Hi, I’m Robert Cooke, by sharing my travel experiences and photography I hope to encourage you to explore, and engage with, our fascinating and diverse world.

The website title is a play on one of my favorite travel audiobooks, John Steinbeck’s “Travels with Charley: In Search of America”. The book describes his travel adventures across America in a camper truck with his poodle, Charley. I similarly love traveling in my Land Cruiser with my companion Bruin, a Norfolk Terrier.

I have been fortunate to have visited very many wonderful places, but apart a few trip reports for a mountain club, I have not recorded them. I am correcting this by writing the Blog articles to document my travel and share what I learn from the various experiences.

I welcome feedback to improve both my photography and writing, please send me your thoughts on how I can do better. Suggestions for places to visit will also be appreciated.

The blog articles do not provide specific location details as it generally easy to find this information on the web, and the secret locations should stay that way. But I will be happy to provide more information directly via email when I understand your travel objectives.

Please subscribe to the web site on the Contact page to receive monthly emails with links my recent articles and updates on my travels.

Thanks

Rob