by Steven Higgs | May 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
On our second day in Valencia, we explored the Old City, in search of Europe’s biggest produce market, world-class street art, a Medieval city gate and the world’s once-second narrowest building. Mercado Central has more than 1,200 stalls and eateries offering fresh...
by Steven Higgs | May 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
My creative heart started thumping as we passed the City of Arts and Sciences in the taxi on our way from airport the Valencia Spain to our cabana. We spent our first full day there, and to be honest, my chest still pounds when I think of it. I can say with 100%...
by Steven Higgs | May 20, 2026 | Uncategorized
For our last Amazonian adventure, our Ticuna guide Ramiro led our family entourage to a Huitoto village a half an hour or so north and west into the jungle, designated by a roadside sign as Indígenas Huitoto. We toured the village’s agricultural plots, where...
by Steven Higgs | May 13, 2026 | Uncategorized
I’ve been hiking what AllTrails calls the Monroe Trail for more than three decades but have never followed it to the lake of the same name. I’ve always taken a side path to the now-history Waldrip Cabin when the old road-turned-trail heads 230 feet downhill...
by Steven Higgs | May 1, 2026 | Uncategorized
AUTHOR’S NOTE: The following are snippets drawn from a 30-minute conversation with Jeff Stant on a hike through the Charles C. Deam Wilderness to a stand of old-growth hickories, which were as magnificent as he said they would be. This was the second of a series...
