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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I’m not big on spending a week or more alone, as is obvious if you’ve read much of this blog. While I often love to explore museums and sights without others by my side, I can get lonely if I go for too long without connecting with someone. I happen to like the social life…
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After a stellar mountain biking and rafting trip on the Colorado River in Canyonlands National Park, I couldn’t help going on and on about it to a friend. Of course, she then wanted to join me on my next river trip. I panicked, and tried to come up with a polite way to tell her…
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How do you find a trip that includes a campfire? (see previous post about the benefits of a campfire for solo travelers) Simple answer. Any trip with camping is bound to include a blaze. Nights are often chilly. And always dark. Perfect conditions, as I discovered on each of the following vacations: Sea kayaking and…
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Somewhere along the way I realized that the type of trip or tour you pick, and the price you pay, determines a lot about who shows up. I THOUGHT that a rafting trip would attract active young people…which I was at the time. Turns out that when the guides do all the rowing, a lot…
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You can’t fathom setting off on vacation without a friend or a significant other? How about pushing yourself, with the idea that that friend or significant other will be waiting for you when you get there? Let me explain. Melinda and I have known each other for about four years. Though she’s from the West…
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A couple of decades ago, nervous as hell, I decided to go alone on a biking and river rafting trip in Utah. I hadn't managed to talk any friends into vacationing with me but I really, really wanted to try river rafting. I chose a mountain biking and rafting trip through Holiday River Expeditions. I…
Boldly Go Solo 