Links to articles

The Boston Globe

• Gearing Up, bimonthly column covering travel gear and gadgets, appears on Sundays

• Currents, weekly column on anything new in the travel industry - restaurants, accommodations, airline regulations, and so on; appears on Sundays

• Floating in the wild, tracking orcas and other beasts (Kayaking with orcas in British Columbia's Johnstone Strait) (7/4/10)

• UNESCO sites to be saved and savored (UNESCO's World Heritage sites) (5/16/10)

• Heavy vs. Light: Luggage fees? Not if you learn to pack what you can carry (Traveling light) (4/11/10)

• Mild west, frozen north: Live and livelier Olympian offspring (Topic: Neighborhoods around the 2010 Olympic venues; includes photo gallery) (1/17/10)

• Picture-perfect: Stopping at indigenous preserves, expat gardens, fortresses, and for photo critiques (Topic: Costa Rica to Panama aboard Cruise West's Pacific Explorer; includes photo gallery) (9/27/09)

• Where first people paddled, you can too (Topic: The Northern Forest Canoe Trail, a 740-mile water route cutting through Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, New York and a sliver of Quebec) (9/13/09)

• Happy trails for all: Signposts take walkers everywhere and deter other modes of transport (Topic: Switzerland Mobility, a new countrywide signposting network and online resource) (5/31/09)

• Her island entree: seaweed (Topic: Seaweed harvest tours by Diane Bernard, "the seaweed lady" of Sooke, Vancouver Island) (5/24/09)

• Rockefeller preserve has natural appeal (Topic: Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve in Jackson Hole, Wyoming; includes photo gallery) (5/17/09)

• What women want from mountain biking (Topic: Women's mountain bike camps) (4/19/09)

• On a roll, year-round (Topic: The Seattle to Portland Bicycle Classic and other road bike rides in the Northwest) (3/29/09)

• A woman traveling alone? The world can be your oyster, too (Topic: Women's solo travel, with tips and tales) (3/15/09)

• Beyond the Beach (Topic: Feature on Hawaii's Garden Island, Kauai; includes photo gallery) (1/18/09)

• Affordability at Park City's back door (Topic: Feature on Heber Valley, Utah) (1/4/09)

• Warbirds and wonderbirds (Topic: Boeing's Future of Flight Aviation Center and Factory Tour, and Paul Allen's Flying Heritage Collection) (12/7/09)

• You've got the guts, now for the gadgets (Topic: The latest ski and snowboard gear for 2009) (11/16/08)

• Ecotourists find wildlife aplenty in Uganda (Topic: Focus on Queen Elizabeth National Park and Semliki Valley Wildlife Reserve) (5/11/08)

• Wild, handled with care: A lodge floats amid adventure, sights, and solitude, protected inside a massive rain forest (Topic: King Pacific Lodge on Princess Royal Island in British Columbia's Inside Passage; includes photo gallery) (5/4/08)

• Gathering enough salt to be given the helm (Topic: A learn-to-sail course in Fort Meyers Beach, Florida) (4/20/08)

• Cayman Brac offers drama on land, under water (Topic: Exploring Cayman Brac by land and by sea) (4/6/08)

• When your daring will not do (Topic: A wilderness survival camp in Newfoundland's Bakers Brook Pond Fiord) (2/24/08)

• A cautionary trail: A little pain and more pleasure accompany backcountry skiers down Wildcat (Topic: Cross-country skiing down the Wildcat Valley Trail to Jackson Village) (1/27/08)

• Historic charm: State's first town retains its quiet colonial character (Topic: Feature on Wethersfield, Connecticut) (1/9/08)

• Downhill to down-right hot in Switzerland: East of Geneva, amid peaks and powder, go-karts and hot springs (Topic: Feature on the towns of Leysin and Leukerbad) (11/18/07)

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The Miami Herald

• Exploring the Brac by land and by sea (Topic: Cayman Brac in the Caribbean) (2-28-10)

• Windswept: Off the coast of Fort Myers Beach, our hero finds learning to sail's a breeze (4/19/09)

• She Skis: The growing sisterhood of all-female ski experiences (2/25/07)

• Powder time: Glory of going out of bounds in Utah's Wasatch Range outweighs the dangers -- if you're geared for it (Topic: Ski between six mountain resorts in a day on Utah's Interconnect Adventure Tour) (10/23/05)

• What women really want: adventure--and pampering: (Topic: Women's ski/adventure trip to Banff, Lake Louise and Jasper, Alberta) (2/20/05)

The Houston Chronicle

• Biking Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket: A cheap way to take in million-dollar views lets you stop and smell the sea roses. (9/5/08)

• Baja at sea level: A kayaking tour among secluded islands in the Sea of Cortés showcases whales, dolphins and other wildlife and provides a leisurely, fun-filled escape from the hectic pace of everyday life. (1/18/08)

St. Petersburg Times

• Soft landings in rocky Canada: Hikers experience Western Canada's remote areas by day and sleep in a comfortable lodge by night, thanks to helicopter transportation. (7/10/05)

• Baja at sea level: Active marine life and peaceful night life add to the appeal of a kayaking adventure among the islands off Baja California. (4/2/04)

• Quiet beauty: The remote setting of Achill Island, off Ireland's west cost, is a backdrop for stunning cliffs, rolling peat bogs and grazing sheep. (4/27/03)

San Francisco Chronicle

• Destination Mexico: Peaceful paddling in Baja wilderness (10/20/04)

The Oregonian

• A secluded spot off British Columbia offers surf with 'soul' (Topic: Learning to ride waves at a surf camp off the west coast of Vancouver Island) (3/12/06)

• Breath in. Branch out. Banff. Three friends turn a women's ski weekend into a do-it-all learning adventure. (12/18/05)

The Denver Post

• Tramping New Zealand: Queen Charlotte Walkway is a coastal gem 

Christian Science Monitor

• From PB&Js to Pad Thai: Traveling in Thailand, a culinary neophyte learns to cook like the locals (2/13/02)

Magazines

Sport Diver

• Vertical Vacation: Climbing and diving the walls of Cayman Brac (Aug. 2005)

Hooked on the Outdoors

• Low-Ridin' Fish Findin': When a veteran paddler joins the legions of kayak-fishing addicts, she understands why the sport is enjoying meteoric growth--it's fun. (2006 Fishing Annual)

• Tropical Kayaking (Review: Best sea kayaks and paddles for 2006)

• Winter Therapy: Regional Highlights, Northeast, featuring Sugarbush Resort (VT), Loon Mountain (NH) and Whiteface Mountain (NY) ( Nov. 2005 ski issue)

• The Best of H2O: Regional Highlights, Northeast ( Aug. 2005)

• Pure Ice: Escape summer's heat and kayak around Newfoundland's ice cathedrals (June 2003)

• Above the Big Apple: Pick a tree and rise above the city at the New York Botanical Garden (April 2003)

Islands

• Teatime in the Wild: A schedule-bound New Zealand adventurer pauses to smell the chamomile (July/Aug. 2003)

• The Accidental Bridesmaid: A Western backpacker gets and island makeover to attend an Indonesian wedding (Sept./Oct. 2001)

Outside

• The New Family Tree: Reaching for the sky at climbing school (Summer 2003)

Sports Illustrated for Women

• Out on a Limb: Genevieve Summers is living every kid's dream: She climbs trees for a living (Nov. 2001)

Yankee

• Captain Brenda Walker: From the banking world to the boating life (July/Aug. 2003)

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