Travel: Adventure Archives - Brad A. Johnson

Review: AutoCamp Joshua Tree

AutoCamp redefined the American campground several years ago with its Airstream "hotel" campsites. Opened in 2021, AutoCamp’s third location was this roadside trailer park five miles from the West Entrance of California’s Joshua Tree National Park, 40 miles northeast of Palm Springs.

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R.I.P. Crystal Cruises (Update: Returning in 2023!)

UPDATE: After being arrested and confiscated in the Bahamas, both the Serenity and Symphony have been purchased by Abercrombie & Kent and will sail again in 2023.

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Photo of the Week: Rocky Creek Bridge, Big Sur, California

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Australia’s Winter Truffles are in Season. Get Some While You Can!

Although it’s summertime here in the United States, it is winter in Australia, where black truffle season is underway. The black truffle that grows so beautifully in Manjimup, Western Australia, is the…

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Photo of the Week: Horstman Hut, Whistler Blackcomb

It's hard to fathom the vastness of Whistler Blackcomb ski resort. Between the two mountains, this place is truly colossal. I snapped this photo at the top of Blackcomb at Horstman Hut, a no-frills dining cabin at an elevation of a few feet shy of 7,500 feet.

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Moveable Beast: My Trip Aboard the Maiden Flight of the A380

Singapore Airlines flight SQ380—the first commercial flight of the Airbus A380—taxied down the runway of Singapore’s Changi International Airport. I was strapped into seat 26F, in the second-to-last row of…

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Where to Eat in Telluride

Telluride is a great place to ski. It's also a great place to eat.

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Photo of the Week: Four Seasons Punta Mita Yacht

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Heli-Fishing at Nimmo Bay, BC

The helicopter lifts, then tilts back, back, back… The trees spin sideways. The bay slips out from under us. The sky comes rushing forward. Clouds. Blue. An eagle… The trees begin righting themselves. We were upside down for only a split second before completing the loop-d-loop. It’s the closest I’ve ever come to weightlessness, and though I want to retain my composure, I can’t wipe the silly grin off my face. We feather toward the lake, landing softly on one of the resort’s three over-water helipads.

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