Wanderism Travel

I distinctly remember as a child getting a copy of the Guinness Book Of World Records as a birthday gift – it was high on my list of ‘had to haves’.
After I hastily ripped the wrapping paper off what I hoped would be my new prized possession, my anticipation was rewarded. I’d seen a [...]

* See The World By Train
Let’s face it, some things in life just defy description.
The Grand Canyon… awe inspiring, yes, but does the phrase do it justice…?
The birth of a child… life affirming, true, but isn’t it mind boggling just the same…?
The popularity of Glenn Beck… okay, well maybe that one does defy description.
All of [...]

I was sort of mugged once. In New York City.
I say ’sort of’, because while the mugger in question pulled a knife, I ended up winning the day (and keeping my life and my wallet!) with a head-fake and a Bic pen. A story for another day, perhaps.
My point is, when faced with [...]

EXCLUSIVE TO WANDERISM – Woody Allen once said, “Man does not live by bread alone. Frequently there must be a beverage.”
Bread, in its myriad forms throughout the world, is a dietary staple, unless, of course, you find yourself in Southeast Asia. When I lived in Singapore the only Westernized version of bread I could [...]

Note: There are several interesting and informative outbound URL links embedded within this story that will assist you in understanding both the catastrophic Mt. St. Helens event in 1980, and the area of Washington State’s gorgeous Skagit Valley as it exists today. We have eliminated the underlines for those URL links and shaded them [...]