GOING TO THE SUN...MONTANA HIGH WHERE GRIZZLIES ROAM
by Larry Turner
There are many spectacular hikes off the Going-to-the-Sun Road. Pick up one of many hiker's guides to Glacier National Park for info. Make note though, this is the home of these amazing noble grizzly bears.

PATAGONIA: PICTURE PERFECT PEAKS AND TRICKY TREKS
by Katrina Chen

In big letters, it was made clear that if the arrow was in the red, "DO NOT PASS." Lucky for me, the arrow still had a half-inch of space before the red zone. Into the wind I went.

TALL TALES OF TALL TREES
by Lee Juillerat
Even very tall people are dwarfed when standing by the Giant Sequoias at Calaveras Big Trees State Park in California's Sierra Nevada foothills. That's because many rise 250 to 300 feet above ground, with the tallest being more than 325 feet.

ADVENTURE POEM
by Timothy Pilgrim, Adventure Poet Laureate

Securing the hive
Guard bees spread out, protect
the entrance, a foot wide
prepare to die. Permit in
only worker bees pollen-laden...

TRAVELING? PACK YOUR SENSE OF HUMOR
by Christopher Elliott
Travel has become so absurd that humor is now a survival skill. Every delay, lost bag, or gate change widens what I call the humor gap -- the space between how our trips are supposed to go and the circus that actually unfolds.

CAPITOLS OF THE LOWER DANUBE - PART 1: BUCHAREST
by Brad Hathaway
Our trip along the lower Danube gave us the chance to add three capitol buildings to our experience - the three b's: Budapest, Belgrade and Bucharest.

THE MAORI: LIFE IN THE RING OF FIRE,
by Vicki Hoefling Andersen

Descendents of the Tuhourangi Ngati Wahiao people who relocated here after the Mt. Tarawera eruption, live in harmony surrounded by 212-degree thermal springs, hot pools, and other geothermal activity.