Welcome to Latitude 65

Jubilados Savouring the Journey

We (‘Spice’ and ‘Magellan’) are a newly retired couple with a passion for active independent travel. One of our first trips after turning 65 was to Spain, which explains its melodious word for retirees—jubilados—in our tagline. What will you get by taking vicarious trips with us? Ideas, insight and inspiration.

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Laying Aside Our Plans

Chicken? Not our taste, though many find it “eggs-ellent.” Instead, we flocked off down Alaska’s Taylor Highway for seventeen miles to a camp spot more

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Røros: Seven Lucky Nuggets

There’s nowhere quite like Røros anywhere in Scandinavia, perhaps even anywhere in the world. (David Nikel, MOON’s Norway.) Yes indeed, David. For reasons you mention—and

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The Enchanted Season

Ballet-slipper pink, wedding-dress white, purest cameo; blossoms are crowning the streets of Vancouver in this, the enchanted season.

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Disloyal Subjects

“Flush it out of the park.” Harsh words in my diary written after Magellan and I hiked the King’s Throne Trail in Yukon’s Kluane National

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