Every Road Has a Story
Road trips, detours, and the places that stayed with us. We write about where we went, what we found, and what it felt like to be there — from California back roads to medieval Spanish cities.
Hawaii
Almost Eden: Nā 'Aina Kai Botanical Garden, Kauai
The first thing you notice on Kauai is the air. Warm. Soft. Heavy with the scent of flowers and rain. Nowhere is that more true than Nā 'Aina Kai — a garden that started as one woman's front yard and never stopped growing.
Hawaii
Green Heart of Kauai: Waterfalls, Canyons and an Unexpected Guide
Kauaʻi has a way of changing your plans. We came for waterfalls between beach days. The island had other ideas — pulling us deeper, past a Jurassic Park gate, into a swamp that swallows fog, and toward a canyon that earns every cliché thrown at it.
Hawaii
Ten Days in Paradise: Arriving on Kauai, Hawaii
The plane door opened, and warm air rushed in. Sweet, heavy, alive with something blooming I couldn't name. Wild chickens crossed the road as they owned it. Waves knocked me sideways at sunrise. Kauai doesn't ease you in. It just takes you.
Michigan
Mackinac Island, Michigan: A Step Back in Time
No cars. No engines. Just hoofbeats on cobblestone, the smell of fudge on the wind, and an island that has been quietly ignoring the modern world since 1898. We came for a day. We stayed in 1890.
Barbados
A Birthday in the Birthplace of Rum
It was Alex's birthday, so naturally we ended up three rums deep in the birthplace of rum. Coral forts, a burned-out great house, green monkeys, and the only foreign country George Washington ever set foot on — a week on Barbados.