I am a freelance travel, and ski journalist and nonfiction writer living on the Truckee River near Squaw Valley Ski Area, with roots deep in the San Francisco Bay Area, and on the California ranch where I grew up.

Its been my pleasure to travel up, down, and over the Andes (on foot, skis, and horseback) in Argentina, Chile, Peru, Bolivia and Ecuador. The articles and photographs that resulted from my travels have been published in the San Francisco Chronicle, The Boston Globe, LA Times and International Living. The LA Times Magazine ran a four-page piece I wrote on Argentina, and two biographies I wrote on western ski pioneers were published in Ski Heritage Magazine. In 2000, I wrote three chapters and the introduction for the original Fodor’s Argentina Guide, and have updated the Wine Region and Northern Patagonia chapters every two years since. My story of the 1960 Olympics in Squaw Valley is in the December 2009 issue of Atlantic Monthly.

After more than ten years as a travel writer, I’ve learned to search, analyze, and record information on places and experiences of interest to all kinds of travelers—families, individuals, special interest groups, outdoor enthusiasts—of all ages and income levels. The discipline of ferreting out correct and current facts, and the joy of sleuthing the new best place to eat, sleep, play, and explore, have honed my skills as a traveler and a travel writer.

Being bilingual in Spanish and married to a gregarious Argentine Olympic skier, I have been privy to “insider tips,” personal anecdotes, advice, and inspiration from a network of friends, relatives, and contacts in his country as well as in other Latin countries I have visited. My lust for the open road and fascination for terra incognita has led us to destinations in his country unknown even to him.

The greatest joy I derive from writing is sharing the joy of discovery and introducing the reader to a place and its people through words that inform, inspire, and surprise. Even if the reader never goes there, I want him to feel he’s been there.