My Life
Skin offerings to the sun god: adventures with skin cancer
Skin offerings to the sun god, as I call my adventures with skin cancer, began early for me. I was born in the sixties (before the invention of sunscreen) I grew up in Hawaii, and I had red hair—the “trifecta of doom,” as the first of my many dermatologists called...
Olympic National Park, Day 27-28 #MikeandTobyTravels
We headed for Olympic National Park and cut our time short on Lopez Island for two reasons: 1) to distract me from getting too sad over saying goodbye to the kids, who needed to return to their lives in California as of Sunday afternoon, and 2) to get more time to see...
On getting lost. #MikeandTobyTravels
Getting lost isn't fun, but the thing about adventure is that you can’t just have the pleasant parts. Adventure, by definition, involves risk. Sometimes that risk starts out as innocent fun, and then devolves into something much less pleasant. But let me get to that...
Lopez Island in the San Juans #MikeandTobyTravels
We blew out of the Days Inn in Ellensburg, Washington, with its inedible breakfast (nothing but carbs and a few sad, bruised apples clearly a week past their expiration date) and got on the road for Anacortes. We were somewhere in the middle of Washington, and though...
Drive Day 22 of #MikeandTobyTravels
We awoke to approaching thunderstorms in Glacier National Park on day 22 of our trip, and we had a long way to drive today. We prolonged the journey out of the park and along the thirty miles of the Going to the Sun Road by stopping to take vista shots of the deep...
Glacier National Park, Montana: Day 21 of #MikeandTobyTravels
(Click on any photo to expand and click through as a gallery) The 21st day of our road trip, current location Glacier National Park,...
Radium Hot Springs to Glacier National Park, Day 20 #MikeandTobyTravels
Radium Hot Springs to Glacier National Park, Day 20 #MikeandTobyTravels (click on photos to open slideshow!) The Apple Tree Motel, a roadside operation in Radium Springs, was run by a Luddite with frazzled blond hair and a weary smile. “I refuse to run this place off...
My Writing
Debuting PASSAGES!
Introducing PASSAGES: Camping in Changing Times, by Toby Neal…A newsletter written from a 21 foot trailer while road tripping around the USA.
Wired Ghost, Paradise Crime Thriller 11, is LIVE
Grab WIRED GHOST, Paradise Crime Thriller #11, a book advanced readers say is, "Almost too hot to handle!" "Wired Ghost was a heart-stopping thrill ride that had all the feels rolled into one truly amazing story." ~Goodreads "This is one heck of a fantastic story,...
Razor Rocks, #13 in Paradise Crime Mysteries with Lei, is here!
Grab the long-awaited 13th book in the USA Today bestselling Paradise Crime Mystery series with Lei! Advance readers rave: "Worth the wait! Toby wove catch-ups with beloved characters in Razor Rocks, and even though there were highly emotional storylines interwoven...
Wired Truth, Paradise Crime #10, is here!
Wired Truth, Paradise Crime #10, is here! Grab it while it's on Launch Special at 3.99 on all retailers, and get the book readers are raving about! "I keep saying this but it’s true. This series continues to get better! Sophie keeps growing and developing. The...
Freckled: a Memoir of Growing Up Wild in Hawaii…is here!
Freckled: a Memoir of Growing Up Wild in Hawaii, my story of growing up on Kauai, debuted on December 30. It's been unlike any other book launch. People who know about the book have been emailing and messaging me to tell them how the book affected them, to share their...
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