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One of my favorite things about traveling is accidentally happening upon somewhere awesome when I least expected it. That’s exactly what happened to us in Cape Town, South Africa, when we randomly…
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Hiking “The Walking Trail” Loop At Ventana Big Sur, An Alila Resort
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One of the great things about visiting the Ventana Big Sur, an Alila Resort, is its prime location in the pristine Ventana Wilderness which just so happens to include some of the…
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A Crazy Raven Call At Yosemite National Park
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Now, I’ve been around the world and heard the calls of many birds in my lifetime. But this one actually surprised me, especially because it came from a Raven at Yosemite of…
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Hiking The Petroglyph Trail, Sloan Canyon National Conservation Area (Las Vegas, NV)
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Editor’s Note: This post is part of my series on Las Vegas area Hikes. Also, click here for more information on all things Las Vegas. It’s been called the “Sistine Chapel” of Native American rock art,…
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Hiking The Calico Tanks Trail, Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (Las Vegas, NV)
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Editor’s Note: This post is part my series on Las Vegas hikes. For more posts on all things Las Vegas, click here. In a previous post, I wrote about visiting the Red Rock Canyon…
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Visiting The Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area (Las Vegas, NV)
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Editor’s Note: This post is part my series on Las Vegas hikes. For more posts on all things Las Vegas, click here. Thus far, my “Non-Vegas Vegas Roadtrip” has turned up some surprisingly awesome…
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The best idea in wildlife conservation you didn’t know existed…
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Banff National Park in Alberta, Canada, and the surrounding Canadian National Parks are world-renowned for their mountains, rivers and lakes, glaciers, and wildlife. Yet, they are also leading the world in something…
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Driving the “Going-to-the-Sun” Road in Glacier National Park, Forest Fire Edition
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Up to this point, it had been a surprisingly eventful day to say the least; from having been evacuated from a massive forest fire in Waterton Lakes National Park to happening upon…
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Waterton Lakes National Park, Forest Fire Edition (Alberta, Canada)
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I awoke early in Pincher Creek, inhaled my free breakfast, then drove 35 minutes south to the final Canadian National Park on my epic Parks Canada Discovery Pass tour, Waterton Lakes National Park (a UNESCO…
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Reminder: Get Your Free Parks Canada Discovery Pass
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Have you gotten your free Parks Canada Discovery Pass yet? I was lucky enough to get one earlier this year and I’ve had the opportunity to see five amazing Canadian National Parks:…
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The Columbia Icefield, Jasper National Park (Alberta, Canada)
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Welcome to Jasper National Park! After leaving Calgary for Banff, and then heading up the Icefields Parkway (Highway 93) into Jasper National Park (a UNESCO World Heritage Site), I had finally arrived…
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Driving the Icefields Parkway in Jasper National Park (Alberta, Canada)
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Note: This post covers only the driving portion of the Icefields Parkway. Subsequent posts will feature The Columbia Icefield, The Glacier Skywalk, and Athabasca Falls. Canada Highway 93: The Icefields Parkway is the…
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Travel Experience: Mistico Arenal Hanging Bridges Park (Guanacaste, Costa Rica)
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After the previous day’s trip to Rincon de la Vieja Volcano National Park, it was time for the main attraction of northern Costa Rica: Arenal Volcano. But first, we decided to stop…
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Travel Experience: Ranthambore National Park, India [Part I: Safari]
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For many, the chance to catch a glimpse of a rare endangered Bengal Tiger is reason enough to travel to India. That chance is what brought me to Ranthambore National Park (a…
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