West End independent travel agent Nancy Dorrans takes readers around the world in search of adventure.
The Art and Craft of the Accidental Gardener by Nancy Dorrans If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need. -Marcus Tullius Cicero, 43 BC If you have a passport and a ga... Read more
Ideas for Biking from Locals and From Away… by Nancy Dorrans There’s a sense of freedom and control that wraps around me as I pump up my tires, don my helmet and head out and off the Portlan... Read more
Bucket Lists and Travel Tips What is on your bucket list? Or maybe I should start with, “What is a Bucket List?” According to Travis Bell, the Bucket List Guy, “A bucket list is, by de... Read more
by Nancy Dorrans Last month I traveled south just before Easter. While it was still cool, damp and gray/brown in Portland, where I was headed spring was in full bloom. My sister had invited... Read more
by Nancy Dorrans Earlier this winter I was invited by the Bermuda Tourism Authority to learn more about the island as an “Adventure Destination.” This is the tale of my Bermuda adventu... Read more
Travel with Nancy Dorrans Sunny Side Positive Posts One of my Facebook friends posted this plea in late January: “Stop POSTING POLITICS EVERYONE!!” Okay I get it. Although I’m excited that s... Read more
From Maine to DC We got they-ah from he-ah! Nancy charters a bus to the Women’s March by Nancy Dorrans While in Iceland last November, days after the election I heard the low rumbling across... Read more
Happy New Year and Peace on Earth by Nancy Dorrans “Let peace begin with me, let this be the moment now, with every breath I take let this be my solemn vow…” -By Jill Jackson Miller and Sy... Read more
How to embrace warmth with a little insight from those who know the cold. by Nancy Dorrans Last December, Portland experienced a long and record-shattering mild spell, which peaked during Ch... Read more
Grandma Dorrans and the Isle of Lewis by Nancy Dorrans I founded Adventure Marketplace in 2014, but my love for travel stems from a childhood love for my grandmother, Bessie Macleod. My fath... Read more
