As the largest island in the Mediterranean, Sicily is a melting pot of architecture, cuisines, and multifaceted history. Flora and fauna are made up of a collage of African and endemic alpine species, while Catania, Messina, and Palermo depict a stark contrast and a diversion. Conca d’Oro, “The Golden Basin,” is a plain famous for its…
That Perfect Big Sur Road Trip? Start Rerouting
By Christopher Reynolds From Los Angeles Times Los Angeles—With storm-damaged Highway 1 under reconstruction in three different places, California Transportation Dept. officials say northbound drivers on that route won’t be able to reach Big Sur directly for at least two months. In other words, Southern Californians, it may be time to reroute your early summer…
Two 81-Year-Old Grandmas Just Returned Home After an 80-day World Tour, Are Planning Their Next Adventure
April 27, 2023
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When Sandra “Sandy” Hazelip turned to Eleanor “Ellie” Hamby in advance of their 80th birthdays and suggested traveling around the world in 80 days, her best friend was instantly all in. “Ellie’s eyes got big and she said ‘Woo-hoo!’ She started making definite plans for that to happen,” Hazelip told The Epoch Times. That was five…
Steep, Freezing and Fast: California’s Epic Snowpack Promises a Whitewater Rafting Season for the Ages
By Jack Dolan From Los Angeles Times Imagine racing down a steep river of recently melted snow toward a roaring rapid. You’re sitting on the outside edge of an inflatable raft with a paddle in your hands, so you can’t hold onto anything else. All that’s keeping you in the boat—and out of the freezing…
Airport Rail: Making Access Easier
Over the years since I first started traveling, a few perennially knotty problems have become easier to solve. – Plastic—at least the right plastic—has made it easy to obtain cash and avoid exchange gouges virtually anywhere in the world. I’ve covered this topic extensively. – The near-universal use of mobile phones has made it possible…
Exploring Ireland’s Ring of Kerry, From Tetrapods to Lindbergh
Squinting into the wind and rain, we marched from a desolate parking lot on the southwest tip of Ireland down a slippery path. I turned a corner and the mean-looking surf was still a long walk away. Noticing my questioning look, my guide, Conner, egged me on. He was hell-bent on showing me “the tracks…
What the Huge Sierra Snowpack Means for Yosemite’s Waterfalls
By Paul Rogers From The Mercury News San Jose—The massive snowpack in the Sierra Nevada this year has transformed California’s most famous park, Yosemite. And the impacts are likely to last all summer, and perhaps even longer. The park’s world-famous waterfalls are thundering now as billions of gallons of melted snow cascade 1,000 feet or…
No Wonder You Had Such a Hard Time Making Camping Reservations Last Summer
By John Meyer From The Denver Post Denver—Avid campers are painfully aware of how challenging it has become to secure camping reservations over the past three years. Now we know just how much. Getting a spot was five times harder in 2022 than before the pandemic, according to an annual survey conducted by The Dyrt,…
Young Adults Traveling on Fiscal Thin Ice
Prices for travel remain stubbornly high. The cost of airfare in February was 27 percent higher than the same month a year earlier, according to U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data. And rental car prices—having shot up during the pandemic—remain high today, as they’re 37 percent pricier in February than they were in the same…
Ready for Your Next Family Vacation? Look No Further
By Lynn O’Rourke Hayes From FamilyTravel.com Do your family vacation plans need a jump-start? Here are five destinations to consider. Four Seasons Hotel, Sydney, Australia Whether you plan to visit Sydney for Fashion Week, VIVID Sydney (an annual celebration of creativity and innovation) or simply to explore Down Under, why not take the kids? The…
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