Linda Ballou

Then and Now in Colorado with Isabella Bird Then and Now in Colorado with Isabella Bird Our travel writer Linda Ballou was chosen as the Isabella Bird expert to be interviewed for ‘Trailblazers,” a three-part BBC documentary about th..Read more Riding in the Hoof Prints of Isabella Bird Riding in the Hoof Prints of Isabella Bird Fired by the rapturous descriptions of Estes Park and surrounds by Isabella Bird, a plucky Englishwoman who rode 800-miles solo in the Rockies in 1873..Read more Wildlife Jamboree on the Central Coast Wildlife Jamboree on the Central Coast By Linda Ballou Winter on the Central Coasts means fewer tourists and plentiful wildlife. Birds and marine mammals gather there in chaotic profusion from December to ..Read more   There’s No Place Like Home: The Big Blue There’s No Place Like Home: The Big Blue Whether it is the deep swells of azure blue in Hawai’i, the teasing turquoise of a tropical lagoon, or the curling blue waves that crash in foamy wh..Read more Mom’s Meadow Mom’s Meadow After eleven years, I decided it was time to deliver the fruitcake my mother had sent me in 2009 just before she passed away. I would take it to the m..Read more Quarantine at Q-Station in Sydney Harbor ca. 1917 Quarantine at Q-Station in Sydney Harbor ca. 1917 Are you suffering from 2020 Pandemic fatigue? Count your blessings. January 12, 2020 was a brilliant day in Sydney Harbor when I boar..Read more