Five for Friday: 5 ways we cut travel expenses

Primitive camping while hiking on Santa Cruz Island, one of California's Channel Islands

In the spirit of wanting to post here on a more frequent basis, I'm adding a regular post called "Five for Friday", as a way to focus on specific travel-related topics and share some of our past travels in what I hope is a useful way. If you have any suggestions for what you'd like to hear about in future "fives", I'd love to hear them!

So, here are the top five ways we try to keep cash in our pockets when we're out seeing the world...

When the fireweed turns to cotton...

…summer will soon be forgotten. It’s a well-known saying in Southeast Alaska and for good reason, because even if it still feels like summer in lot of places in the U.S., it’s definitely autumn-like at home...