A big reason we travel so much is I work for an international organization that has offices around the globe. And, when I travel on business, I can take family along. It’s at our expense of course, but we save…
Surprisingly good camping and hiking weekend – very close to DC
Last week I was looking for (car) camping and a medium-hard hike close to our home in Takoma Park, Maryland outside Washington, D.C. I found nothing in the Maryland and Virginia State Park online database. There wasn’t much help when…
Sahara Desert and M’hamid, Morocco: Day 25
We don’t have to drive far today to our next spot, only about 25 miles. It affords us some time to sleep in (til 8 a.m., ha!) and eat a slow breakfast of fresh bread, both baked and a fried…
High Atlas Mountains and Zagora, Morocco: Day 24
Road trip, YEAH! Planes and trains can get us no closer to our destination. Our home for the next week is on the road, traveling south and east past smaller and smaller towns on narrower and narrower roads. Each night…
Marrakesh, Morocco: Day 23
If the Arab world didn’t have oil, Egypt and Morocco would be the dominant economic players. They have the the largest non-oil GDPs, very strategic locations and the first and third largest populations (Sudan is second). Morocco is a cultural…