| We started traveling together about 10 years ago, right after we sold a business we grew together in Sacramento, CA. (That was an experience - trying to work with someone you love when you both think you're the boss! It was so dramatic that we wrote a book about it!) Our first real adventure together as married people was in the Baja. I guess you could say it was our honeymoon because we went shortly after we got married. Anyway, that trip was a first for both of us and such a sensational experience in so many ways. First of all we backpacked! At our age... Then we jumped on a Mexican bus in Tijuana and stayed on until we felt like getting off! At our age... Eventually we got all the way to Land's End - Cabo San Lucas. It was so wonderful that we flew back home, got some clothes, came back and rented a house on the beach for the rest of the summer in a little fishing village about an hour and a half north of Cabo. The Baja is exquisite - desert and ocean side by side - wow! It's unspoiled - sure there are mega resorts, 5 star dining, etc. etc. But get off the beaten path and you'll see what I mean. The people are warm - and really, people DO make the difference when you travel. It is through them that you really experience the essence of a place. It's unlimited - there are endless ways to enjoy yourself, in the water and on the land. Sailing, windsurfing, diving, snorkeling, dune buggying (is that a word?), golfing, hiking, deep sea fishing and on and on. Well, you might think we've never traveled before and that's why we loved it so much. Not so. In fact our travels have taken us all over the world - although we haven't even scratched the surface yet. But we're working on that too. Half the fun of travel is sharing your experiences with others - you know what I mean. So in 1999 we created FunTripsLIVE.com, a travel series featuring popular and not-so-well known highlights and activities of favorite destinations. We did this because traveling to us is not about a tour group, or merely site seeing. It is not a spectator sport. For us it's about having an experience, which means local flavor and the people that make that happen. To show you what I mean: Thanks to our daughter-in-law, who was a medical student at the time, we went along on a medical missionary boat down the Amazon to the villages along the banks. That's local. In New Orleans, we took a cooking class with one of the great chef's in the city. He taught us how to make gumbo, pralines and bread pudding. That's local. In the Baja, we stayed in a yurt in a place called Buena Vista. The yurt had a outdoor tub that faced the Sea of Cortez and filled up with underground hot springs. That's local. Hidden in the mountains west of Santa Fe, we discovered hundreds of natural hot springs and got right in there with the locals taking a soak. That's very local.
In St. John, Virgin Islands...
In Scotland...
In Russia...
In Belize... In real life, we have to be grounded - to some degree anyway. Dub is an artist - he creates unique sculptures and dramatic textures that rich people put in their homes. You can see more about him and his work at his website www.dubjames.com. I'm the 'techie' in the team and do web design and development, web marketing (which is my favorite thing to do) and freelance writing. You can see more about me on my website www.sbi-works.com So here we are, still living on the edge, traveling when we can, where we can and loving the people we meet along the way and those that log on to come along with us. We'd love for you to join us too. It's fun. It's an adventure. It's living large! | 
