By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate
Overview of the Willamette River as viewed from Corvallis. Photo courtesy of Linda...
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By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate
Scene from the Adobe Arcade in downtown Ojai. Photo by Ranee Ruble-Dotts courtesy of the...
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By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate
Now is the time to plan your summer holiday. Here are some tips to help you streamline the...
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By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate
Native American Pottery found in Santa Fe’s El Museo Cultural De Santa Fe (Native American...
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In 1961 Douglas Rainsford Tompkins was one of the first to summit Mt. Fitzroy in the depths of southern Chile, and he fell in love with the magnitude...
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Some of the flowers at Blue River Resort. Linda Ballou photo.
By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate
Bowers of luxuriant tropical...
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By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate
Linda and fellow adventurers, Laura, Patricia and Pelar enjoy rafting Sarapique River. Photo...
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By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Writer
Since Covid hit our shores, travel insurance has become more important than ever. While it is true...
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By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate
Mobility issues are a problem for many Boomers. I am no exception, so I have investigated ways...
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By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate
Hanalei Bay today. Linda Ballou photo
When I lived on the North Shore in 1978, there was...
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By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate
Po‘ipū Cost Walk. Linda Ballou photo.
Po‘ipū is the favored spot by visitors to the...
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By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate
As a young woman, I had dropped out of society and landed on the North Shore of Kaua‘i....
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Imagine you’re a filmmaker. You have an idea. It feels like a good one, a very good one. You start writing, and after multiple screenplay drafts,...
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Is Pixar the greatest animation studio in the history of film? Possibly. It can certainly compete with Disney, its quasi-parent, along with the...
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There’s an old belief that all little boys go dino-mad for a minute. I have no idea if that’s accurate, but I do know I was no exception. Back...
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The first time I saw Top Gun, I hated it. As a wee lad, I remember seeing it in a packed theater in 1986. I remember the whooshing of the jets, the...
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There aren’t many fictional characters that have as many character facets as Batman. You could go in a number of different directions beyond horror...
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By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate
Linda Ballou
The only thing certain about travel in 2022 is that it is uncertain. People...
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