• Beer Hiking in the Land of Rainbows

    Hiking from Runding to Cham to Roding offers a great little slice of the Bavarian Forest and a chance to experience a bit of local beer culture. The route travels …

    A hike and a couple beers at high altitude

    The Moreno Valley in Northern New Mexico is as long wide bowl of grassland punctuated by a large lake.  There …

    Wheeler Peak above the valley

    Beery Days in Sheffield

    Eight beery days in Sheffield gave me a good tourist’s feel for why many in Britain consider this city to …

    Beery Days in Sheffield

    Azores Impressions

    Where do Azores impressions come from?  Where do any impressions come from?  I think they start with expectations.  I came …

    azores streetscape

    Beer Culture in the Azores

    The beer culture in the Azores is fairly limited.  That’s not to say that there isn’t plenty of beer being …

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    Seven Day Hikes in the Archipelago of the Azores

    The Azores are without a doubt a great place to hike in beautiful landscapes augmented by interesting culture and history. …

    Day Hiking in the Azores

    Carrizo Plain Super Bloom

    Chances are if you’re reading this you’ve heard that Southern California is experiencing a “super bloom” this year. This is …

    Boot Bomb

    I had a nice reader contact this week from Brian Bradshaw who had found the article Geocache Hiking to be …

    boots on the trail

    Cactus League Roadtrip

    March is Cactus League roadtrip time.  Every year in the month of March since 1947 major league baseball teams have convened …

    Beer Walking in Lisbon

    While walking around Lisbon (or any other city for that matter) I figured that there were some good beer culture experiences …

    Beer walking in Lisbon

    Lisbon Impressions

    What makes a city a great place to visit?  That’s fun to think about.  A great city oozes history, presents …

    The Trail of Ten Volcanoes

    On the island of Faial in the Azores archipelago is a distinctive hike from the top of the island to …

    Munich Breweries Big and Small

    Of the hundreds of breweries in Bavaria you would think that there would be lots of them in Munich – …