Fort Pickens National Seashore Offers a Stunning Getaway
Fort Pickens National Seashore is a terrific getaway to relax, camp, walk, bike, view wildlife and explore marshlands or fort ruins.
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Best Beach Walks: Dungeness Spit on Washington’s Olympic Peninsula
Out on the Olympic Peninsula, north of the Olympic National Park, hike to the New Dungeness Lighthouse in the Dungeness National Wildlife Refuge. It’s an easy 5-mile walk on a sandy beach spit with views of the Olympic Mountains, the San Juan Islands and Canada.
Surprising Yuma, AZ
Surprising Yuma, AZ: If you think, like I did, that Yuma would be pure, dry desert, you’d be wrong. So wrong.
Visiting the Olympic National Park
Planning a trip to the Pacific Northwest? Set aside time to get out to the spectacular Olympic National Park. Out on the Olympic Peninsula, it’s a remote getaway, home to the nation’s only rainforests and snow-capped mountains nearly 8000’ high.
Visit Mission San Miguel Arcangel
Stop at beautiful, historic Mission San Miguel Arcangel north of Paso Robles on your next California road trip.
What the Travel Channel’s “Mysteries at the Museum” Missed
A Yuma Prison museum docent wondered why the Travel Channel’s “Mysteries at the Museum” production would be interested in featuring a woman prisoner responsible for a single stagecoach robbery.
Why Criminals Should Worry About Climate Change
Realizing the closeness of the lake to Las Vegas, I wonder if Lake Mead is the East River of the west. Perhaps criminals should worry about climate change.
Must-see Courthouse in South Bend, WA
On Highway 101 traveling between beaches in Oregon and Washington towards Olympia, Tacoma or Seattle, you could easily miss this gem, the courthouse in South Bend, WA. Plan a purposeful stop in tow
Candidate for The Loneliest Road in America
Should you find yourself on Highway 9 in New Mexico, perhaps the loneliest of roads less traveled in the U.S., enjoy the serenity.
Planning a Trip to California?
A California coastal road trip should include many of these 31 hiking, beach, wildlife and educational destinations.