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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 […]
Magical Gay Safari Experience
There’s something magical and mystical about a gay safari in Southern Africa. It offers one of those rare experiences where we humans are guests of nature, on their scale. The animals run free, following instincts honed by their species over the millennia. We humble visitors are dwarfed by the grandeur of the surroundings while in our protective vehicle or safari lodge. We can learn a lot about living in harmony with nature by observing the people whose ancestors have long co-existed with the animals.
Gay History: His-Stories, My-Stories, Your-Stories, Our-Stories
For the past couple of months, I have prepared to move our Salt Lake City headquarters to a new location a couple of blocks away. With the goal of moving as little as possible, I scanned and recycled most of our paper files. What an amazing journey this has been to read through items collected […]
A Half-Century of Gay Travel
22 marks 50 years since HE Travel’s founder Hanns Ebensten put a small ad in New York’s After Dark arts magazine. Hanns’ future tour director Cal Culver (aka gay porn star Casey Donovan) appeared on their cover. Hanns invited “discerning gentlemen” to join him for a week in the Grand Canyon the following year, thus initiating a half-century of gay travel.
Zachary’s Notes October 2021 – Travel Rebounding
Hello fellow HE Travelers, With travel rebounding, I have returned to share my thoughts and amazing adventures with you again. Getting back out on tour There are a lot of great places you can go right now. It just takes a little more effort and work to get you there. Safety is a much bigger […]