October 21st, 2009
AccuTerra
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October 13th, 2009
In 2006, the Adventure Travel Trade Association conducted their first annual Adventure Travel Business Survey. One of the most interesting findings was that more than half of all adventure travelers were women ages 41-60.
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October 8th, 2009
The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, a Ken Burns documentary series that will air on PBS September 27th-October 2nd.
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October 6th, 2009
Third in a series inspired by The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, a Ken Burns documentary series that will air on PBS September 27th-October 2nd. This post was originally featured on the documentary series website.
Antietam National Battlefield, MD
Gettysburg National Military Park, PA
Debbie Hendricks, Chandler AZ
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September 29th, 2009
Second in a series inspired by The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, a Ken Burns documentary series that will air on PBS September 27th-October 2nd.
There are beautiful parks, important historical sites and true treasures within a stone’s throw from the heart of some of America’s great metropolitan cities.
Muir Woods, San
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September 28th, 2009
First in a series inspired by The National Parks: America’s Best Idea, a Ken Burns documentary series that will air on PBS September 27th-October 2nd. With over 400 parks in the National Parks system, there are instances in which multiple parks are located in close enough proximity to each other that you could visit two or three in a day or weekend.
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September 24th, 2009
Think of the last time you were out hiking in the wilderness - peaceful, beautiful and serene - when you come across toilet paper stuck to a branch or "JT Loves GH" carved into a tree.
How does this make you feel that someone decided to leave evidence that they were there? Do you really need to know about some one's unrequited love that has probably ended in some expensive and drawn out divorce
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September 18th, 2009
We’d like to send sincere congratulations to Amy McBroom, art teacher for the Grand Canyon Unified School District who was named Rural Teacher of the year. Yesterday’s Arizona Republic included Amy’s story.
From the
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September 17th, 2009
We take quite a few photographs on our trips. So do the hikers we guide. Breathtaking vistas, intimate details of nature, interesting artifacts of all sizes, and of course, the friends and family with us all make for great photo opportunities. But outdoor photography can present some challenges. You don’t need
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September 9th, 2009
"Take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but footprints."
This slogan about how tourists should treat national wildlife reserves and parks is poetic, romantic, and ecologically friendly. It sounds great until you have to actually do it. Then details you may not have thought about rear their ugly head, and this picturesque slogan suddenly seems somewhat difficult and cumbersome.
There is one thing, or
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