Elkhart Lake, WI is an idyllic Midwestern lake resort with a fun auto racing history. Here are 7 outdoor adventures in Elkhart Lake. Elkhart Lake conjures spiritual thoughts in people. Despite sad...
Teresa Bergen
Teresa Bergen is a Portland, Oregon-based freelance writer and web content developer specializing in sustainability, outdoors, vegan and sober travel. Her articles appear in Inhabitat, Bluedot Living, MSN Travel, USA Today Outdoors Wire and other print and online publications. She’s the author of Easy Portland Outdoors and Sober Travel Handbook and co-author of Historic Cemeteries of Portland, Oregon. Teresa belongs to the Society of American Travel Writers and the American Society of Journalists and Authors.
Stay at the Oregon Garden Resort: Art, Flowers and More
The Oregon Garden, located in Silverton, makes an easy day trip from Portland. But it’s even more fun if you spend the night at the Oregon Garden Resort. Then you can take your time, wandering...
UnCruise Adventures: Wonders of the Columbia River Gorge
UnCruise Adventures uses the tagline, “UnRushed, UnCrowded, UnBelievable.” During a recent cruise through the Columbia River Gorge, staff did an impressive job keeping passengers UnConcerned. It was...
Learning about Wolf Conservation at the California Wolf Center
Wolf conservation is one of those abstract issues for a city dweller like me. I don’t own livestock, nor do I have deer traipsing through my yard, treating my garden like a smorgasbord. I have no...
5 Reasons to Stay at Lough Eske Castle in Donegal Ireland
While the idea of staying in a castle sounds fun, I wasn’t sure about my plans to sleep in Lough Eske Castle in Donegal, Ireland. Would it be cold, creepy and full of ghosts? Probably some Irish...
Wandering County Sligo Ireland: Contemplating the Poetry & Life of Yeats
We stood in the Drumcliff cemetery in County Sligo, shadowed by Ireland’s famous mountain Ben Bulben, gazing down at the famous poet’s grave. One of my fellow travelers asked uncertainly, “So was he...
Wandering the Oregon Coast: Bay City Highlights
Riding a pedal-powered car down old railroad tracks, walking in a nature reserve and staying overnight in a tiny house—well, that’s an ideal overnight trip for me. And I found it all in an unlikely...
Downward Goat: Experiencing Goat Yoga in Corvallis, Oregon
“If a goat poops on your mat, shake it off,” says teacher Heather Davis, picking up a student’s yoga mat and giving it a brisk shake to release the fresh pellets onto the hay below. “If one pees on...
6 Dog-Friendly Highlights when Wandering around Moab, Utah
Include your pets in your adventures. These are the best places to take your furry friends while hiking the lesser-known wonders near Moab, Utah. Americans flock to, and unfortunately, the furry...
Take A Walk On The Scaly Side At Escondido’s EcoVivarium Reptile Sanctuary
Love them or hate them, reptiles stir strong feelings in humans. I’ve always loved lizards, since saving them from my hunting cats as a child and attempting to nurse them back to health. They were...