Zion Ponderosa Ranch – The Perfect Base Camp to Explore Zion National Park’s Eastern Rim
by J “Kat” Loren : : I’ve never been one for deserts, preferring lush mountains and trees, rushing rivers, waterfalls and oceans to what I perceived as arid nothingness. However, … Continue reading
Exploring the Wild Side at the North Cascades Institute
A Photo Essay by J. “Kat” Loren : : Escape to the wilderness has never been so easy or so comfortably fun until I discovered the beautiful facility called the … Continue reading
Pearling around Tahiti
by J “Kat” Loren : : We met in a Pearl Grading class at the Gemological Institute of America in Carlsbad, CA. He, a young, blond, quintessential California surfer with … Continue reading
The Italian Vintner’s Son
I am a lightweight. I get drunk on things easily – like the laughter and warmth of my fellow travelers on the bus during a wine tour of Taurasi Vineyards in Southern Italy, high above and beyond the bay of Napoli.
Road Shrinks and Monkeys in New York
Sometimes, when journeys intersect, we have the opportunity to touch a child’s heart and free his mind.
A Gem of Affordable Luxury – Sparkling Hill Resort
by J “Kat” Loren :: Every season has its beauty. It’s as true on the face of nature as it is on the human face. After a week at Sparkling … Continue reading
The Perfect Retreat: Mountain Trek into Health and Wholeness
If I were to choose a perfect vacation far away from all responsibilities (but still able to connect via internet), I’d choose a place where I could breath fresh mountain air, smell the scent of pine after a light rain, hike along ridges that rim the sky, picnic beside high alpine lakes, and return each evening to a gorgeous lodge where a personal chef prepares and serves my meals, and a sauna, Jacuzzi and massage therapist awaits me. ..I have found such a place…
Life Aboard the Aqua Cat: Above and Beneath in the Bahamas
So many shades of blue drift between the heavens, the sea and all that lies beneath that I could not take them all in during my week aboard the AquaCat Dive boat based in Nassau, Bahamas.
Sailing in the Cannibal Islands
by J “Kat” Loren : : Luganville, Espiritu Santo Island in the Vanuatu Archipelago (Somewhere south of Papua New Guinea & far off the coast of Queensland, AU) We … Continue reading
Where Seals Learn to Swim: Catalina Island, California
Destination Swims: Catalina Island, CA _____________________________________________________________________________ By J Kat” Loren :: Sometimes when adults sank themselves into the ritual stupor of cold gin under the hot afternoon sun in … Continue reading
No Suit, No Problem: The Blue Grotto Of Capri Island, Italy
Destination Swim: The Blue Grotto, Island of Capri, off Naples, Italy ________________________________________________________________________________ by J “Kat” Loren : : It was too early for tourists. The only person I saw was … Continue reading
Lessons Learned in a Naked Spa: KissSalis Spa, Bad Kissingen, Germany
by J Kat Loren :: Uncertain of the spa protocol, I note a couple of women and a man wander through the doors of the Wellness Center and tentatively follow … Continue reading
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