The Lost Coast is located in Northern California along the Pacific Ocean.  It is nestled in the remote King Mountain Range.  Route 1 runs north along the California coast but had to be diverted back to Hwy 101 south of here due to the rugged terrain in this area.  The only roads in this area are 2 lane, twisting, winding steep, blind mountain roads.  They are easily navigable by a car very slow going.  The Lost Coast is broken into 2 sections, the Northern Section along the ocean itself and […]

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You plan on some things, and others just happen. Usually you don’t plan on getting bitten by a rattlesnake for example. It’s just one of those things when you’re out in desolate country; alone, weather beaten and emotionally off guard. Of course you could argue that inserting yourself into desolate and dangerous country is, in a way, inviting an encounter with an ill-tempered reptile. True I didn’t know when setting out on my two-month canoe trip that I had a date with a Prairie Rattler a thousand miles downriver, but […]

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As you look down from the hillside onto the apparent perfection of Malta’s Blue Lagoon, you struggle to imagine it in any other condition. Land embraces lagoon like a protective parent. Water shines like a molten blending of sapphires and emeralds. The perpetually cloudless sky appears hazy against such brilliance. Craggy islets guard the entrance like dorsal spines on some mythic leviathan. But you walk the Malta of the modern world, a Mediterranean archipelago where prehistoric temples, safely preserved within the womb of nature for millennia, are being eroded in […]

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Mid-afternoon in the Apollo Room, Alexander Purdie stands before its brownish brick, marble-mantled fireplace and laments the loss of happier days. Mr. Purdie and the fireplace are flanked by two doors of the same teal-green as the rectangular room’s wainscoting and window frames; they stand out against the cream-colored upper walls. The golden slats of the wooden floor give slightly underfoot. I love this room. Restored in the 1930s, the Raleigh Tavern at Colonial Williamsburg represents the heart of what pulls me three hours southward from my home in northern […]

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Death Valley is a very unique and fascinating park. It is a land of stark contrasts and great natural extremes. It is the largest national park in the lower 48 states and as a national park, only dates from 1994. Synonymous with California – a small part of the park is actually in the state of Nevada. Death Valley National Park is 3.4 million acres – as a result visitors need at least 3-4 days to get a “feel” for the park and to visit and experience the majority of […]

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Missoula was once said to be one of the most sophisticated small towns in the United States. Like many towns in Montana, Missoula is located far from other towns. The population of Missoula is about 75,000; it is one of the larger towns in Montana. Missoula is also a college town. The campus of the University of Montana (Grizzlies) is located just off of the 90 freeway on the east side of town at the mouth of the Hell Gate Canyon. Lewis and Clark’s expedition passed through this canyon; they […]

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