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Black Hole....France's Cele Valley is home to Europe's oldest traces of early mankind, the cave Pech Merle. David, an American on his first trip there, is faced with the daunting task of realizing his recently deceased father's legacy in this land that time forgot. Enjoy High on Adventure's first foray into travel adventure fiction....more
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It was like nothing I’d ever experienced, a rite of passage right into a watery inferno. Passing through the darkened, tunnel-like entrance, the gash opened into a broad amphitheater. Incoming waves pounded against the walls, the sound echoing and reverberating like roaring lions. The other kayaks in our seven-boat flotilla followed, emerging from the oblique light into the spacious room. Our guides said nothing, leaving each of us to our individual thoughts. I don’t remember that Tom and I talked. Words seemed unnecessary. We were sitting high and dry, but soaking in the setting....more |
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It takes effort to get here, but it’s worth every flight-mile logged, from jumbo jet to eight-seat charter landing on an open-field airstrip. When the blacktop runs out, the plane continues to taxi on packed gravel. When it’s remote you’re after, as one fellow “camper” put it: “the smaller the plane, the better the place you’re going.”...more
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BURNING MAN Part 1, Photo essay and words by Larry Turner Burning Man is a spectacle of art, fusion, revelry, poetry, celebration and expression that takes place every year during Labor Day Weekend. It is truly an unexplainable event (though all of us will try) where a city (Black Rock City) of 50,000 is created and dismantled. Burning Man is a visual feast—a manifestation of inner words and thoughts brought to visual finiteness, or, at least, worthy attempts.This year’s theme was Evolution....more |
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Mackinac Island, Michigan, Story by Janet Webb Farnsworth With a flourish of his pen, President Ulysses S. Grant turned Mackinac Island (pronounced Mack-in-aw) into a national park in 1875. Located in the Straits of Mackinac that connect Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, the scenic and historic region was a popular summer retreat in danger of being destroyed. National Park status and Army administration protected the area until 1895 when it became Michigan’s first state park....more
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STUCK IN ASHLAND, Humor by Lance K. Pugh Just then the phone rang and within seconds I had a cell phone firmly attached to my ear. While forcefully prying my hand away from the phone I, through sheer force of habit, reached for my reading glasses to help me glean any Houdini-like information from the packaging. This was not a smart maneuver as I instantly added glasses and packaging to the molecular trap, which like a black hole, never lets go of anything....more |
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