Black Bear Scenic Byway
Alan Rider
November 1, 2012
While piercing cries echoed from the surrounding swamp like a flashback from some black-and-white Tarzan movie, I dipped my paddle into the still, tea-colored waters of Alexander Springs Creek. Though the wild waterway my family and I are canoeing is only about one hour from Florida’s world-famous... Read more »
Oysters and Seafood in Eastpoint, Florida
Bill Graves
October 25, 2012
Highway 98 crosses Apalachicola Bay on a bridge that’s four miles long. The bridge is not that high — it gives enough clearance to accommodate shrimp boats — but Florida is flat, so I have a good view. To the south is a 28-mile-long barrier island called St. George. Its tallest structure is a lighthouse,... Read more »
Cherokee Foothills National Scenic Highway
Pamela Selbert Photos by Guy Selbert
October 24, 2012
When it comes to spectacular fall color, South Carolina takes the cake. Driving south in early November along Interstate 26 toward Cherokee Foothills National Scenic Highway, we were treated to a dazzling display that went on for miles. It was a Technicolor show as fine as anything Disney ever produced.... Read more »
Glacial Hills Scenic Byway in Kansas
Pamela Selbert Photos by Guy Selbert
October 22, 2012
The brochure’s invitation to “travel through history along our river bluff road” was too tempting to ignore. Photos showed the two-lane Glacial Hills Scenic Byway crossing over a rise, and then diving amid groves of oaks and maples festive in fall color. The serpentine Missouri River, thick woods... Read more »
Good times and good friends rollin’ from Louisville to Daytona
Sue Bray
October 11, 2012
The excitement began as 2,033 RVs from all across North America, and even as far away as Australia, rolled into Louisville, Ky., and it continued building over the next few days as thousands of Good Sam Rally-goers attended four days of seminars, ranging from computer technology to traveling to Alaska... Read more »
Watching A Five-Story Building Float By
Bill Graves
October 9, 2012
Off and on it rained, but mostly the sky just hung there, grey and depressing. That’s the way it had been all day coming up Interstate 75 from Lower Michigan. Here in Sault Ste. Marie, the Interstate climbs the bridge over the St. Marys River for its last two miles, hits the Canadian border and ends. I’m... Read more »
The Scenic Route: Pacific Coast Scenic Byway
Alan Rider
September 27, 2012
Standing 500 feet above the crashing waves and rugged cliffs of the Oregon coast, I am struck by a somewhat counterintuitive notion. As inspiring as this panorama is, my family and I aren’t necessarily here for the scenery. In fact, if this first trip in our yearlong quest to explore America’s... Read more »
Wisconsin’s Elkhart Lake
Irene Middleman Thomas
September 19, 2012
Photography courtesy Elkhart Lake Tourism There’s a small village on the shores of a crystal-clear lake in Wisconsin that you will wish you had heard of a long time ago. Elkhart Lake, a bit larger than a mile in size with about 1,000 permanent residents, offers vacationers just about anything they... Read more »
Sweet Fall Fun in Vermont
Nicholas Upton, Digital Editor
September 17, 2012
Leaves are leaves are leaves — until September comes and dried up leaves becomes big, beautiful business. You know that amazing picture of fall foliage over a babbling stream under the light of a bright clear day? Well, it was probably taken in Vermont. Vermont is home to some of the most breathtaking... Read more »
Bighorn Canyon National Recreation Area
Len Cousineau
September 14, 2012
For millions of years, the waterway that today bisects northern Wyoming and southern Montana flowed north, carving a deep canyon that made interacting with the river dangerous for the people who later would inhabit the river’s banks. Yet the Bighorn River became downright friendly to travelers and... Read more »
