by Doug | Jul 6, 2011 | Blog, Featured posts, Travel
Parintins, Amazonas was all charged up this past weekend for the annual Boi Bumba festival. Boi, which is the Portugese word for ox, is the main character in three nights of folklore presentations in the Brumbodromo (stadium built for the Boi Bumba.) While many people...
by Doug | Jun 20, 2011 | Travel
Escaping to the islands has such a romantic sound, and yet it’s such an easy and inexpensive thing to do for those in the Midwest and central Canada. The Lake Erie Islands, roughly half-way between Cleveland and Detroit/Windsor offer something for vacationers of...
by Doug | Jun 15, 2011 | Blog, Photography
Some of the most dramatic landscape photos are those takenin the mountains. Since the majority of the population has never hiked orclimbed to an actual mountaintop, those views are often the most compelling. Ifyou are actually planning such a climb, you want to bring...
by Doug | Jun 10, 2011 | Blog, Tech, Gadgets & Gear
The “3-in1” part is what should have caught your attention. With the Compass backpack all zipped together, you have almost 4,300 cubic inches of storage. The main pack by itself is a roomy 3,295 cubic inches and the daypack by itself is another 976 cubic inches. It...
by Doug | Jun 6, 2011 | Blog, Travel
Historic Huron home offers hospitality to North Shore visitorsHidden in plain sight might be one way to describe this delightful B&B in downtown Huron, Ohio. Over the years, thousands of Clevelanders have passed Captain Montague’s on their way to Cedar Point, but...
