Got an itch to travel this winter, but not sure where to go? How about a place where you can find great hiking, golfing, skiing, shopping, and ruins to explore? And, all within a few hours drive of one another? Of course that place is Arizona, a state that offers travelers an endless array of things to do in the winter.
Yosemite National Park is one of the most visited parks in the U.S.A. It is here where Ansel Adams shot his most famous photographs after he fell in love with the awe inspiring landscape, the steep cliffs and the magnificent waterfalls.
The Na Pali (‘The Cliffs’) Coast is the Hawaii of your dreams: 22 miles of vibrant green valleys with nearly vertical walls and thundering waterfalls plunging into the sea from cliffs as high as 4,000 feet. Hawaii’s last true wilderness, where no road will ever cross, it is protected as the Na Pali Coast State Park, whose 6,500 acres hug the northwest shore of Kauai between Ke’e Beach and Polihale State Park.
I’m standing on a flat, sandy trail with my two children, then ages 8 and 10, in Utah’s Arches National Park, known for more than 2,000 arches carved by wind and water erosion over millions of years, as well as some funky-shaped rock formations with names like Parade of Elephants, Sheep Rock, The Organ, and Three Gossips.
The beautiful island of Lanzarote is well known as a sunshine destination as it has been attracting visitors from around the world for many decades now. Its delightful climate is a real bonus as even if you are suffering from the winter blues you only have to hop aboard one of the many flights from the UK’s main airports, and chances are, four hours later you’ll be stepping off the plane into glorious sunshine.
Planning a backpack hike in the mountains doesn’t have to be difficult and you don’t have to have a lot of experience to do it. Following some basic guidelines and planning can make you trip to nature much more rewarding and fun.
Born in Shirley Center, Massachusetts, in 1879, Benton MacKeye was a naturalist, an early employee of the U.S. Forest Service and a man who thought big. In 1921, fearing that the pace of urban-industrial life along the eastern seaboard was taxing people’s sanity, he proposed a trail that would run from the highest point in …
The White Mountains inspire superlatives: tallest, coldest and windiest. Their crowning glory—Mount Washington, at 6,288 feet—is the highest in the Northeast and the views from the top are breathtaking. You can see the Presidential Range, with nine peaks above 5,000 feet. (In addition to the scenery, this spot can offer some of the most severe …
