Adventure & Travel

Glamping...For when you want to “rough it” but don’t want to actually “rough it.” Ever heard of it? Take glamorous and camping and put them together and you’ve got glamping!...

Looping Around Introduction Aboard your cruiser, rocking on the gentle morning waves of Lake Michigan, you gaze at the soaring, iconic Chicago skyline. It is late September, with a crisp...

Bug Hunting: Florida’s Mini-Season You take a big breath in, jackknife your body and dive down beneath the gently rolling waves. As you approach the seafloor, you spot it. Peeking...

THE PULL OF THE SEA Try to list as many words can you think of to describe the ocean, and your list may be quite large: sparkling, dazzling, mysterious, exhilarating...

Adventures in ballooning  By: Amanda Warehime Reaching the launch field in the dark, just an hour or so before dawn, there is a palpable feeling of restrained excitement. Thousands dressed...

A Dad, His kids and a summit One team. One fight. Closing in on 19,341 feet. We truly are, all in this together. The sun is softly rising over the...

What I learned fishing with my dad in the Galapagos 0.30.35° S, 89.43.64° W (just below the equator) The sand left in life’s hourglass was falling fast. Add in the...

For the “Leaplings” celebrating their actual birthday this year, here are our 29 favs about Key West. These are in no particular order, except the 1st one. The People. The...

Since the Bavarian monks perfected brewing about 1,000AD, global consumption of beer has grown to a little over 2 billion bottles per year. We’re interested in just one beer. And…that favorite...

Five Steps to Building the Perfect Rum Bar

I think I’m right here…most dogs love the water. Our Ella is the leader of that pack. A recent quiet Sunday morning, Grace and I decided to hit the beach...

From 4:00am to 10:00am...closed. The other 18 hours The Green Parrot is wide open and full of classic American saloon revelry! Their slogan, "A Sunny Place for Shady People", is “dead-on” for...