Clearwater Beach: Where the sand’s as white as the people who go there.Peter Crosby01/06/201343 views5 minute read
36 views4 minute read Redding California: It’s close to a lot of other, better places to visit.09/03/2010
europenorth americatravel14 views11 minute read Visit Iceland before its 32 active volcanoes turn the country into “Magmaland.”Peter Crosby12/30/2023 If the frequent flying lava doesn’t fry you, the constant subzero temperatures will crystallize you. View Post
asianorth americatravel29 views10 minute read Reykjavík Iceland is the perfect winter vacation for vampires with insomnia.Peter Crosby12/29/2023 From September to April, few places on earth are friendlier to undead bloodsuckers. View Post
north americatravel55 views7 minute read Steep Ravine cabins: Tired of hotels with electricity, heat, and indoor plumbing?Peter Crosby03/07/2019 Let me tell you about Mount Tamalpais State Park in Marin County, California. View Post
north americatravel49 views8 minute read What to do in Ithaca New York other than getting drunk, stoned, or a college degree.Peter Crosby08/18/2018 Ithaca puts two bastions of radical, anti-establishment, and progressive thought on Cayuga Lake, the middle finger of the Finger Lakes. View Post
north americatravel56 views6 minute read 3 sights in Oaxaca Mexico that almost make up for it not being on a beach.Peter Crosby12/19/2017 Oaxaca, Mexico is a full eight-hour drive from the nearest coast. What the hell, right? View Post
north americatravel42 views5 minute read Guerneville, CA: Get away from everything (including cell coverage).Peter Crosby08/15/2015 Not every vacation we plan is to an exotic destination. Sometimes, we just want to go someplace close and quiet. View Post
north americatravel90 views10 minute read Seattle: It’s not always rainy, miserable, and bleak (or so they tell me).Peter Crosby05/02/2015 Seattle is famous for its horrible weather, so it’s no surprise that I don’t live there and never will. View Post
north americatravel29 views8 minute read Napa Valley: Where classy people overpay to get plastered.Peter Crosby12/10/2014 The Napa Valley is full of beautiful places to get stinking drunk. View Post
north americatravel28 views5 minute read Santa Cruz California: It’s as close as NorCal comes to having a real beach.Peter Crosby06/14/2013 NorCal is nothing like SoCal, despite what Hollywood movies would have you believe. View Post
europenorth americasitesouth americatravel44 views7 minute read Quito Ecuador: The world’s second-highest capital city (and not because they legalized drugs).Peter Crosby06/11/2012 Though merely the second capital of the Inca Empire, Quito was, and still is, first in “cities surrounded on all sides by active volcanoes.” View Post
north americatravel88 views6 minute read Yosemite California: Nature at its most naturiest.Peter Crosby10/08/2011 Famed nature photographer Ansel Adams first gazed upon Yosemite and said, “I’m gonna need a bigger format camera.” View Post
north americatravel144 views11 minute read Hawaii, The Big Island: Probably not the Hawaii you’re thinking of.Peter Crosby07/07/2010 Our flight took off for the Big Island of Hawaii, but it touched down in the Proterozoic Era. View Post