By Dalia Faheid From Fort Worth Star-Telegram Fort Worth—Want to go swimming somewhere along the Texas Gulf Coast this summer? From April to October, you can enjoy swimming on the Texas coast with the water temperature usually over 70 degrees. Though the water is warm, taking a dip will feel much cooler than the triple…
Mammoth Mountain Extends Ski Season Into August for Third Time Ever
By Cari Spencer From Los Angeles Times Los Angeles—It’s weather whiplash in the Eastern Sierra. While much of the Southwestern U.S. endures sweltering heat that continues to topple daily records, historic snowfall has brought an unusually extended ski season to Mammoth Mountain, where snowboarders and skiers continue to soar down the slopes in shorts and…
Are Seattle’s Iconic Tourist Attractions Worth a Visit? We Tried out 5
By Aviva Bechky The Seattle Times Seattle—Tens of thousands baseball fans flooded into Seattle for the Major League Baseball All-Star Game and surrounding festivities from July 7-11. If we had the chance, we might have told each of those visitors: “Welcome! We’re new here, too. Seattle Times producer Sarah-Mae McCullough just moved to the city,…
‘Painted Ladies’ Beckon to Cape May, New Jersey
After strolling along a lovely stretch of Atlantic Ocean beach that fronts Cape May, New Jersey, my wife, Fyllis, and I decided to check out some of the town’s other attractions. We dropped by the towering lighthouse, which has beamed warnings to ships since 1859. The Cape May Lighthouse in Cape May, New Jersey, has…
New SC Museum Brings Home Black Slavery Experience
By Nedra Rhone From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution Charleston—The first time I viewed the Charleston Harbor, I was standing at the former site of Gadsden’s Wharf, where more than 40% of the nation’s enslaved Africans had arrived centuries ago when they were forced into chattel slavery. I stood with my 12-year-old daughter facing the water at…
Escape to Another Era in Cape May
Look up! My one bit of advice for visitors to Cape May, New Jersey. That’s where so many of the city’s delights are to be found. Let me explain. But first, a little history. Cape May, New Jersey, the nation’s oldest seashore resort, has been catering to vacationers since pre-Revolutionary War days. Later the shady…
Survey: 77% of Travelers Plagued by Travel Problems Amid Booming Season; More Than Half Saw Higher Prices
By Lane Gillespie From Bankrate Nearly two in three U.S. adults have traveled or plan to travel for leisure this year, according to a new Bankrate survey. Of the 32 percent of U.S. adults who already have traveled for either leisure or business this year, something went wrong for many of them: 77 percent have…
Colorado’s Garden of the Gods Can Still Be Great in the Busy Summer. Here Are Some Tips
By Seth Boster From The Gazette Colorado Springs—Bret Tennis started working around Garden of the Gods 17 years ago. “We used to say 1.2 million visitors a year when I started here,” said the park operations administrator. “Now we say over 4.5 million.” The annual numbers are reportedly similar at Rocky Mountain National Park, where…
The Lost World: This Cloud-Shrouded Oldest Mountain in the World Has Wildlife You Can Only Find Here
Welcome to Roraima, the oldest and most mysterious mountain in the world. If you’ve never heard of it, that’s because only the hardiest souls make the journey to this otherworldly place in South America. Nature has colluded to keep swathes of tourists away from a mountain shrouded in legend, with its unique ecosystem kept isolated…
Into the Wild: A Safari in Botswana
“Lioness on your left, about 10 o’clock, 70 meters from us.” Neuman Vasco, projects manager for Wilderness, Botswana, was sitting in the back of our Land Cruiser, seemingly with his eyes closed. I had binoculars over glasses over eyes that were wide open, but even with six eyes, I saw nothing but gently swaying grass….
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