Every year around this time, I remember a brief encounter I had in 1973 with a ticket agent at the main bus station in San Antonio, Texas.

I had just spent Christmas and New Year's running 264 miles of the Rio Grande River from Presidio to Dryden, Texas. To give...

My wife, Yolanda and I were in Costa Rica when the planes hit the towers.

Our first thought when we heard the news was that our son commutes into Manhattan from New Jersey on the Path train that runs under the World Trade Center.

Once we knew he was...

They are both worthwhile, they are both difficult, and they are both routinely lied about.

This post is about sustainability and lies.

I got inspired to write about this topic by the sign below that I saw in a hotel bathroom the weekend before last.

As Bike month in New York City and my wife, Yolanda's and my month-long biking sojourn in New York comes to a close I want to tell you about my favorite place on the the Hudson Greenway Bike path that runs 14 miles from Battery Park on the Southern tip...

As Cuba takes its first tentative steps to open up its economy, I am reminded of some close shaves I have had in Cuba over the past few years.

The first place you should visit to find out about a new country is a local barbershop or beauty salon. The...

The Atlantic Green Sea Turtles have just started to nest on the beach in Tortuguero. To start only a few turtles nest each night. In July and August at the peak or the season on a good night as many as 240 will nest on a mile of beach.

Being...

I know it sounds crazy, but consider this:

• New York City has 670 miles of bike lanes. There are 230 miles more on the drawing board,
• You can ride in bike lanes over the Manhattan, Brooklyn, Williamsburg, Queensboro, Washington and some 9 minor bridges, and that is just from Manhattan.
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This March my wife Yolanda and I returned to Cuba to go bicycling for the third time in four years.

I had no idea at the time that Cuba would be in the news much more than usual lately.

Especially in the Spanish speaking media...

"A ship in harbor is safe -- but that is not what ships are for."
John A. Shedd

In theory one of the great benefits of travel is that it stretches your comfort zone. Sometimes there is a great breach between theory and practice.

One of our lodges,...

"... There are two classes of travel -- first class, and with children."
-- Robert Benchley

Benchley notwithstanding, travel with children has increased more over the last decade than any other type of travel. Since spring break is upon us, and it is highly likely that more families with...

The best time to travel is when most people believe that destination is particularly dangerous.

In Tunisia, for example, the optimal time to visit began about three weeks ago, a few days after the revolution ended.

There is a magical window of opportunity for visitors who go to safe...

Since the early 70's I have been going to Las Vegas on average at least once a year. And in all those years I have never once gone to Las Vegas to go to Las Vegas.

In the early years I went to Las Vegas to go to the Grand...