Driving The Ashley River Road In South Carolina
Pamela Selbert
September 10, 2012
Years ago, if you were traveling from Charles Towne in the Carolinas to one of the grand plantations a few miles northwest along the Ashley River, chances are you went by boat. Even long before Europeans settled the area, Ashley River was the major route linking the coast and settlements inland. Fast-forward... Read more »
Migration, Birding and Binoculars
Stuart Bourdon, Editor-In-Chief
September 6, 2012
Autumn is the perfect time for birding, one of America’s fastest-growing outdoor pursuits. It is also the second of the year’s two migratory seasons, when millions of avian travelers are spending weeks at a time winging their way across the landscape, from southern climes where they were growing... Read more »
Strategic Air Command Museum
Russ Steele
August 31, 2012
Having completed 20 years of service in the Air Force, with most of my career in Strategic Air Command (SAC), I collected a number of certificates and plaques that were cluttering up my home office 30 years after retirement. While they were significant to me, recognition of some first-time events in... Read more »
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park
Pamela Selbert
August 31, 2012
On a recent summer morning we stood in front of the Great Falls Tavern Visitor Center, a few feet away from Lock No. 20 and about 14 miles northwest of Washington, D.C., while we waited for the first trip of the day. Park Ranger, John McCarthy, explained that the fine white-stucco visitor center had... Read more »
ATV Riding & Trailer Camping in California’s Sand Dunes
Tom Kaiser, Managing Editor
August 21, 2012
Our basecamp as seen atop a tall dune along Gecko Road looking toward Brawley. Picturing Southern California conjures up images of Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, Newport Beach and San Diego — but there’s so much more to explore beyond the mountains surrounding this cosmopolitan megalopolis. Drive away... Read more »
Santa Fe Artistry and History
Bill Graves
August 14, 2012
Bill Graves People in Santa Fe, N.M. told me it’s the second oldest city in the United States, founded in 1607. I wondered how that could be when our country is not that old. Then someone threw me for a loop, “Look at it this way: If I said that you were the oldest person in the room, then you left... Read more »
Alberta’s Dinosaur Provincial Park
Amanda Lepinski, Associate Editor
August 13, 2012
About 15,000 years ago the area that is now Dinosaur Provincial Park was flat and covered by an ice sheet nearly 2,000 feet thick. Throughout time, the ice thawed to unveil rolling valleys, hills and hoodoos (tall, thin spires of rock) that now cover the park. In 1979, Dinosaur Provincial Park was designated... Read more »
Panhandle Treasures in Texas
Len Cousineau
August 6, 2012
The ancestors of modern Wichita, Pawnee and Caddo peoples inhabited land along the Canadian River in the area currently known as the Texas Panhandle between the years 1150 to 1450. Human habitation in the region stretches back 13,000 years, however, and modern day travelers can study the colorful proof... Read more »
Grand Teton National Park by RV
Pamela Selbert
July 30, 2012
My husband, Guy, and I have visited Grand Teton National Park in northwestern Wyoming a number of times over the years. We always marvel at the rugged beauty of these mountains with mirror-smooth Jackson Lake stretching wide in the valley below. No artist could fabricate a more perfect scene. Under... Read more »
Cabrillo National Monument Educates, Amazes
Len Cousineau
July 23, 2012
San Diego, Calif., is one of the country’s most desirable destinations with fantastic beaches, challenging golf courses and an endless array of restaurants and nightspots. Then there is the world-class San Diego Zoo, Sea World, and the suite of museums at Balboa Park, to name just a few highlights. Tucked... Read more »
