Reading Time: 4 minutes Death Valley National Park is all about extremes, in more ways than one
Author: Gerry Feehan
Travel writer Gerry Feehan, QC, is a retired lawyer, avid traveller and photographer.
Finding magical places on the long road from Alberta to Texas
Reading Time: 4 minutes Not having a definitive travel plan can pay off when you unexpectedly find the remarkable – amid the people and the landscape
Padre Island: peace, tranquility and fabulous fishing
Reading Time: 5 minutes In shoulder season on the Gulf of Mexico coast in Texas, you can catch your fill of fish, enjoy the locals – or you can just sit back and relax
Down on the bayou: Cajun hospitality and gators
Reading Time: 6 minutes We floated through vast groves of bald cypress trees draped in Spanish moss, while malevolent-looking gators sunned on logs
In the heart of the world’s largest non-polar icefield
Reading Time: 5 minutes All was ice, white curving fingers spilling from mountain valleys. Dark lines of ground rock defined each icy highway
Of sour toes, midnight golf, and birds singing for sex and war
Reading Time: 5 minutes Historic, colourful, quaint and sleep-deprived Dawson City; and up the perilous, muddy Dempster Highway
A soft egg in the Nahanni National Park Reserve
Reading Time: 6 minutes Discovering Virginia Falls, a remarkable UNESCO World Heritage Site – and learning a little German
Turks and Caicos – the road less travelled, but it could be ours
Reading Time: 7 minutes Would it really benefit Canada to get into bed with these types – even if the bed was a hammock swaying in a tropical breeze?
Riding in Riccione and the unsurpassable beauty of Tuscany
Reading Time: 5 minutes The beauty and hospitality of Italy soon becomes apparent whether astride a bicycle or driving down its twisting, narrow country roads
Overwhelmed in Rome, overfed in Matera
Reading Time: 6 minutes Basking in the splendour, charm and hospitality of southern Italy, particularly when you wander off the beaten track