I fell in love with the desert in college and Springdale - Zion National Park - will always be my home away from home. I lived there, hiked there, climbed there on and off for over 10 years and often wonder why I ever left.

When I'm not working or wrangling my two curious, inspiring kids, I'm daydreaming about my next trip down south or plotting how to get back to the flour white beaches of Virgin Gorda and Anegada.

And when the rat race is too much and the red rock and beach are out of reach, I know just getting outside is always the answer. . .