Hello fellow HE Travelers, I’m sitting on the balcony of the General Palmer Hotel, a historic hotel in downtown Durango, Colorado. I love this town, and I love this hotel! My view looks like something from a movie set. Up the street is the Strater Hotel, which has been visited by many US Presidents. We’ve […]
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Zachary’s Notes – August 2022 – Adventures in Idaho
Greeting fellow HE Travelers, Here’s the latest edition of my travel notes. We just got back from delivering our new Idaho Hiking Getaway tour. It was way more fun than I had expected, and the guys totally loved it! It was hot as hell though; the cool mountain breezes were replaced by a crushing heatwave. […]
Zachary’s Notes July 2022, Switzerland Hiking and Time with the In-Laws
Hello Fellow HE Travelers, We’ve been up to quite a bit lately! We drove back to Salt Lake City around the first part of June… We then frantically got a few projects further along, before hopping on a plane. Not only that, but we then flew to Switzerland and joined our Alpenglow Swiss Hiking Tour […]
Zachary’s Notes – Resurrecting the Dock in Cedar Key, Florida – June 2022
Greetings fellow HE Travelers, This last month has been a whirlwind of adventure. Trisha was in Botswana hosting one of our groups, so I was stuck home by myself for 20 days. To prevent loneliness, I invited my construction buddy Ethan Higbee to Cedar Key, to help me work on fixing our dock while she […]
Zachary’s Notes – From Salt Lake to Cedar Key to Mexico – April 1st, 2022
I’m currently in Mexico getting ready to host our Mexico City – Puebla Gay Cultural Tour. There are 8 guys in the group, which is within my favorite group sizes, so this should be a lot of fun! I’ll blog about the tour experience and share photos within the next few weeks if you’re interested to know more.
Zachary’s Notes – Transitions in Travel -February 8th, 2022
My niece Emily is Openly Trans.
She’s been transitioning since shortly before the Pandemic. For the last two months, she’s been working on the new building project next door with me. The two of us have been going like crazy to rebuild the bottom floor. I’ve even personally put in a few 15-hour days and all-nighters…phew.






