Is there anything more romantic than snuggling in a waterside bed and breakfast with otters and seals playing within view of your private windows? From the moment we arrived at Captain’s Inn in Moss Landing, on California’s central coast, we were enchanted. Palm trees and evergreens flanked flower gardens and planters. Antique wooden boats and maritime [...]
It’s so hot in the U.S. that all the weather maps are red; TV meteorologists are beside themselves, reporting on thousands of heat records being shattered every day; and everyone is arguing (again) about whether this proves climate change is real. Duh. Anyone remember the entire country being above 100F at once? Except one place [...]
This is the second feature on Stratford, home of Canadian photojournalist Vivian Macdonald. In praise of small places is a regular tripsfor2 feature.
We see bald eagles by the dozen almost every time we visit British Columbia. We watch them scoop salmon from the ocean near the family home in Fanny Bay, on Vancouver Island. Kathleen’s parents have a resident owl and many other birds in the rainforest surrounding their well-gardened property. There are so many raptors in [...]
We’ve met a lot of Pacific surfers this year, from California to British Columbia, and learned one thing: they’re territorial. Find a perfect pocket beach, like Rodeo in California’s Marin headlands, and surfers will act as if they own the place. They’re happy to share the sand, but they’re just not keen on strangers grabbing [...]
