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.
The list of frugal habits I didn’t acquire from my grandmother is embarrassingly large. As we—and I—seem to embrace the idea of a more disposable society today, the idea of collecting bacon grease on the stove for future use, for instance, seems awfully quaint, even if probably eminently sensible. One element of her frugality was that I...
I love the idea of planning an itinerary before I travel, even though I know that once I land in a place, the odds of my following the agenda aren’t great. I have always felt the tension between the desire to explore freely and having at least a broad agenda to minimize the time spent planning while I am traveling. For this trip...
As I find myself wanting to focus on the promise of travel and not the despair of politics, I thought I’d go back and look at some of my favorite travel posts from this site and perhaps inspire myself to write more on my next journey. Thoughts from a 33 Hour Layover In Reykjavik Thoughts on Prague: A Raid on the Inarticulate A Few...
I probably need to give Sedona another chance. While the area, with its trademark red cliffs, blue skies, and hiking trails was beautiful (and the drive down to Flagstaff via some backroads presented some ideas for future stops), my brief visit to Sedona in March was not one of the highlights of my Southwest trip. The traffic in the...
Despite having a plan to see the Grand Canyon, Joshua Tree, Sedona, and more during the course of my spring break trip, I was most excited to see Monument Valley. Unfortunately, while I had great weather the first afternoon I arrived, there was very little sunlight for my sunrise tour into the backcountry. Despite the photos not turning...
After I left Antelope Canyon, I posted on Instagram that it might have been one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen, and a week removed from the trip, that thought still holds. The tours of the canyon take you about 100 feet underground into a canyon carved over millions of years by periodic flooding through the area. Be sure...