Erika Bisbocci
Erika is an avid traveler and explorer of over ninety countries on six different continents. Since 2011, she has spent time studying Arabic in the Middle East, teaching English in Namibia and working as a flight attendant for a major US airline. When not traveling overseas, she loves exploring her own backyard in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.
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Southern Oregon Coast Road Trip Attractions
Few places on Earth can match the Oregon Coast’s rugged natural beauty. The 300+ mile-long coastline is a testament to nature’s supreme craftsmanship. It is a masterpiece of scenery. A photographer’s dream. A mighty display of sea-meets-land. Defined by its wildlife-laden sea stacks, sweeping sandy beaches, towering cliffs, and rugged dunes, Oregon’s scenic coastline makes for an unforgettable road trip destination. And nowhere does this ring more true than along the southern Oregon coast—a spectacular stretch of wild shoreline that spans Highway 101 between Coos Bay and Brookings. ATTRACTIONS…
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Samuel H Boardman State Park on the Oregon Coast
As Highway 101 winds along the Southern Oregon Coast’s rugged and wild shoreline, it showcases jaw-dropping vistas and superlative natural splendor. The winding ribbon of road traverses some of the most breathtaking scenery in the Pacific Northwest. It features jagged rock monoliths, deserted beaches and sweeping sand dunes that have been sculpted by harsh winds and crashing waves over the course of millennia. Oregon’s southern coastline is a testament to nature’s capacity for both careful creation and heedless destruction. And nowhere is its harsh and fragile beauty more spectacular than…
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6 Things to do on a Whidbey Island Day Trip from Seattle
For stressed-out Seattleites, Whidbey Island is an idyllic emerald escape. The spindly vertical isle in Washington’s Puget Sound features evergreen forests, cozy waterside towns, sweeping beaches, and soaring mountain views. It is the type of place where artists set up shop, where waves lap gently against lonely windswept beaches, and where the humdrum of city life seems worlds away. At about 57 miles long and 10 miles wide, Whidbey is the largest island in Western Washington’s Puget Sound. Its wealth of tourist attractions and proximity to Seattle make it a…
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The Best Beaches in St John, USVI
The tiny Caribbean island of St John is home to untouched wilderness and pristine landscapes. It is a fleck of emerald in a sapphire sea. A place where nature still rules supreme. With its blanket of greenery, its idyllic beaches, and its translucent waters, the small territory is the most scenically endowed of the three main U.S. Virgin Islands (USVI). St John wears a thick green cloak of gnarled trees and spiky cacti. These forested hillsides—part of a US Virgin Islands National Park—cover two thirds of the island’s surface. Beyond…
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Day Trip to Mount St Helens National Monument
Four decades ago, Mount St Helens unleashed the most destructive eruption in modern US history. The volcano’s explosion expelled 520 million tons of ash that darkened the skies above Washington State. The plumes of smoke traveled eastward nearly 2,000 miles across the country—leaving a blanket of ash in their wake. The eruption of Mount St Helens created the largest debris avalanche in recorded history. It killed 57 people in its path, and wiped away much of the mountain’s northern face. Today—forty years after the explosion forever changed the appearance of…
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Making the Most of One Day in Maui
As a flight attendant, I’ve grown accustomed to seeing the world from a birds-eye vantage point. In fact, the notion of lounging on a beach merely hours before floating through the sky is nothing really out of the ordinary. It is just part of my life. But until I drove to the top of Haleakala Volcano for aerial views of the Hawaiian island chain, I didn’t know it was possible to view the world from sea level and 10,000 feet—within the span of two hours—without setting foot on an aircraft.…
