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 […]
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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 […]
The Ice Hotel in Sweden (Part 1)
By Zachary Moses This is one of the most fun flights I have taken across the ocean. I was in the Norwegian Airlines equivalent of a First Class cabin. I thought I had both seats to myself, but right before the doors closed, my seat mate showed up. He was disheveled, wearing sweatpants, but turned out to be […]
Gratitude
By Phil Sheldon – Thanksgiving 2014 As Americans approach our most important secular holiday of the year, Thanksgiving, I would like to give my thanks for the blessings of the past year. I would like to thank everyone who has entrusted us with their travel plans in 2014. This includes participants on over 40 group […]
Sam and Lou’s Gay Wedding
By Zachary Moses Sam Sirko and Lou Smith just got married. Gay married. Something that only a couple of years ago seemed unattainable and likely decades away. I met Sam and Lou in Key West shortly after I started working at HE Travel. We hit it off as friends, and they joined me on the […]
The Touching Story of the Ensley Key West Wedding
By Philip Sheldon, CEO Our home town of Key West has a long tradition of being a military town, and a more recent but equally important reputation as a very welcoming town for gay men and women. Even during the “Don’t ask don’t tell” era, the two communities co-existed without too much friction. However, now […]