One of our July 2017 Splash! Grand Canyon Rafting launches inspired HE traveler, David Kelly, to do a little writing. We can’t blame him, the Grand Canyon is one of the most beautiful natural attractions the United States has to offer. It’s even more beautiful from the bottom, but you have to see it to really believe it. […]
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Splash! An Adventure in Understanding your Place in the World (Part 3)
by Kaleb Smith, HE Travel Storyteller This is the last in a three-part series of blog posts about my adventure in the Grand Canyon. If you missed the first two, please click to Read Part 1 or Part 2 Canyon Day 5: We hiked up a side river and finished by splashing around under a waterfall. After a […]
Splash! An Adventure in Understanding your Place in the World (Part 2)
by Kaleb Smith, HE Travel Storyteller This is the second in a series of three blog posts. Read Part 1 HERE. Canyon Day 3: Today was incredible. We came to one of our first hiking areas, high up the canyon wall, called Nankoweep, the Ancient Puebloan Granary. Once we reached the site, our Captain Adam told us how the natives […]
Splash! An Adventure in Understanding your Place in the World (Part 1)
by Kaleb Smith, HE Travel Storyteller Pre-Canyon Day 1: Leaving Home I woke up late, but then maybe I should have actually set my alarm. Fail. I also should have gone to bed at a decent hour, but when my hot fiancé was ready for some intimate time before I left home for ten days…well, use […]
Keynote Address at International Gay and Lesbian Travel Association World Conference
By Hanns Ebensten; Vancouver, May 14th, 2004 Good morning: As you can see, I am a very old man, and it amazes me to see the mayor of the City of Vancouver, and other dignitaries here today to welcome a homosexual gathering – because, when I was young, we were all criminals and lived furtive […]
Zach’s Account of Grand Canyon Splash (Part 2)
This is the second in a two-part series. If you missed Part 1, Click Here! Day 5 Continued: For those of you that read Part one, you may have noticed that I did not include details about dinner or happy hour from Day 5. It’s because we were having too much fun!! When we got […]