Due to the lack of a Scandinavian adventure in 2020, I am quite eager to again head north in 2021. A first opportunity presents itself in August, when I take the family on a 3-week, 8000 km road trip to Sweden and Finland. In addition, I have my eyes set on a solo trip involvi...

Trip Photos and Day by Day Log from Wilderness Photographer, Lisa Heegaard

One of the truly great things about living an hour away from Rocky Mountain National Park is living about an hour away from Rocky Mountain National Park. This is not new territory for us, but last time it was winter and most of the park was closed, as opposed to this time, whe...

Iceland 2019 Part 4

Yellowstone was born "officially" as the world's first national park 150 years ago. But its site is on top of a massive, ancient volcano that creates half of the world's hydrothermal features -- pools, geysers and other wonders formed by superheated water and molten rock in th...

As promised, we are continuing the exploration up the south coast of New South Wales. This time, we'll explore the region’s rolling lush green pastures, which gives way to rocky headlands, turquoise coastal lagoons, glorious long beaches and forested mountains, including the o...

This is the fourth installment of my informally and personally judged awards for the past ski season. Late summer/early fall is a nice time to reflect on the previous winter. Nippy morning air flowing through the house reminds my body of what it feels like to shiver, and my br...

I clearly booked a fabulous week to go to the beach with the 65km/h winds and all. I finally cracked and needed a break of having wind blown hair and sand in the face. Eungella is one of the few places in QLD where you can see platypus in the wild. I used to see them in the w...

I've been fascinated with steam trains since I was a little boy back in my small piece of heaven called Yambol. Maybe because of the adventurous stories about the '60s that my father was telling me, or maybe because of the songs of Georgi Minchev I was listening to all the tim...