Costa Rica Tour

Costa Rica Sketching Tour with Christine Elder July 15-22, 2023 / Approximately $2200 TRIP HIGHLIGHTS Get a behind-the-scenes tour at a wildlife rescue center and sketch the toucans, sloths, cats, and other sanctuary animals. Explore the cloud forests on the slopes of...
Top 10 Benefits of Keeping a Travel Journal

Top 10 Benefits of Keeping a Travel Journal

Have you ever been traveling and noticed a person completely engrossed in the activity of journaling, perhaps with a somewhat dreamy expression on her face, and seemingly oblivious to the chaos around her? Perhaps you said to yourself “I should try that on my next...
Nature of Costa Rica

Nature of Costa Rica

Stories about the flora and fauna I observed during my first trip to Costa Rica in 2019.  In Search of Quetzals August 30, 2019. I was treated to a morning birdwatching in the field with guide Jorge Serrano Salazar from Paraiso Quetzal Lodge to search out a very...
Adventure Planning

Adventure Planning

It’s exciting to board a plane for a new adventure…but the planning and packing during the month before? Not so much. Personally, as a birdwatcher, I’d rather focus on learning the difference between the tanager species of Peru than fret about whether I’d remembered...
47 reasons to pack a bandana on your next adventure!

47 reasons to pack a bandana on your next adventure!

I always travel with at least a couple of bandanas, of various sizes because, well they are just so darn useful, and they come in so many fun patterns, that they’re hard to resist. And so, as is often the case, I brainstormed this list of handy uses for bandanas while...
Can’t Travel? Do This Instead!

Can’t Travel? Do This Instead!

Cure the travel bug with these quick, local fixes As a part-time wildlife tour guide, I’m one of the lucky few who gets to travel frequently. But most folks just can’t embark on an exotic adventure at the drop of a hat. I get it, I know. I barely left my...