THE NORTHERN LIGHTS OF CHURCHILL, MANITOBA, by Lynn Rosen
For all you first-time, non-professional or even advanced amateur photographers out there, here is (almost) everything you wanted to know about shooting the Northern Lights but were too cold to ask. This image was taken of our group of journalists by professional photographer Dan Harper, who has been chasing the Northern Lights for eight years....more

WHERE DOES SUNLIGHT SHINE ON THE COAST STARLIGHT?
By Ted & Sylvia Blishak 
One of Amtrak's most scenic trains, the Coast Starlight, also provides the most variety of any in the railroad's fleet. On the route between Seattle and Los Angeles, the daily trains provide views of ocean beaches, mountain passes, high desert—and that's not all.....more

SPRINGTIME in Unique and Fascinating Douglas' Gadsden/Bisbee, AZ (Part 2), by Larry Turner
If you want to get off the beaten path in April and May—or anytime of the year—for sunshine, uniqueness, the unusual, pleasure and relaxation, Cochise County, Arizona, will meet and exceed those travel wishes with such historic towns as Douglas and Bisbee, pleasantly sequestered in the state's southeast corner on the border of Mexico....more

TRAVELS WITH TRUFFLES, As told to Vicki Hoefling Andersen

My new Hindi friend unbuckled my seatbelt, sat me on his tray table, and talked and played with me. Since they don’t have bunnies in Fiji, maybe he was trying to figure out what sort of critter I am to be accompanying Mama on her travels....more

A DIFFERENT KIND OF CABIN FEVER, by Lee Juillerat
As we relaxed, Anthony talked about some of Strawberry Pass's other cabins, including Rock 'N Roll, which features old album covers, rock group logo T-shirts and instruments often used for impromptu jam sessions. He told of cabins near ridge tops, nestled in the woods, and how, when the snow melts, volunteers make repairs and stock cabins with firewood....more

FROM BOEING DREAMLINER TO VINTAGE AIRCRAFT AT PAINE FIELD, WA, by Julie Gangler

Only in one place, at Paine Field, can you witness both Boeing’s new state-of-the-art 787 Dreamliner being assembled as well as watch restored historical World War II “warbirds” take to the sky and see restorers work on a de Havilland Comet, the world’s first passenger jet....more