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BEST SEATTLE HIKING TRAILS FOR BEGINNERS by Mihaela Schwartz
One of the best things about living in Seattle is that this Pacific Northwest city has great natural surroundings. This means that each time you are in the mood for an outdoors adventure, you'll likely to find the perfect wilderness destination, not to mention some of the Seattle parks, which make great venues for short hikes....more |
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SAN FRANCISO RAILWAY MUSEUM – IT’S ALL ABOUT VINTAGE STREETCARS,
by Ted and Sylvia Blishak
When World War II started, many of the conductors and motormen were drafted into the armed forces, leaving the San Francisco Municipal Railway short-handed. While previously they had hired only white males, this crisis forced Muni to change their requirements. Thus women and people of color were eventually considered eligible. A true pioneer in this change was a determined, 15-year-old Maya Angelou....more
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THE LONG WAY TO MOUNT WHITNEY:
23 Days and 230 Miles on the John Muir Trail,
Story and photos by Lee Juillerat
The delights, and challenges, of the Muir Trail start immediately, beginning with the Mist Trail, part of the nearly 6,000-foot elevation gain between the Yosemite Valley and Tuolumne Meadows. The visual eye candy never stops, from flower-filled meadows to a series of breathtaking, in more ways than one, mountain passes that require near daily treks up – and down – 11,000-foot passes, to the sights and sounds of bubbling streams, thundering waterfalls and dreamy lakes so welcome and beautiful it was hard to believe they weren't mirages. more... |
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Iceland Volcano-Bardarbunga: Fiery Bowels of New Earth Being Born, by Lynn Rosen
A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to fly directly over a violently erupting volcano in Iceland, the land of ice and fire, doesn’t present itself every day. Who wouldn’t jump at the chance? Fly with us over Bardarbunga, Iceland’s most recent significant active, belching volcano, and stare in awe into the fiery bowels of the earth. Story, video and photos by Lynn Rosen....more |
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Virgin Atlantic Food, by Yvette Cardozo
Some people (those in upper classes and, also the coach folk on international flights) still get meals aboard an airplane these days. But have you ever wondered just how that food gets to them? Or how airlines deal with the 30% kill factor of our taste buds in the air. Or cultural differences. And so much...more
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Stockholm, a Capital City on the Water, By Brad Hathaway
While an hour cruise to the east onto Lake Maleran was fun, a longer voyage to the west was a thrill. Stockholm is located at the most protected spot of an archipelago of more than 24,000 islands scattered over the 50 miles between Stockholm and the Baltic Seas....more |
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Who we are: For brief bios on the writers who form this Pacific Northwest collective, please click here. |
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