Travel Posts

If you like covered bridges Bucks County, Pennsylvania is the place to go.  Pennsylvania had more than 1,500 covered bridges and was home to the first covered bridge in the United States in Philadelphia.  Pennsylvania still boasts more covered bridges than any other state Buck County has 12 covered bridges, 10 of which see regular traffic.   All bridges in Bucks Count are of latt...

Backpacking in Colorado can be a sport to remember.  You must be prepared to the renowned natural beauty and outdoor recreation.  Backpacking in the National Forest or National Park is an excellent way to experience Colorado.  A rushing mountain brook or in a pine forest beside a high mountain lake is a place for spending the night and will be an unforgettable experience.  ...

Colorado has the highest mean altitude of all the United States which means that at some point on a trip you could experience symptons of altitude sickness, also known as Acute Mountain Sickness or AMS. My family took a trip to Colorado a few years back and my husband stayed in bed half of the time due to the high altitude and one of the grand children was in bed for a couple of days.  Aft...

Dr. John Pemberton in a small laboratory put a concoction together and called it Coca Cola and sold it for $2,300 and died before a few months before the birth of The Coca-Cola Company was from Columbus, Georgia.  In Columbus's Historic District is the small house where Pemberton and his wife lived from 1855 to 1860.  Its kitchen has been turned into a mini-apothecary diorama preserving ...

A few ago another couple and my husband and I made a quick decision to take a trip up the East Coast.  We have all been camping for years and we planned and got all our thing together real quick like due to our time running out.   We were gone for a little over 6 weeks and had the time of our life.   We had always planned our trips in the past but decided we would just take o...

The San Luis Valley is an awesome place, a humongous high elevation valley with an average height of 7,500 feet.  The Valley stretches approx. 122 miles from north to south, with Poncha Pass its northernmost point.  The southern end of the valley reaches into northern New Mexico.  The valley is about 74 miles wide, population 50,000.  It is a stopping place for sandhill cranes,...

Icebergs in the Antarctic area sometimes have stripes, formed by layers of snow that react to different conditions. Blue stripes are often created when a crevice in the ice sheet fills up with melted water and freezes so quickly that no bubbles form.  When an iceberg falls into the sea, a layoff salty seawater can freeze to the underside.  If this is rich in algae, if can form a green s...

The Barrego Badlands is one of Anza-Borrego Desert It’s flanked by rugged mountain ranges on three sides and the Salton Sea to the east.  Its 650,000 acres contain spectacular desert habitats, a wealth of animal and plant life and numerous archaeological, cultural and historic sites. Two of the most visited and easily accessible areas are Borrego Palm Canyon and Cayote Canyon.  The tr...

The majesty of the canyon, the depth, the awesome beauty, the see-forever views, they are there no matter what time of year. If you have already visited the Grand Canyon in the summer you will feel that you are see a new view.  You will see a herd of elk foraging on the rim, the canyon proving a delightful backdrop.  Winter is a time of peace and quiet in the park. You will find the park...

There are many things you can see and do at the Grand Canyon. If you have a few hours take a walk along the rim trail from the Visitor Center to the Yavapai Observation Station.  There are many splendid temples and buttes in this area of the Canyon that can viewed from the rim trail.  Yavapai Observation Station has exhibits on the geology of the Grand Canyon and provides a nice view of...