Hiking

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Alaska is huge—bigger than two Texases put together, with a longer coastline than all the other states...
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If you picture winding, narrow streets filled with scooters and tiny cars when you picture Italy, you’re not...
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The Great Sand Dunes National Park & Preserve in Colorado is a spectacle like no other. Sitting at 750 feet...
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Nestled in the far reaches of Washington State's Olympic Peninsula, Olympic National Park is an enchanting...
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Getting outdoors to go hiking and camping sounds like a great idea, yet what exactly does this exciting...
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Hiking can be a lot of fun, whether you go out for an hour or two or go all the way out into the backcountry...
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The other day my wife returned home from what she called “a quick shopping trip” i.e. shopping spree and...
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Our plane arrived in Quito, Ecuador shortly after midnight. By the time we cleared an extremely long custom...
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One of the nicest places to spend the winter holidays in Italy is Trentino, a mountainous region in the north...
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Sometimes you just want to stay inside in the cold of winter. Someplace cozy, in a comfortable chair next to a...
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There's nothing like it. The landscape looks like it's been painted white. The forest is silent, the boughs...
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Decades ago, I sat in my parent’s family room and watched a 16 mm black and white movie of their honeymoon in...