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 »
Boston’s Historic Harbor
Len Cousineau
October 1, 2012
Other American cities have numerous and significant historic sites, but Boston, Mass., has earned the moniker “Cradle of Liberty” for plenty of good reasons. The first major battle of the American Revolution took place in the Boston area, and the region is teeming with historical sites that played... 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 »
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 »
