Rafting as a Family Adventure

One of the great joys of my rafting trip on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River last week was the presence of six teenagers among the 18 participants. Three boys aged 15, 16 and 19 were traveling with their Mom, and two 18-year-old girls and a 16-year-old boy were traveling in another group. Their [...]

Rafting the Salmon River in Idaho

I got back late Sunday from my six-daywhitewater rafting trip on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River in Idaho. The landscape was extraordinarily wild and beautiful, the guides were skillful and knowledgeable and shared their passion and their camaraderie generously, the weather was sun-and-blue-skies perfect every day, and my travel companions were enthusiastic and congenial. [...]

River Rafting!

Tomorrow morning I leave for a six-day whitewater rafting trip on the Middle Fork of the Salmon River. A number of people — including the very efficient and friendly folks at OARS, who have organized the trip — have described this to me as a truly classic whitewater adventure, so I’m psyched! I stuffed long [...]

Talking Cruises with Pauline Frommer

I was very pleased and privileged to appear on Arthur Frommer’s WOR Radio show over the weekend. On the June 1 broadcast, I was interviewed by Arthur’s daughter and co-host, Pauline. We talked about my adventures on two recent cruises: my life-transforming “inter-species play date” last March with a momma and baby whale in Baja California [...]

Whale adventure in Baja California Sur, Mexico

In March I had the adventure of a lifetime on a cruise in Baja California Sur. The landscapes and seascapes were beautiful, but most transporting of all was a prolonged and very close encounter with a whale baby and its momma in Magdalena Bay. In my story on Don’s Place I call this an “inter-species play date.” [...]