13 articles tagged with road trips
There's something profoundly humbling about driving through America's Great Plains, where the horizon stretches endlessly and the sky becomes an overwhelming dome of possibility. After years of chasing adrenaline through New Zealand's backcountry and Southeast Asian caves, I found myself...
After five years of exploring Asia's vibrant landscapes from my home base in Seoul, I found myself back on American soil this autumn for my nephew's graduation from Syracuse University. Rather than flying directly, I convinced my brother's family to...
There's something gloriously nostalgic about piling into a car and hitting the open road—especially when that road cuts through the rolling prairies and dramatic badlands of South Dakota. As someone who's ziplined through rainforests and bungee jumped off bridges, I...
Having traversed coastlines across five continents, I find myself continually drawn to the maritime corridors that connect communities and cultures. While my professional endeavors in maritime law have taken me to ports worldwide, there's something uniquely compelling about the eastern...
While my career typically has me jetting off to Dubai's opulent malls or photographing culinary masterpieces along the Mediterranean coast, there's something refreshingly unpretentious about exploring America's heartland. On a recent styling assignment in Oklahoma City, I found myself with...
Like the steady rhythm of a healthy heartbeat, there's something deeply restorative about the open roads of America's Great Plains. After three decades of listening to children's chests with my stethoscope, I've learned to appreciate life's simpler symphonies – like...
There's something mesmerizing about the vast North Dakota sky that speaks to my astronomer's soul. Like a celestial invitation, the unobstructed horizon stretching over Wahpeton's agricultural landscape offers one of America's most underrated stargazing experiences. Last summer, I exchanged my...
There's something about the open road that calls to me like a perfectly timed timer on a slow-cooked brisket. After two decades in high-pressure kitchens and now settled in New Zealand, I find myself drawn back to American coastal highways...
As someone who's scaled Himalayan peaks and danced through Latin American festivals, I never expected to find such charm in the heart of America's breadbasket. Yet here I was in Salina, Kansas—a place most travelers zoom past on I-70—discovering that...
G'day fellow adventurers! Who would've thought that a volcano-obsessed Aussie like me would find geological bliss along a freshwater sea in Minnesota? When I traded Gold Coast waves for North American adventures, Lake Superior's North Shore wasn't initially on my...
After five years of exploring Asia's vibrant cultures and landscapes, returning to America's heartland feels like rediscovering an old friend with new eyes. When my college-aged twins suggested we reconnect with our American roots during their summer break, I immediately...
The transition from Phoenix's urban sprawl to Sedona's otherworldly red rock formations creates one of the most dramatic landscape shifts I've experienced in North America. As someone who analyzes patterns for a living, I've found the geological storytelling along this...
As an actuary by profession, I've always found a certain beauty in mapping probabilities and calculating optimal outcomes. Perhaps that's why road trips appeal to me so deeply—they're exercises in both statistical planning and serendipitous discovery. This particular journey, from...