November 2016 Desktop Wallpaper

This month’s image was taken on the Funafuti Atoll in the nation of Tuvalu. 1920×1200 | 1920×1080 | 1600×1200 | 1680×1050 | 1600×900 1440×900 | 1280×1024 | 1280×800 | 1024×768 iPad | iPhone 6/7 | iPhone 6/7 Plus | iPhone 5 2560×1600 (MacBook Retina 13″) | 2880×1800 (MacBook Retina 15″)

Win A Travel Scholarship From Allianz Insurance

“ScholarTrips,” an Allianz Global Assistance USA scholarship program designed to support international study and volunteer programs, has launched its 2016 video and essay contest. Believing that study abroad programs are critical to a student’s development and help promote the benefits of travel, Allianz Global Assistance hopes that the ScholarTrips program will promote meaningful global exchanges. …

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October 2016 Desktop Wallpaper

This month’s image was taken in Kenai Fjords National Park, Alaska 1920×1200 | 1920×1080 | 1600×1200 | 1680×1050 | 1600×900 1440×900 | 1280×1024 | 1280×800 | 1024×768 iPad | iPhone 6 | iPhone 6 Plus | iPhone 5 2560×1600 (MacBook Retina 13?) | 2880×1800 (MacBook Retina 15″)

This Week in Travel – Episode 211

Subscribe on Apple Podcasts This episode as hosts Jen Leo, Chris Christensen and myself talk about travel news and catch up on previous travels. This Week’s News: Five U.S. aircraft landed at wrong airports since 2012-NTSB Royal Caribbean looks to end last minute discounts Indian hotel booking site introduces ‘Relationship mode’ Frenchman destroys road signs …

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This Week in Travel – Episode 210

Jen Leo, Chris Christensen and myself are joined by this week’s guest Spencer Spellman from the lifestyle and travel blog Whiskey Tango Globetrot. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts This Week’s News: FAA warns passengers over Samsung smartphone What Do Those TSA Scribbles on Your Boarding Pass Really Mean? Syria launches ‘Always Beautiful’ tourism campaign Woman Instagrams …

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Baseball Tourism in Baltimore, Maryland

Despite meeting in Minnesota, my husband and I both grew up in Texas. We spent our youth watching the Texas Rangers, and were always fans. They were never all that great when we were kids, but we watched them anyway. (Lucky for us, we did have the Dallas Cowboys, which won a lot during our …

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Why Don’t American Travel More?

During the last decade as I’ve traveled around the world, I’ve noticed something, almost from the first week I was outside of the United States: American’s don’t travel much. That isn’t to say I never meet Americans, but given the size and wealth of the country, there seems to be a significant dearth of Americans …

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September 2016 Desktop Wallpaper

This month’s image is from Iskanderkul Lake in Tajikistan 1920×1200 | 1920×1080 | 1600×1200 | 1680×1050 | 1600×900 1440×900 | 1280×1024 | 1280×800 | 1024×768 iPad | iPhone 6 | iPhone 6 Plus | iPhone 5 2560×1600 (MacBook Retina 13″) | 2880×1800 (MacBook Retina 15″)

Announcing A New Project: National Park Service 413!

UPDATE: As of 2017, there are now 417 National Park Service Sites in the US Today is the 100th anniversary the National Park Service in the United States. As many of you might know I’m in the middle of a project to photograph all 59 national parks in the United States. I’m about 75% through …

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