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One Last Thanksgiving
November 29, 2025Thirty-Four Years of Thanks In my gradual adjustment to a new reality outside the orbit of Walking Adventure International, I realized earlier this week that, after 34 years, this will… Read More
Tucson Update: Optional Excursions
October 14, 2025Optional Fun Alert New Info on Optional Excursions A few tantalizing new experiences have been added and we want to share the latest updates on availability for some fan favorites.… Read More
A Heartfelt Thank You
August 8, 2025Dear Fellow Wanderers, As I reflect on the approaching close of a 30+ year journey with Walking Adventures, I’m awestruck at the extraordinary opportunities this winding path has offered, by… Read More
WAI 2.0 – The Adventure Continues
June 18, 2025What started in 1989 as one man’s post-retirement passion has grown into a globe-spanning legacy of exploration. From George Friesen’s early tours through Europe to walking adventures on all seven… Read More
The Future of Walking Adventures
May 20, 2025In the last Saturday Report I promised to give you an update on the 2026 schedule. My announcement is likely not what you were expecting. My wife, Linda, and I… Read More
Mediterranean Antiquities: Greece & Turkey
June 16, 2023by Dan Friesen I’ve been pondering for the past 30 to 45 minutes how best to present the sensory-stretching, paradigm-purging, culture-crossing, brain-busting experience of visiting both Greece and Turkey in… Read More
How “Damn the torpedoes! Full speed ahead!” Led to Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural Address
March 5, 2023By Dan Friesen In 1992, my first year leading tours with my father, George Friesen, we took a crazy, cross-country marathon focused on reaching New England during the fall foliage… Read More