by Stowaway Magazine | Feb 29, 2012 | Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path
This spring, pack away your parachute, hang up your harness, and bind up your bungee, because the world of extreme sports can now offer you much more than the same old activities of jumping out of planes, hanging from cliffs, or diving off bridges with just a cord...
by Stowaway Magazine | Dec 26, 2011 | Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path
The history of the Osoyoos Indian Band of British Columbia begins in a time when only animals and spirits dwelt on the earth. One of the greatest of these creatures was Sen’klip, the coyote. Sen’klip foresaw the coming of humanity and went to prepare the world. He...
by Stowaway Magazine | Oct 1, 2011 | Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path
Ever since European monarchs began building elegant garden mazes for entertainment centuries ago, people have loved the thought of getting lost in a maze. Corn mazes, the American spin on this European tradition, are located in every U.S. state excluding Alaska....
by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 5, 2011 | Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path
I’m awake. It’s dark outside—almost dawn. My roommates are still sleeping in their beds. But I can’t let this opportunity pass me by. I quietly tie on my running shoes and tiptoe toward the door. Slowly I descend the stairs to the front entrance of my hotel. Palo, the...
by Stowaway Magazine | Dec 9, 2010 | Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path
A couple of summers ago, I took a ten-day trip to Europe with my best friend, Jess Ward. We went to Paris, Berlin, and London. We looked at paintings by Monet, walked along the Berlin Wall, and traversed our way through London’s subway system. But it turned out that...
