Off-the-Beaten-Path Travel

Originally published in November 2008; updated May 2023 Ten miles from Cortez, Colorado, is the Canyons of the Ancients Visitor Center and Museum, the a gateway into Canyons of the Ancients [...]

For California vacationers, the Monterey Bay Aquarium is the place to see exotic fish and sea creatures. However, the Aquarium is also dedicated to educating people about environmental issues [...]

On Christmas day, my husband, my dad, and I went snowshoeing in Rocky Mountain National Park. It was a gorgeous sunny day, mild in temperature, with no wind—unusual in winter in the high [...]

Originally published, November, 2010 The Channel Islands captured my imagination during fifth grade, when I read Scott O’Dell’s Newbery Award-winning book, Island of the Blue Dolphins. The novel [...]