)
• "A'ole La'au" (19-January 2007)
• "As Different As Night And Day" (27-December 2006 to 28-December 2006)
• "A Nearly Black Christmas Day" (24-December 2006 to 25-December 2006)
• "A Risk Not Worth Taking" (23-December 2006)
• "Strange Day in Kaua'i" (22-December 2006)
• "Third Time's A Charm [for a Haleakala Sunrise]" (1-September 2003, 4-September 2003, and 5-September 2003)
• "Airsick [on a West Maui/Molokai Helicopter Flight]" (4-September 2003)
• "Double Dose of Hana" (1-September 2003 and 3-September 2003)

NEW ZEALAND TRAVEL STORIES

• "The Soggy Sojourn [along the Milford Track]" (27-November 2004 to 1-December 2004)
• "The Sound of Silence" (26-November 2004)
• "On Thick Ice" (23-November 2004)
• "Just in Time for Sunset [at the Pancake Rocks]" (21-November 2004)
• "The Journey Through Mordor [along the Tongariro Crossing]" (16-November 2004 to 19-November 2004)
• "The Shortcut [through Te Urewera National Park]" (15-November 2004)
• "A Destination Wedding to Remember" (10-November 2004 to 12-November 2004)
• "Pulled Over [in Northland]" (8-November 2004)

NORWAY TRAVEL STORIES

• "Du må snakke mer norsk!" (7-July 2005)
• "Witnessing the Midnight Sun [over Narvik]" (6-July 2005)
• "An Unfulfilled Hike [at Muldalsfossen]" (2-July 2005)
• "Nearly Without A Place To Stay" (1-July 2005)
• "In the Home of the Giants" (28-June 2005)
• "The Ladies of Kjosfossen" (27-June 2005)
• "Where is Vossestolen?" (26-June 2005)
• "The Hunt for Red Ts [in Husedalen]" (25-June 2005)
• "Regrets [about the Lyse Fjord]" (23-June 2005)

YELLOWSTONE TRAVEL STORIES

• "Can I Make It Back Up?" (25-June 2004)
• "Caught in the Open in a Lightning Storm" (23-June 2004)
• "The Near Fall [at Terraced Falls]" (20-June 2004)

CALIFORNIA TRAVEL STORIES

• "No Easter Eggs" (12-April 2009)
• "Unrecognizably Different" (7-March 2009)
• "Failure To Be The Early Bird" (1-March 2009)
• "All About Timing" (21-February 2009)
• "Sandy Barber" (13-February 2009 to 14-February 2009)
• "Spontaneous Escape" (8-February 2009)
• "Snow Good Valentine's Day" (13-February 2008 to 14-February 2008)
• "Marmots and Ticks" (28-May 2005)

AMERICAN SOUTHWEST TRAVEL STORIES

• "Lukewarm" (12-March 2009 to 15-March 2009)
• "Mothers Day in September" (15-September 2006 to 17-September 2006)
• "Deer in the Daylight" (18-June 2003 to 21-June 2003)
• "Two Tickets to my Driving Record" (23-May 2003 to 25-May 2003)
• "Tubing in the Subway" (25-April 2003 to 27-April 2003)
• "Thanksgiving amongst the Havasupai" (28-November 2002 to 1-December 2002)
• "Thinking of Jabba the Hut" (19-June 2001)
• "A Cool Adventure in the Desert" (17-June 2001)

SOUTH PACIFIC TRAVEL STORIES

• "A Day at the Blue Lagoon" (1-January 2006)
• "The Circle Island Tour of Viti Levu" (28-December 2005)
• "High Tide? Or Low Tide?" (27-December 2005)
• "A Boxing Day Adventure" (26-December 2005)
• "Crossing Tahiti Nui" (9-September 2002)
• "On Our Own" (4-September 2002)

