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Leaf Peeping Season Is Here
“ (Mellow Wanderer) Countdown to the end of summer has football and fall foliage just around the bend. Dust off the beach sand between your toes, take out the hiking shoes, and get ready for vibrant splashes of dangling red, orange and gold leaves. Autumn is a special season in many places where the thermometer…
America’s National Parks: 4th Grade Family Freebie
(Mellow Wanderer) A back to school special! Call it the deal of the century: An end of summer free pass for all fourth grade students and their immediate families to all of America’s national parks. Every Kid in a Park program was created, in part, to celebrate the National Park Service turning 100 years old…
Travel News: Picture Perfect Seattle, Sky Shower, Dollywood, Halloween
Eye In The Sky Seattle’s Space Needle is reaching out to the world with its new panoramic camera. Now you can eavesdrop on the city any time of day! Well, almost. The camera starts an hour before sunrise and ends an hour after sunset. After all, you can’t see anything in the dead of night….
Underground Desert Beauty In America’s Navajo Nation
(Mellow Wanderer-Page, AZ) The adventure started in Sedona while staring at a wall of mesmerizing photography in a downtown art gallery. Images of smooth natural sandstone sculptures, etched over time by wind, sand and water, with graceful curves popping with silky muted earth tones and vibrant shades of orange, red, and yellow. The kind of…
Gone Fishing: Amazing Video Of Life At Work
(Mellow Wanderer) Discover amazing sights like the video above: The hatching of Steelhead at the Quilcene National Fish Hatchery in Washington state. Consider a getaway to a fish hatchery. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has a list of hatcheries in the country that are open to the public for visits and tours. See real…