A weekend away doesn’t have to be packed with craft breweries, late dinners, and a schedule that leaves you more tired than when you arrived. My favorite kind of solo weekend trip to Milwaukee has room for a long museum visit, a lakefront bench, a good meal, and an early return to a comfortable hotel. Milwaukee is a city I know well, and it feels manageable for...
Choosing a campsite can feel harder than deciding to go camping alone. I want a place where I can sleep comfortably, find the bathroom after dark, and enjoy my morning coffee without worrying about the details. You can handle Wisconsin state park camping reservations yourself, even if this is your first solo trip. A little planning gives you breathing room...
As an avid solo traveler, I am always looking for quiet things to do at a destination. Art focused slow travel fits that bill. Being a local, I learned while researching for my book “100 Things To Do In Sheboygan Before You Die,” that there were more art centered things to do than I knew about.
The wind howls off the bay, the driveway is edged with frozen slush, and your kids are staring at the same pile of Lego bricks they have touched a hundred times this week. That is what January in Green Bay can feel like. I know that restless feeling well. I love my home state, but by midwinter I start to feel stuck between the same sledding hill and the same indoor...
The first time I took a solo road trip after 50, my hands shook on the steering wheel. I was excited, but fear sat in the passenger seat. What if I got lost? What if something went wrong and I was alone? Somewhere between cornfields, a quiet small town, and a pink sunset over a lake, that fear softened. I started to feel something else instead. Freedom. Space to...