A 190-mile Vermilion Cliffs Loop

This would be quite a road trip, but our sources said that visiting the Vermilion Cliffs would be worth it. Before we begin a description of our journey, though, I beg your indulgence to poke around the word “vermilion”. The linguistic detour started with a “Hey Marcy, is ‘Vermilion’, one ‘L’ or two?” It turns […]
ITALY ON A BUDGET

Marcy called me at work one afternoon last fall and announced that Gate1 Travel was having a flash sale for independent travel to Italy – just $499 for an 8 day “Heart of Tuscany” tour including airfare from New York, car, hotel, and breakfast. It sounded way too good to be true, but we called […]