Boldly Go Solo
How to set out solo, but not travel alone: Trips, tips and ideas for the active traveler.
Category: –Kayaking, Rafting
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Utah has some of the best national parks in the country. And I mean, spectacular. When I saw this article, it struck me all over again how cool a place the Beehive state is for fantastic scenery and action adventure. I have visited four out of the five top parks (at least as designated by…
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These days, when I run into the tourism marketing people, I always say the same thing: "Nice destination, but is there a way for solo travelers to meet other travelers or local people while there? After a spell, we can get tired of traveling and touring on our own." The Greater Miami Convention & Visitors…
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I’m standing high on a mountain in California on a hot summer day, my hiking boots planted at the top edge of a large patch of snow. One of the last remaining from the winter. I take in the scenery. The snow-kissed Sierra Nevada Mountains. The stoic evergreen trees. A verdant mountain meadow below. Then,…
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Want to kayak where the kayak was invented? How about go dogsledding, snowmobiling or on a musk ox or whale safari? Then Kalaallit Nunaat is the place for you. Also known as Greenland. A place where you can view icebergs from a hotel terrace. A place where dog sleds have the right of way. Seriously. …
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I may be sooo 20th century, but sometimes I prefer to pick up a magazine instead of heading for the Internet for trip ideas. I’m looking, as we speak, at a section I ripped out of my National Geographic Adventure from November 2007. It’s called Best Outfitters on Earth. When you don’t exactly know where…
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I used to think Mr. Right might show up on one of the biking trips I was booking. Or at the Club Med. Or on the river where I was rafting. I’ve heard many stories of people meeting on active vacations and falling in love. Sure, love could strike somewhere between biking a butte and…
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Reading about tonight’s total eclipse of the moon reminded me of an assignment I had several years ago. It was during the Leonid Meteor Shower of 2001. I was in Niagara Falls doing a story for The Washington Post. At some ungodly hour, I dragged my sorry self out of a hotel bed. I wanted…
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The Washington Post devoted an entire travel section to how to "travel wisely." It was directed at a Washington audience, naturally. But even if you’re not from the local area, the info on "specialty" travel could be of great value. The "specialties" range from single/solo to volunteer to African American to gay and lesbian. Any…
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I used to think that package tours were for retired people, the elderly and the infirm. That buses took them right up to, say, the rim of the Grand Canyon. Then they could peer out the window and ooh and aah without ever having to leave their seats. Then I discovered active tours. The biking,…
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I talked to my friend Laura into going alone on a river rafting trip. We were in our 20's. I'd loved my trip and insisted she would have a great time too. Risky recommendation, I suppose. I couldn't guarantee her happiness. Her trip was on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho with…
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