Program 759: Bowen Island, BC; Alaska Beyond the Cruise Ports; Iceland Summer

Hear about the slower pace of life on Bowen Island, just offshore from bustling Vancouver, British Columbia. Then get tips for exploring Alaska beyond its cruise ship ports. And vicariously experience a summer hike across Iceland's dramatic backcountry.

• University of British Columbia anthropology professor and author Wade Davis
• Lisa Maloney, author of "Moon Alaska" guidebook (Avalon Travel) and "Day Hiking Southcentral Alaska" (Mountaineers Books)
• Kurt Caswell, author of "Iceland Summer" (Trinity University Press)

• Wade Davis is a professor of anthropology at the University of British Columbia and lives on Bowen Island, BC. He writes about his love for the country of Colombia in his recent book "Magdalena: River of Dreams."
• Wade Davis talks to Rick about the Rio Magdalena in Colombia on Travel with Rick Steves program #633 from March 2021.
• Lisa Maloney writes the Moon Alaska guidebook. Lisa also posts articles on hiking in greater Anchorage, even in winter, on her Hiking Alaska website, and is the author of "Day Hiking Southcentral Alaska." She's also found on social media at @hikingalaska.
• Kurt Caswell wrote "Iceland Summer" about his hiking adventure along the Ring Road in Iceland. He also filed dispatches from his trip for McSweeneys.
• Kurt also spoke with Rick on program #731 in October 2023 about his experiences hiking around Iceland and investigating its historic literature, the Sagas.
• The Artangel website has photos from the Library of Water, overlooking a bay in Stykkishólmur on Iceland's Snæfellsnes Peninsula.