(Mellow Wanderer) We’re poised for yet another seasonal transition from summer to fall. The crowds at our National Parks get thinner as kids head back to school and peak tourist season ends. Those long warm summer days of hiking, swimming, fishing, canoeing, and those cool nights of camp fires and s’mores are nearing an end….
(Budapest-Mellow Wanderer) Call this a traveler’s version of speed dating, and Budapest is this alluring, sultry, utterly gorgeous thing sitting across the table and you don’t want to hear “time’s up.” Budapest has substance, sophistication, and style right down to the manhole covers people walk over. A collage of architectural styles from the beginning of…
(Dunedin, FL-Mellow Wanderer) Old world charm nestled among swaying palms and cool St. Joseph Sound breezes make waterfront Dunedin feel more like a village than a city. Bicycles outnumber cars. Though more foot traffic than anything else could flatten a flip-flop or two. Founded by settlers from Scotland, Dunedin, the original name of Edinburgh, grew…
(Danube River, Germany- Mellow Wanderer) One of the great waterways of the world, composer Johan Strauss’ beloved “Blue Danube”, flows along Europe’s continental divide like a raging bull. The Danube, olive colored and not blue, is a centuries old trade route, an economic power house for cargo shipping and watery playground for boaters, riverbank resorts, and…
(Yosemite, CA-Mellow Wanderer) Off the beaten path from the Yosemite National Park summer crowds is Carlon Falls and natural swimming pool. Mellow Wanderer discovered this refreshing resort like setting after an hour long hike off Evergreen Rd. just outside Yosemite’s Big Oak Flat entrance. View Carlon Falls in a larger map The hike is easy…
