Melinda Crow

Melinda Crow is a freelance contributor to TravelPulse focusing on advice, soft adventure, family travel, culinary travel and cruising. She is the author of four Falcon Guides, including Camping New Mexico and Camping Colorado. Her passion for travel has taken her and award-winning photographer husband, Gary, to 38 U.S. states and 32 countries spread across four continents. Her favorite routine in a new destination is to find a small grocery store and buy a local beer. She is a six-time North American Travel Journalist Association award winner—including two gold prizes. She blogs at FirstRead.Me.