Jun 30, 2013 09:29 PMRegional food festivals celebrate local crops, traditionsJust about every state celebrates its crops. California honors garlic and strawberries. New York celebrates blueberries while...
Mar 06, 2013 05:44 PMMusic festival getaways with a classical noteMaestro Joel Revzen has conducted all over the world, living and breathing music in the most spectacular settings from Norway...
Jan 09, 2013 07:59 PMNational Park train tours let drivers park, rideJim Miculka has been an explorer, historian, park ranger, natural resource manager, interpreter, international scholar and professor. He...
Jan 04, 2013 05:22 PMChasing waterfalls during peak spring runoffYou just can't stir up controversy among waterfall experts. There's none of the big talk heard among tree people or mountain...
Dec 05, 2012 04:47 AMFalling for Yosemite: One woman's journeyArdeth Huntington fell in love some 30 years ago, gave up her Southern California beach house and moved to the edge of her personal...
Oct 17, 2012 08:00 AMCoastal drives offer whale of an adventureSwirls of salty spray splash across the deck. Binoculars rise to eyebrows in anxious anticipation for the guests of honor. Somebody...
Sep 11, 2012 09:07 PMFlight 93 monument honors victims, volunteers of 911Editor's Note: This article originally ran on the 10th anniversary of flight 93 and the Sept. 11, 2011. We reprint it this month...
Sep 01, 2012 07:00 AMDirt in your wheels: Explore the autumn trailsPicture yourself gliding along a secluded mountain trail. The air is cool, leaves are turning brilliant shades of amber and scarlet. Welcome...
Aug 28, 2012 11:00 PMCHP on high alert for Labor Day weekendThe Calfornia Highway Patrol is implementing a Maximum Enforcement Period for the 2012 Labor Day weekend. The MEP for the CHP...
Jun 05, 2012 11:49 PMTin can tourists: the enduring popularity of travel traileringBehold the travel trailer—a home on wheels that you take into the wilderness. How do you explain the allure? And why have...
Apr 12, 2012 06:23 AMFishin' hole: A Connecticut Yankee discovers America through a 6-pound fly lineChris Santella flicked his translucent fly line into a Connecticut River some 30 years ago and didn’t know he also was casting...
Jan 01, 2012 08:00 AMAmerica the Beautiful pass offers easy park accessYou could, if you spent just a few hours at each site, visit every destination in America’s vast network of national parks...
Oct 12, 2011 04:07 AM150th Civil War anniversary remembered at Shiloh siteA few months from now Captain Lee Millar will polish his saber and spin the cylinder on his Starr pistol. He will wiggle into...
Jan 31, 2011 07:55 PMFoggy Roads: How To Navigate Danger ZonesScientists know it as a collection of ice crystals or water droplets suspended in a gas. The rest of us know it simply as fog,...
Jan 01, 2011 02:29 AMHistoric train ride to winter ice harvestAll aboard! Take a trip back in time and journey to the Tobyhanna Ice Harvest Festival aboard a historic passenger coach....
Nov 18, 2010 10:55 PMCHP prepares for Thanksgiving enforcementThe California Highway Patrol is gearing up for the busy holiday season and has issued a reminder that the Thanksgiving holiday...
Jun 01, 2010 07:13 AMUp and away: Colorful balloons in the heavensPaul Smith dreamed about ballooning since childhood when he first read the Jules Verne classic "Around the World in 80 Days."...
Mar 30, 2010 05:00 AMWhitewater rafting: Catch a wave on scenic riversJeff Bennett looks at a river the way Jeff Gordon looks at a racetrack. He dissects hairpin turns, current flow, riffling chutes,...
Jan 14, 2010 12:16 AMChasing Monarchs along the California coastlineA winged invasion is descending along the California coast. They will come in groups of hundreds, perhaps thousands. And they...