Travelogger

We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

5 Fantastic Outdoor Destinations For Music Fans

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If you love the outdoors and you love music, bringing the two together is an amazing and powerful experience. Seeing your favorite bands outdoors, under the stars or set against a magnificent vista, can heighten your enjoyment viscerally. Where are five must-see locations to see bands in outdoor venues that are as much a part of the show as the band you are going to see?

The Gorge at George

Located in the middle of Washington, in the midst of high sagebrush plains and irrigated cropland sits one of the United States’ most beautiful concert venues. Two hours from Seattle and two hours from Spokane, it makes no sense logically, until you round that first corner on the way in.

Then you see what makes it magical. A natural bowl on the hillside runs down to a stage that hangs on a precipice overlooking the Columbia Gorge. You can envision Lewis and Clark navigating the historic waters below and marveling at the hillsides towering above them. Hillsides that you sit on now as you enjoy one of the many events of the summer. Majestic music is carried into majestic vistas as the sun sets over the canyon beyond the stage.

Red Rocks Amphitheater

Situated in Colorado, Red Rocks is the only acoustically perfect outdoor amphitheater in the world. Situated below two magnificent red sandstone monoliths, you experience a part of an 868-acre park at 6,450 feet above sea level. A true geological phenomenon, the beauty amplifies the experience beyond the music. You settle in and you are transported to another time as you gaze at the majesty around you, only to be pulled back by the magnificence of the sound around you.

Located in the Rocky Mountains, just 15 miles outside of Denver near Morrison, Red Rocks is easily accessible, with lodging and camping in the surrounding towns and cities.

Great Stage Park

Located in Manchester, Tennessee, Great Stage Park is home to the Bonnaroo Music Festival. A four-day music festival on a 700-acre farm, Bonnaroo features an eclectic and stunning array of music on its many stages.

Started in 2002, this “Really Good Time” (the meaning of Bonnaroo) has grown quickly, allowing the festival to own the land it sits on and allowing the organization to become a major contributor to many significant charitable organizations. Traveling to Bonnaroo and experiencing the Tennessee vibe is one of the best parts of the festival.

Central Park, New York City

A visually unique environment, Central Park in NYC offers an experience like nowhere else can. Concerts range throughout the spring, summer, and fall, ranging from classical to large rock concerts. Some of the most iconic concerts in history have taken place on the Great Lawn, Elton John, Dave Matthews, The Three Tenors, and more. Attending a concert in Central Park is a New York experience that shouldn’t be missed.

The Hollywood Bowl

On the opposite coast and the world apart is the Hollywood Bowl. A legendary venue famous for the acts that have appeared on its stage in its nearly 90-year history. The iconic shell sits in front of the largest outdoor amphitheater in the country and plays host to some of the most famous acts in history performing in front of some of the most famous people in history. Truly a west coast experience.

Originally posted on September 5, 2016 @ 3:51 am

Places You Need to Visit if You Love Fishing

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The world is chock full of amazing places to visit if you love fishing. Each corner of the world holds its own odd, mysterious, large, small, poisonous, or downright ugly catches, and each pocket is waiting to be discovered. They call it fishing and not catching for a reason. It’s not always easy to get a fish on the line, in the net, or in your hand. If you’re into catching crab or other monsters of the sea, the task becomes even more toilsome as the labor and destinations get colder and more exotic.

Whether you visit to actually do some fishing, or you visit to see the landscape that is home to some of the best fishing in the world, here are places you absolutely need to visit if you’re into all things fishing:

Alaska

Alaska is a land that is magical and dangerous in its own right. First of all, it’s huge. It is the biggest state in America, but it’s often hard to believe because when you see a map of the state, it’s usually out of proportion in comparison to other states. Being that it’s so huge and so far up north, the land is pristine as it comes in the United States.

Alaska has 8 national parks, so if you love the outdoors, it’s the first place you need to go. The rivers and lakes don’t end, so you’ll never be in danger of overfishing the waters, and since the state is so big and there’s so much wilderness to go around, you’ll never have to worry about hooking your line to another fisherman’s bait.

Minnesota

Summertime is a time that is full of fishing. The weather is great, the early mornings and evenings provide the perfect weather for catching something good, and you’ve got the time to lure in something good.

However, if you limit your fishing to the summer, you’re cutting yourself short. Fish do live throughout the whole of the entire year, afterall. If you really love fishing, are committed, and want to do something different, head over to Bald Eagle Lake in Minnesota during the wintertime and do some ice fishing. You’ll freeze your tush off, but maybe you can make a little igloo while you’re at it. That’ll be a fun story to tell the grandchildren.

The Amazon

Exotic and scary, perhaps, but if you love fishing, you can’t pass up going to the amazon basin in Brazil. With surrounding jungles and rushing rivers all around you, you’re bound to catch some pretty interesting things. Though there’s a lot of fear around piranhas, you can still catch them and eat them. Imagine having one of those badboys tacked on the wall for display.

Originally posted on September 21, 2016 @ 1:49 pm

Benefits Of Living A Life on the Road

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It’s really cool that not everybody feels like they have to fit within the constructs of the American Dream to be happy in life. It must be so invigorating for people to be able to know who they are and run with it. If that means they never buy a house and never settle in one place for more than a couple months or a year, then so be it. That’s just fine. In fact, a life spent on the road is a life that is full of just as much happiness as any other life, and a whole lot more adventure.

Of course, whoever you spend your life with is what makes a life amazing. A person can of course be happy navigating the roads of life alone, but if you have a friend or partner and you decide that the two of you are going to be sojourners for life and drive from place to place, rent a cute little home for several months until the next destination starts calling your name, then so be it. If this is your dream, here are the benefits that come with living a life on the road:

You Won’t Have to Deal With Home Maintenance

Having a home of your own is amazing and it’s really nice to be able to decorate and choose all of the features that you want. You might find that you want this at some point in your life, but if the time isn’t now and you want to spend this portion of your life enjoying the open road and all the amazing things the world has to offer, one benefit to this lifestyle is that you won’t have to deal with home maintenance things like leaky roofs and weedy yards and electricity bills.

You Get to See the World

If you buy a camper, an RV, or you’re a backpacker at heart and choose to roam about the country on your own two feet, one benefit of this lifestyle is that you get to see the world. When you live in one place, you own a home, you meet somebody and settle down and have kids, it becomes a lot harder to get out and see everything the world has to offer.

When you choose to spend your life in a bus you’ve converted into a comfortable home, or you live out of a suitcase and hit hotels once a week to get your shower in and your laundry done, you’re giving yourself the ability to be blown around with the wind. Nothing is holding back and you’ll have stories to tell that will make other people jealous.

If not having the normal bills that hold people down and getting to see the world isn’t enough to convince you that living your life on the road is awesome, it might not be the life for you. However, if the thought of doing this makes you giddy with excitement, try it out and write down all the aspects you love about it, so that others can learn from your experience

Originally posted on August 22, 2016 @ 3:26 am