We just checked Whale Watching off the MidLife Road Trip Bucket List! Blue Whale season runs May – October off the shore in Orange County, California but whale watching is year round at Dana Wharf. They see the Gray Whale migration November – April!. Blue...
There’s no better place to learn how to surf than Huntington Beach California, a.k.a. Surf City USA … and there’s nothing more fun than watching Rick wipe out… time and time again… and again as he checks “Learning to Surf”...
If you ever get to visit Nashville, Tennessee, you’re going to want to bring your camera to the Gaylord Opryland Hotel and Resort. The hotel was kind enough to provide us with an incredible suite that served as our base of operation while we were in town scouting the...
Princess Cruise hosted my wife, Denise, and I on an unforgettable land and sea Cruisetour of Alaska! Day one consisted of a riverboat tour on the Chena and Tanana Rivers! Our two week adventure began at the Fairbanks airport. We arrived around 2:30 a.m. and it was...
While on our trip up the Pacific Coast Highway, we joined our friend Vicky Akins in a walk across the Golden Gate Bridge to check one more thing off our Bucket...
Riding the rails on a cross country train trip had been on our Bucket List for a long time. So when Amtrak offered to take us from Chicago to Los Angeles aboard the Southwest Chief, we jumped at the chance! It was an adventure of a lifetime that included eating...
What Happens in Vegas, Ends Up on Facebook. Over the years I’ve had numerous opportunities to visit Las Vegas; conventions, family vacations, speaking engagements, trade shows, and assignments for Midlife Road Trip. My first trip to Vegas was for a speaking engagement...
Experience the fine line between pleasure and pain at Zest Fest in Irving, as Rick enters Intensity Academy’s “Hot Lolly Lick-a-thon”, a fun tongue torturing contest involving a lollipop made from the infamous ghost peppers (Bhut Jolokia Chil). It is...
We received several emails telling us that we HAD to eat at the Berry Fresh Cafe in Port St. Lucie , Florida. So when we were in the area filming at the PGA Village, we stopped by and were treated to some great food and great fun. Watch and see how the best...
It’s that time again when winter is almost a distant memory and summer vacation planning is just around the corner. One of our very favorite summer vacations last August (and perhaps of all time) was a trip aboard the Un-Cruise Safari Endeavour giving us an intimate...
While at Guy Fieri’s closing party at the South Beach Wine and Food Festival, we ran into one of our favorite Travel Channel celebrities, Andrew Zimmern, host of Bizarre Foods, eating of all things, a cupcake....
