We returned to the woods with pep in our steps and were rewarded with the rush of chilled spring run-off cascading down the mountain, the distant drumming of ruffed grouse and a stellar horizon dominated by New Hampshire’s northern Presidentials. There was a rambling woods…
Standing on the steps of the Shirley House, the only historic structure in Vicksburg National Military Park remaining from the Civil War, you can hear the wind in the trees and birds singing. Roses are in bloom, and their fragrance permeates the air. In 1863, this…
Although the harbor and campground on Elliott Key remain closed due to damage sustained during Tropical Storm Sandy, campers willing to brave seasonally heavy insect populations can camp for free on Boca Chita Key. The park waives docking and camping fees annually from May 1…
If you don’t know tufa from tofu, head to Mono Lake. Coral-looking like tufa towers and groves line the inland lake some two-and-a-half times as salty as the Pacific. Not only a natural resource northeast of Yosemite National Park, Mono (rhymes with U2′s Bono; “Mono…
Are there black bears in Mammoth Lakes, California? You bet. Just ask the Bear Whisperer. “I don’t want to alarm you, but there is a bear within 600 feet of us right now,” said Mammoth’s lanky wildlife specialist Steve Searles. Better known through Animal Planet’s…