AUSTRALIA TRAVEL STORIES

• "Nemo Found" (20-May 2008)
• "Survivor Country" (19-May 2008)
• "Dipod Plus One" (17-May 2008)
• "Mudbricks and Mud Crabs" (15-May 2008 to 16-May 2008)
• "Disappointing Deja Vu" (11-May 2008 to 13-May 2008)
• "Bad Shortcut" (5-May 2008)
• "The Home Stretch" (29-November 2006)
• "Montezuma and Mordor" (28-November 2006)
• "A Devil of a Time at Cradle Valley" (26-November 2006 to 27-November 2006)
• "Unforgettable Twilight Sight" (25-November 2006)
• "A Thanksgiving Leeching" (23-November 2006)
• "Adel-aid" (20-November 2006 to 21-November 2006)
• "Disappointment, Protests, and Family" (18-November 2006 to 19-November 2006)
• "Wild Weather in November" (15-November 2006 to 17-November 2006)
• "A Victoria Bitter Experience" (13-November 2006 to 14-November 2006)
• "Christmas in November" (11-November 2006)
• "Waterfall Surprises and the Melbourne Cup" (7-November 2006 to 9-November 2006)
• "Feeling Blue in the Blue Mountains" (5-November 2006 to 6-November 2006)
• "Too Little Too Late" (18-June 2006 to 21-June 2006)
• "A Roo'd Encounter" (17-June 2006)
• "Something in the Middle of Nothing" (11-June 2006)
• "The Bungle Bungle Bumble" (8-June 2006 to 9-June 2006)
• "No 4WD Access" (4-June 2006 to 7-June 2006)

EASTERN US TRAVEL STORIES

• "Picking Waterfalls at the Finger Lakes" (15-June 2007 to 18-June 2007)
• "Niagara Falls Every Which Way" (13-June 2007 to 14-June 2007)

ICELAND TRAVEL STORIES

• "Á Leiðinni Heim" (8-July 2007 to 9-July 2007)
• "Mired in the Sights of the South" (5-July 2007 to 7-July 2007)
• "Jökuls and Sandurs" (2-July 2007 to 4-July 2007)
• "Surprises Out East" (30-June 2007 to 1-July 2007)
• "The Grand Canyon of the North" (27-June 2007 to 29-June 2007)
• "Into The West" (23-June 2007 to 26-June 2007)
• "Three Days at the Smoking Bay" (20-June 2007 to 22-June 2007)

LATIN AMERICA TRAVEL STORIES

• "Just Now" (30-August 2008 to 1-September 2008)
• "An Amazonian Adventure" (21-April 2008 to 27-April 2008)
• "Los Ojos Son Rojos" (19-April 2008 to 21-April 2008)
• "So Random" (28-December 2007 to 31-December 2007)
• "A PAINeful Christmas" (24-December 2007 to 27-December 2007)
• "Nothing in Patagonia is Easy" (19-December 2007 to 23-December 2007)
• "Do You Have Your Vouchers?" (18-November 2007 to 23-November 2007)
• "La Catarata Loca" (30-August 2007 to 3-September 2007)

AFRICA TRAVEL STORIES

• "The Silver Tongue" (26-June 2008 to 2-July 2008)
• "A Hard Act To Follow" (18-June 2008 to 24-June 2008)
• "Back To Waterfalling In Uganda" (13-June 2008 to 17-June 2008)
• "The Africa Of Legend" (6-June 2008 to 12-June 2008)
• "Africa Is Not For Sissies" (28-May to 4-June 2008)
• "The Zim Zam Shuffle" (24-May 2008 to 26-May 2008)

CARIBBEAN TRAVEL STORIES

• "Big Bamboo" (27-November 2008 to 1-December 2008)

ASIA TRAVEL STORIES

• "As Wild As Japan Gets" (5-June 2009 to 12-June 2009)
• "From The Alps To Old School Japan" (28-May 2009 to 4-June 2009)
• "Completely On Our Own" (21-May 2009 to 27-May 2009)
• "The North Capital" (18-May 2009 to 20-May 2009)
• "Too Soon in the Northeast" (12-May 2009 to 18-May 2009)
• "Belly of the Rooster" (9-May 2009 to 11-May 2009)
• "Getting The Sell On" (6-May 2009 to 8-May 2009)
• "Emperor Qin's Legacy" (3-May 2009 to 6-May 2009)
• "The Home Away From Home" (28-April 2009 to 3-May 2009)
• "The Yellow Fruit Tree Surprise" (25-April 2009 to 27-April 2009)
• "Not Quite The Detian We Hoped For" (22-April 2009 to 24-April 2009)
• "Krazy Karst" (19-April 2009 to 22-April 2009)
• "Losing Ourselves in Hong Kong" (15-April 2009 to 19-April 2009)
• "Where's Your Head At?" (7-January 2009 to 9-January 2009)
• "Ready Chedi?" (28-December 2008 to 7-January 2009)
• "One Night In Bangkok" (21-December 2008 to 28-December 2008)

PACIFIC NORTHWEST TRAVEL STORIES

• "On The Waterlogged Oregon Trail" (27-March 2009 to 5-April 2009)