by Mary Charleson | Apr 26, 2024 | Caribbean
Learning to wing foil was my goal during the summer of 2021. With a few extra dollars to spend, being grounded from travel during the pandemic, I went all in and bought my own wing foil gear without ever having actually tried it. It was a credit card down, close your...
by Mary Charleson | Mar 30, 2024 | Caribbean
Learning to surf had been on my bucket list for a while. So when “surfing Cabarete Dominican Republic” appeared in a Google search result, I was intrigued. “It’s less about age and more about mindset” read the Swell website, flanked in youthful bodies. Still, learning...
by Mary Charleson | Oct 1, 2023 | USA
Damnation Creek Trail in Redwood National Park is a six-hour drive north of San Francisco if you’re arriving from the south. But it’s a twelve-hour drive if you’re approaching from the north, like we were on a road trip from Vancouver, BC Canada. Located just...
by Mary Charleson | Jul 30, 2023 | USA
Channeling biker-babe vibes for a Harley Davidson road trip adventure along the California coast was the perfect way to celebrate a milestone birthday. With body and mind locked on a youthful reflection in the mirror, I was feeling more affinity to the departing...
by Mary Charleson | Jun 15, 2023 | USA
Braving Angels Landing plus other Zion National Park day hikes Updated Jan 15, 2026. Angel’s Landing day hike in Zion National Park is one of those terrifying things you do once in your life, just to be able to say you did it. Perched atop a razor’s edge traverse,...
