Mount Rainier National Park is the most popular park in the state. It has fantastic areas to explore. The Mountain is a popular challenge for people wishing to scale the peak. The park also has 240 miles of trails and is a super place to visit.
Established in 1899. 235,625 acres (97% is designated Wilderness). Includes […]
Ecuador’s Cuenca, a city of 300,000, sits in what passes for a valley in the Andes: It is 8,200 feet above sea level and flanked by still higher mountains.
It carries the legacy of Spanish occupation in its lovely Old Town, now a Unesco World Heritage Site.
And it is renowned as the home of the Panama […]
Ondeck Sailing has been operating as a Powerboat School for more than ten years. The new venture Ondeck Sailing have made on sailing yachts means the business has built on top of the already current sea training service to supply a comprehensive choice of experiences aboard high performance ocean racing yachts, for skippered charter, company […]
For the first time ever, my husband and I are going to go skiing in the majestic Rocky Mountains: in March of 2006 we are going to go to stay a week in Banff, Alberta and we are also going to explore Lake Louise, the turquoise jewel of the Canadian Rockies. As we have never […]
Recently I attended a Boy Scout Leader Roundtable meeting where they held a Pressurized Fuel Training session. The focus of this training was to teach leaders what they should be teaching boy scouts about safety rules for using primarily cooking stoves, but also lanterns and heaters that use propane or liquid fuels under pressure. […]
Many times we have been asked what trees should be replanted in
an area where trees have failed. Replacing with the same species
that has died out is not a good idea unless you can identify why
your trees that you are replacing failed. Colorado spruce should
be replaced them with Black Hills spruce or Norway Spruce. The
clump white […]
If you are looking for a great city park to enjoy a day in the Florida Sunshine, look no further than Pinellas County. It is bursting with sensational parks with natural surroundings and beautiful views. In North Pinellas you have three parks that stand out from the rest. John Chestnut Sr. Park […]
The largest small craft harbor in the United States, Newport Beach Harbor in Newport Beach, California is not only picturesque, but also full of recreational boating opportunities, from taking a harbor cruise to renting a kayak. It’s even enjoyable from land, whether strolling around Balboa Island or along the bayside of the peninsula.
Newport Harbor […]
So why do we like to hike and camp? Most of us would say that there is nothing like the closeness of nature at her finest. Hiking brings you closer to the natural world and puts you in touch with things you may have lost or forgotten: things that civilization takes from us. […]
There are all kinds of trips and vacations that you can go on.
Trips don’t have to be formal. They can be a random walk thru
the countryside or a walk thru a park. Now how about a new
twist. Go hunt for space junk, meteorites , or indian artifacts.
Each year ten of thousands of meteorites hit the […]