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How to Stop A Train in its Tracks

Added by Linda Ballou on November 7, 2011 at 7:17pm — No Comments

Wild West Wander Part I

Join me on a whirlwind romp around arguable the most scenic byway in America-The San Juan Skyway in Southwest Colorado. I show you out to get our of…

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Added by Linda Ballou on November 7, 2011 at 7:00pm — No Comments

Another Great Review for Travel Memoir "Lost Angel Walkabout"

Adventure travel writer Linda Ballou knows how to bring home a great story when she goes on a trip: Get into trouble. For her, the deeper the water, the fouler the weather, the more hazards underfoot and overhead, the better the story will be to tell.

Think about the alternative. You come back from your journey and tell your friends and family that you encountered no… Continue

Added by Linda Ballou on October 20, 2011 at 9:47am — 2 Comments

Destination Deep Time-Rafting the Grand Canyon

Please check out my article on the incredible journey through one of the seven natural wonders of the world!

Rafting the Grandest Canyon of All!

Added by Linda Ballou on July 12, 2011 at 10:50am — No Comments

Travel Wellness Guru meets adventure travel writer-Linda Ballou

Elaine Masters, author of Drive Time Yoga, and host of the women’s radio show Gathering Roads interviews adventure-travel writer Linda Ballou.

In just 15 minutes you learn why Linda is in such a hurry to get to as many beautiful places she can before they are gone. Just in from rafting the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon and on her way to the lofty peaks in the San… Continue

Added by Linda Ballou on July 7, 2011 at 11:34pm — No Comments

Just in from rafting the Grandest Canyon of All

Working on articles now..more to come!

Linda Ballou

Added by Linda Ballou on May 24, 2011 at 11:22pm — No Comments

Praise for Lost Angel from Across the Pond

I am Thrilled with this review from the Quirky Traveller, Zoe Dawes, who hosts travel writer and blogging workshops in England will be using my book as an

example of good travel writing in her classes.

5.0 out of 5 stars Feisty tales from a brilliant storyteller, 2 May 2011

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Zoe Dawes "Quirky Traveller" (Cumbria) - See all my reviews

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Added by Linda Ballou on May 11, 2011 at 12:19am — No Comments

Praise for Lost Angel Walkabout from Across the Pond

5.0 out of 5 stars Feisty tales from a brilliant storyteller, 2 May 2011

By

Zoe Dawes "Quirky Traveller" (Cumbria) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Lost Angel Walkabout (Paperback)

So enjoyed this book. Linda has a really engaging way of writing and manages to change the style and tone of her stories depending on the circumstances. I was… Continue

Added by Linda Ballou on May 11, 2011 at 12:16am — No Comments

Entering the Great Abyss

Last April I crawled out onto Shoshone Point on the South Rim and stared into the Great Abyss. It was a bit windy that day so I held onto a boulder to keep from being blown into oblivion. As I watched the fast moving clouds cast shadows upon the striated walls of amber, purple and mauve, I yearned to know the pulsing heart of the grandest gorge of them all. The terra cotta river… Continue

Added by Linda Ballou on April 22, 2011 at 2:14pm — 1 Comment

Featured travel writer on NATJA

I am very pleased to be the featured writer on the North American Travel Journalist Association home page. I have been a member of NATJA for over decade. It is a wonderful organization providing a platform and resources for expert, or budding travel writers alike. They help writers get their pieces placed and provide up to date… Continue

Added by Linda Ballou on April 20, 2011 at 12:13pm — No Comments

I am the first featured travel writer in the spring issue of Travel World Magazine

I am pleased to the first featured adventure-travel writer in the new and improved Travel World International Magazine. The March issue is dedicated to adventure travel from “Hiking on the Edge” in China’s Tiger Leaping Gorge to “Following the Herd” in Tanzania. Editor, Donna M. Airoldi asked me some pointed questions about why somebody chooses to do what I do that I… Continue

Added by Linda Ballou on March 28, 2011 at 11:34pm — No Comments

Lost Angel Walkabout Brings home the Bronze

Lost Angel Walkabout-One Traveler’s Tales bagged the Bronze in the North

American Travel Journalists Association (NATJA) 2010 competition in the travel

Narrative/Guidebook category! This awards competition, now in its 19th year, honors

the “best of the best” in travel writing and photography.

“We were extremely pleased with this year’s (500) entries; they were outstanding, both

in quality of work and range of coverage, “said Helen Hernandez, CEO of NATJA the… Continue

Added by Linda Ballou on March 7, 2011 at 11:56pm — No Comments

Lost Angel has fun conversation with Yolanda Rene

Linda Ballou author

Linda Ballou shares highlights in her new book Lost Angel Walkabout filled with chills, spills, giggles, and squeaks, along with her secrets on "How to Make Travel Writing Work for You." Join her in this fun "Conversation with author Yolanda Renee on blog talk radio. Plug for Tripatini in here!

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Added by Linda Ballou on February 21, 2011 at 8:35pm — No Comments

Lost Angel Walkabout selected for top travel writing in 2010

Lost Angel Walkabout-One Traveler's Tales was placed on the list of the top travel writing in 2010 by Ellen Barone, adventure journalist and photographer. It excites me to be included on a list with such travel writing luminaries as Tim Cahill and Rolf Potts, both authors I emulate and admire.…

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Added by Linda Ballou on January 4, 2011 at 11:23pm — No Comments

Jack London and Me

As I trotted behind my guide along the trails that Jack London once rode, I imagined myself as one of the many friends he led on horseback rides through his 1,400-acre Beauty Ranch in the early 1900s. We galloped through stands of eucalyptus, madrona, and towering redwood trees that shaded fern-filled glens just as…

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Added by Linda Ballou on December 29, 2010 at 4:30pm — 4 Comments

Praise from a jury of my peers!

I am absolutely over the top with the response from the Vagablogging reviewer for Rolf Potts.

Linda Ballou’s Lost Angel Walkabout isn’t your standard collection of travel essays. At first impression it reads more like nature writing than anything else. Sure, most travelers are drawn to the scenic beauty of the countries they visit, or a powerful sea or desert expanse. However, Ballou brings an intelligent meditation to her travels in the wilderness. Her pages express…

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Added by Linda Ballou on December 20, 2010 at 11:00pm — No Comments

Great Outdoor Days in LA

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Join me at my blog or on Examiner.com for Great Outdoor Days in L.A. Posting.

These are power packed days that cleanse the psyche, rejuvinate the body and inspire the soul.…

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Added by Linda Ballou on November 20, 2010 at 1:30pm — No Comments

A Taste of 'Lost Angel Walkabout': The High Sierras

The world has been spinning for about twenty minutes now. It is the top of the fourth day of my horse-pack trip into the High Sierras. After a long day of riding my legs were weak, I stepped over a rill meandering through the grass, sank into the moss and lost my balance. My fall was shortstopped by a jagged branch jutting…

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Added by Linda Ballou on October 7, 2010 at 8:00pm — No Comments