Looking through some photos of Glacier and the Highline Trail make it hard not to feel nostalgic about some great hikes. Who’s up for some Glacier adventures this summer?
Don Pogreba is a current writer and retired teacher of English, Social Studies and Debate, and a loyal, if often sad, fan of the San Diego Padres and Portland Timbers. When he is not traveling, he is working on his classroom web site or dreaming about another adventure.
Looking through some photos of Glacier and the Highline Trail make it hard not to feel nostalgic about some great hikes. Who’s up for some Glacier adventures this summer?
Malta was absolutely one of the most unique travel experiences I have enjoyed. If you’re looking for an adventure to a spot with a fascinating blend of cultures, beautiful winding streets and vivid landscapes, or just incredible food, you could do much worse than these small Mediterranean islands.
Munich was an excellent starting point for my 2018 spring break adventure, featuring beautiful weather, fascinating history, and incredible beer.
My dominant memory of Munich may not be the majestic town hall in the city center, but it might just be the aggressively earnest rapper who was helping promote a vegan event and fair in the square in front of it. His passion for his cause was perhaps unmatched by his skill as a lyricist, though, as during the hour I wandered around the...
Malta is the kind of place where bus schedules seem to offer less a guarantee that a bus will arrive at the appointed time than a hope, but it’s also the kind of place where your Airbnb host will, when you ask if you might do some laundry, insist that she’ll do it–and the next morning you’ll find your clothes hanging from the...
The contempt airlines seem to have for their passengers is staggering. We pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for the privilege of flying on increasingly packed flights with an ever-decreasing list of amenities on board only matched by the growth of various fees and charges that complete the frustration of commercial flight. In exchange...
As the snow falls again in Helena today, I’m finding myself more excited about my spring break trip, one that will involve three nights in Munich, six on Malta, and about 23 hours in Reykjavik. While I have been to Reykjavik more times than most people deserve to and have a pretty good sense of how I’ll spend my time there...
Will Public Opinion Turn Against Assault Weapons?–In wondering whether the American public, in contrast to its representatives, is interested in solving this problem, I came across this helpful Upshot matrix tracking both the most effective policies (as measured in a poll of experts) and the most popular ones. Some of the most...
It’s hard to be a teenager. On Thursday, some of my students were trying to process their fears about what happened in Florida while others were dealing with the no less real pain of hearts left just a little battered by Valentine’s Day and the pangs of unrequited love. Whether it’s the fear that their schools might not...