(Mellow Wanderer) Find yourself a shady backyard or a beach and have a lazy good time. Nothing like mid-summer to celebrate National Hammock Day. July 22 is a sure bet good weather dominates most places in the world. Just don’t fall asleep in one as a thunderstorm approaches! According to Wikipedia, Native Americans used hammocks…
(Mellow Wanderer) Cliff Spring Trail isn’t the most challenging hike in Grand Canyon National Park. Technically, this trail is on the opposite side of the famed North Rim, and, typically, if heads are craned while driving and gawking at the Grand Canyon, tourists will miss the Cliff Spring Trail entrance. You don’t want to miss…
(Mellow Wanderer) Cruise companies always look to add new and exciting itineraries and destinations to keep customers coming back. But unlike Disney, if you don’t have a corp of animated characters whipping the masses into a frenzy about the frozen wonders of Norway, what do you do? Cuba, front and center, please! Cruise behemoth Carnival…
(Mellow Wanderer) Spring-summer wildflower season is here, painting highway medians, meadows and parks in a collage of color. Bloom schedules vary according to climate and location, but every region of the U.S. pops in a spectrum of splendor, giving new meaning to road tripping. So grab your favorite tie-dye, highway ahead, windows down, crank-up Joe…
(Mellow Wanderer) The Big Kahuna of beaches scores for the second year in a row. Once again, Hawaii comes out on top. Waimanalo Bay Beach Park on Oahu is #1, the best in America, according to Dr. Beach, who is Dr. Stephen Leatherman, director of the Laboratory for Coastal Research at Florida International University. Dr. Beach issues his…
