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Linda Ballou Finds Corvallis, Oregon To Be Organically Charming, Energetic, Highly Walkable and Worthy of Your Visit

By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Overview of the Willamette River as viewed... Continue Reading

Ojai, California: This Santa Fe Knock-off, Nicknamed “Shangri-La,” Offers Visitors Spirituality, Music, Art Tours, Wine Tastings — And Coastal Breezes

By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Scene from the Adobe Arcade in downtown... Continue Reading

Linda Ballou Recommends Awesome AI-Powered Tools Designed to Improve Your 2025 Travel Planning & Experience

By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Now is the time to plan your summer holiday.... Continue Reading

Planning a Visit to Northern New Mexico? Linda Ballou Advises Stepping Out From Santa Fe for Several Awesome Day Trips

By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Bandelier National Park protects over... Continue Reading

Linda Ballou Invites You to Experience Sensational Santa Fe in Northern New Mexico

By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Native American Pottery found in Santa... Continue Reading

Why Kristine Tompkins is Passionate About Rewilding the World: Insights from Linda Ballou

In 1961 Douglas Rainsford Tompkins was one of the first to summit Mt. Fitzroy in the depths of... Continue Reading

Linda Ballou’s Costa Rican Odyssey Part Two: A Little Country with a Big Heart

Some of the flowers at Blue River Resort. Linda Ballou photo. By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s... Continue Reading

Linda Ballou Shares Part One of Her Costa Rican Odyssey: From the Lush Rain Forests to the Shining Sea

By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Linda and fellow adventurers, Laura,... Continue Reading
Do You Really Need Travel Insurance? Adventure Travel Writer Linda Ballou Shares Her Experiences and Advice

By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Writer Since Covid hit our shores, travel insurance has... Continue Reading

Linda Ballou Shares Her Best Tips for Enjoying a Successful Walking Holiday – And Why She Calls Them a “Boomer Balancing Act”

By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Mobility issues are a problem for many... Continue Reading

Linda Ballou Recommends You Take a Walk on Kaua’i’s Wild Side

By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Hanalei Bay today. Linda Ballou... Continue Reading

Linda Ballou Visits Po‘ipū and is Sunny Side UP on Kaua‘i

By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Po‘ipū Cost Walk. Linda Ballou... Continue Reading

Linda Ballou Shares Her Adventures on the Coconut Coast of Kaua’i

By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate As a young woman, I had dropped out of... Continue Reading

As the World Struggles It’s Way Into the New Normal, Here Are Linda Ballou’s Travel Tips for 2022

By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Linda Ballou The only thing certain about... Continue Reading

Illinois Business News: Chicagoland Equipment & Supply Acquires United Fast Food & Beverage

Chicagoland Equipment & Supply (CES), a portfolio company of Cooper Management, LLC, and a... Continue Reading

Linda Ballou Shares Why Winter Is A Perfect Time to Enjoy a “Wild Time” on the Central Coast of California

By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Winter on the Central Coasts means fewer... Continue Reading
There’s ‘Snow’ Place Like Snowstar For Year-Round Family-Friendly Fun!

Everyone deserves a snow day. How will you play? At family friendly Snowstar in Andalusia, there... Continue Reading

Road Trip!! Linda Ballou Says Now’s the Time to Cool Your Jets on the Southern Oregon Coast

By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Smith River Steaming temps in the... Continue Reading

Linda Ballou Wonders Whether She Was ‘Blissfully Sinking’ or ‘Gloriously Synching’ into River Time, During Her Recent Rogue River Raft Trip. Either Way, She Relished Every Moment.

By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate Every bend of the river beckons—every... Continue Reading

As Mother’s Day Approaches, Linda Ballou Recalls Her Recent Visit to “Mom’s Meadow” – And Delivering the Fruitcake

By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate After eleven years, I decided it was time... Continue Reading

In Writing ‘Embrace of the Wild,’ Linda Ballou Hopes to Turn Covid-19’s Lemons to Zesty Limoncello

By Linda Ballou, NABBW’s Adventure Travel Associate In writing Embrace of the Wild I hope to... Continue Reading

Travel Wings Clipped by Pandemic, Adventure Travel Writer Linda Ballou Pens Historical Novel About Equestrian Explorer Lady Isabella Lucy Bird: Embrace of the Wild

I was not initially familiar with the story of Englishwoman Lady Isabella Lucy Bird, so I... Continue Reading

Today’s Video You Deserve… A Cheeky Kanye, A Legend, A Black Eyed Pea, And An Award-Winning Singer’s Big Hit

Mondays can be rough. And so, every Monday, we give you a music video. A fun, funny music video.... Continue Reading

The Inspiration For Buffalo Head Guy, This Week’s Inaugural Week Video You Deserve…

It’s Monday. Yeah. We feel you. And so, every Monday, we give you a music video. A fun, funny... Continue Reading
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There’s No Good Excuse This Time, Joe Rogan

Sean Leary

There’s really no good excuse this time. Joe Rogan is releasing apology videos this week like DJ Khaled releases mixes, although they’re... Continue Reading

If You’re A Human Being Living On Earth, You Need To Read This

Sean Leary

Welcome to the column for all carbon-based life-forms. If you breathe oxygen, this is for you. And if you live on a planet, especially Earth, well,... Continue Reading
You’ll Foster Good Will Towards The Latest Video You Deserve

Sean Leary

It’s Monday, and it’s time once again for The Video You Deserve. Now, the past several videos we’ve featured have all been vintage stuff from... Continue Reading

Today’s Video You Deserve… A Cheeky Kanye, A Legend, A Black Eyed Pea, And An Award-Winning Singer’s Big Hit

Sean Leary

Mondays can be rough. And so, every Monday, we give you a music video. A fun, funny music video. Something that’ll make you smile, make you laugh,... Continue Reading
The Inspiration For Buffalo Head Guy, This Week’s Inaugural Week Video You Deserve…

Sean Leary

It’s Monday. Yeah. We feel you. And so, every Monday, we give you a music video. A fun, funny music video. Something that’ll make you smile, make... Continue Reading

International Women’s Day Is A Thing?

Tess Abney

As you were scrolling through your phones or computers yesterday, you may have noticed it was International Women’s Day. I personally have been a... Continue Reading
Yeeeeaaah, ‘Office Space’ Reunion Is Grrreeeaat At SXSW

OnMuscAdmin

“Office Space” is that rare film that grew from a less-than-stellar opening to become one of the most loved (and rented) films in history. It has... Continue Reading

Goodbye Winter Blues!

Tess Abney

Are you done with winter? Are these long, dark and unnecessarily cold days giving you the Winter Blues? Well, have no fear. There is light at the end... Continue Reading
Death and Taxes, Are They Both Really That Certain?

Tess Abney

Eccentric founding father Benjamin Franklin once wrote in a letter from 1789, “in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and... Continue Reading

The Evolution of Social Media, From BBS to Momo

Tess Abney

We hear the concerns all the time, “social media is ruining the world,” “children no longer interact face-to-face thanks to social media,”... Continue Reading
Follow Your Dreams, Then Keep Going

Tess Abney

Whether from a childhood mentor, a speech at the Oscars, or that poster hanging in the office collecting dust, one phrase is repeated to us over and... Continue Reading

‘Bohemian Rhapsody’ Lost Its Critics In A Flash

Sean Leary

There were few Best Picture nominees at the Oscars this year more divisive than the Queen biography, “Bohemian Rhapsody.” Critics, fans of the... Continue Reading
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