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California’s State Parks Still Without Long Term Funding

. In May of 2011 the State of California announced a plan to close 25% of its 278 state parks. Shortly thereafter a group of film makers sprung into action, set off on a 3,000-mile journey to visit th… more →

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Armchair Travel: picks from our latest newsletter

Vanessaccl wrote 3 days ago: Some picks from our June Armchair Travel newsletter: Subscribe to our newsletters and get our latest … more →

Tags: Books, Hot off the shelf, Travel, book covers, Book covers, New Titles, Vanessa, Newsletters

A letter to the Norwegian Tourism Ministry (Draft) — 3 comments

vickyinglis wrote 1 week ago: Dear Minister for Tourism, Hei! (Demonstrating my mastery of the Norwegian language, oh yes!) I … more →

Tags: Armchair Travel, Travel (2), Travel Tips & Thoughts, Arctic, Madness, Nature, Norway, wildlife

California's State Parks Still Without Long Term Funding

Nik wrote 3 weeks ago: . In May of 2011 the State of California announced a plan to close 25% of its 278 state parks. Short … more →

Tags: united states, videos, California, features, media, North America, Places, california state park closures, film

Books to Travel By

Laura Weymouth wrote 1 month ago: I love armchair travel. LOVE it. My favorite way to armchair travel is by reading fiction that is re … more →

Tags: Books, Reading, Travel, @ vacation, getaway, A thousand splendid suns, Khaleid Hosseini, The Number One Ladies' Detective Agency, alexander mccall smith

Crossing the Atlantic Aboard an Ocean Liner

Nik wrote 1 month ago: Ocean liners are the largest vehicles ever used for public travel. For example, The Michelangelo, th … more →

Tags: Ships & Boats, united states, videos, atlantic, New York, vintage videos, features, media, North America

Sturgeon's Mill Open House This Weekend

Nik wrote 1 month ago: If you’re in the San Francisco Bay Area and have an interested in seeing huge, circular blades … more →

Tags: California, united states, media, Pictures], Places to See, Things to do, features, Historic Site, Places

True North: Travels in Arctic Europe — 4 comments

vickyinglis wrote 1 month ago: True North: Travels in Arctic Europe by Gavin Francis. The stark, vast beauty of the remote Arctic E … more →

Tags: Travel (2), Armchair Travel, mountains, Travel, Nature, wildlife, Iceland, landscape, Scandinavia

Flight of the Albatross (New Zealand)

365bookworm wrote 1 month ago: by Deborah Savage I found this hardback Y/A book on my shelves. I have no idea where it came from. C … more →

Tags: Books, Novels, Maori, New Zealand, Albatross, wandering albatross, Deborah Savage, Flight Of The Albatross

The Road to Andorra (Andorra / Ibiza)

365bookworm wrote 1 month ago: Christopher was studying the map of Europe. “What’s that?” he asked, “That m … more →

Tags: Countries, Books, ibiza, Andorra, Shirley Deane, Road to Andorra, books about Andorra, travel books

Motorcycling from Alaska to South America

Nik wrote 1 month ago: In some ways motorcycles are the ideal overlanding platform. They’re inexpensive, sip fuel, ca … more →

Tags: united states, Vehicles, Motorcycles, media, videos, gear, features, Places, México

Armchair Travel: The Middle East — 4 comments

eleventh stack wrote 1 month ago: One great way to recover from your first half-marathon is to sit on the couch and catch up on all th … more →

Tags: Arabs, Banned Books, Christians, Comedy of Manners, Difficult Conversations, Fiction, haifa, Intellectuals, Iran

Port Townsend, Washington

Nik wrote 1 month ago: We park next to a huge, mobile sling used for hauling boats out of the water. If you’re into i … more →

Tags: united states, media, Pictures], Food & Drink, Places to See, features, Places, Washington, North America

Morocco to Mongolia by Land Rover

Nik wrote 1 month ago: In 1993 three friends from New Zealand set out from Morocco on what would become an eight-year, elev … more →

Tags: 4x4 Suv, China, India, Morocco, Nepal, videos, Africa, features, media

The Library: We Took to the Woods — 1 comment

Nik wrote 2 months ago: We just finished reading We Took to the Woods, by Louise Dickinson Rich. She wrote it in the 1930s w … more →

Tags: united states, media, Pictures], features, Places, North America, Books & Media, Maine, map

Armchair Travel: picks from our latest newsletter

Vanessaccl wrote 2 months ago: Some picks from our April Armchair Travel newsletter:   Subscribe to our newsletters and get our lat … more →

Tags: Books, Hot off the shelf, Travel, book covers, Book covers, New Titles, Vanessa, Newsletters

Weekly Photo Challenge: Color — 3 comments

Tara wrote 2 months ago: My love of color is evidenced by the colors of the home in which I live. My house is red, my car is … more →

Tags: Europe, New York City, California, San Francisco, Massachusetts, Weekly Photo Challenge, COLOR, hibiscus, Emigrant Wilderness flowers

The Unimog Museum

Nik wrote 2 months ago: Here’s a great Motor Trend video, reporting from the Unimog Museum in Gaggenau, Germany. They … more →

Tags: Vehicles, 4x4 Suv, media, videos, features, Europe, Places, Germany, Trucks

Home Made Summer, Italy, Artichokes — 2 comments

authorjaneward wrote 2 months ago: At one time in my life, I collected cookbooks with the same zeal I had once reserved for Partridge F … more →

Tags: food and fiction, carciofi alla romana, Cookbook Collecting, #Home Made Summer, Italy, Italy Eats, shelley green, Yvette van Boven

Fireflies

rhiannonkate wrote 2 months ago: Salsa music pumped like a heartbeat in the background of the mountainside scene. Millions of twinkli … more →

Tags: Cooky Travel, inspiration 3, writing, Travel, Dreams, Passion, escape, adventure, Brown.Bear


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