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Winter roaming along the Sacramento River
Travel PlannerIts one of those glorious late-winter days in Californias Sacramento River Delta. Mares tail clouds stretch across a windy blue sky, and rays of sun dance off the silvery river as we drive one of the Deltas best backroads, State 160.While the entire route is a more pleasant (albei
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Sink into Jemez Springs
September can still be sweltering in Albuquerque, but just north of town, fall is already hitting the village of Jemez (HAY-mus) Springs.Tucked into a valley in the Jemez Mountains, the tiny town (pop. 375) already has cooler weather and the first hints of autumn color―excuse enough to make the
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Southern California forest in glass
Educational and lushly beautiful, the Huntington Botanical Gardens new Rose Hills Foundation Conservatory for Botanical Science offers an ideal spring outing for kids and parents. Upon entering the soaring conservatory and getting hit with its warm, humid air, you immediately become aware of th
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Urban art hop
If spending a leisurely couple of hours gallery hopping without having to repark the car sounds like a plan, head to the five-story building just east of Union Square, where more than a dozen of San Franciscos best-loved contemporary art galleries are clustered.Shows change about once a month,
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Durango, Colorado day trip
Why go in winter: This outdoors-loving town throws a great winter party―and there are plenty of snowy adventures in the nearby San Juans.Beat the midwinter blues: Join the annual Snowdown Winter Celebration, with softball games on skis, a parade, and a scavenger hunt (Jan 27–31; snowdown.org).E
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Ted Dansons California
His first visits to the beach:
When I was growing up in Arizona, wed go to Southern
California each summer and rent a cottage in Laguna Beach or San
Clemente. The beach was a dream come true for me.
Becoming an ocean advocate:
During my
Cheers days, I started making money. And I realized mon
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Bright lights, bright nights
Although downtown is the center of holiday activity, there are three farther-flung excursions you should consider. Vancouvers wonderful Stanley Park celebrates the season with the Bright Nights Christmas Train, which carries passengers on a 15-minute ride past musicians, dioramas, live performa
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In the slots
I am always wary when I hike into a slot canyon. I keep one eye cocked toward the slitlike squeeze of sky overhead, watching the weather, and calculate my scrambles over chokestones to make sure I can manage the return. These are worlds unto themselves, and they demand an explorers respect.But
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Things to do in Gig Harbor, WA
Why go now: The sun is shining on this mile-long harbor town, where you can set sail or just watch ’em go.Dress code: Visor and tennies.Unofficial community center: Grassy Skansie Brothers Park (3207 Harborview Dr.), the spot for live music, farmers’ markets, and outdoor movies.Free (boat) park
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Open Studio
The painter from Bombay is sitting opposite the artist from Amsterdam, who in turn sits next to the fllmmaker from Rome. Conversation at the 20-person dinner has danced from art to politics and now ― perhaps because the grilled chicken with chutney has arrived ― to food.Painter Gulammohammed Sh
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Five great coffeehouses
BRENTWOODLiterati Cafe. A thinking persons coffeehouse eschewing bohemian decor in favor of the upscale. Its menu offers everything from Belgian waffles to herb-crusted salmon to 14 kinds of homemade soup. $; 7 a.m.-11 p.m. Mon-Fri, 8 a.m.-11 p.m. Sat-Sun. 12081 Wilshire Blvd.; 310/231-7484.EAG
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Find Japan in Santa Fe, New Mexico
Why go now: In Santa Fe, Far East meets Southwest for a fraction of the airfare to Kyoto.Dress code: Colorful, loose clothing (call it dojo chic). But make sure to layer because ...Altitude: ... at 7,000 feet, Santa Fe is the highest state capital and chilly in February.Sister city: Tsuyama, Ja
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The Last Great Race
The dawn is still pink, the streetlights in downtown Anchorage
sparkling against the sky, when the dog people show up. Trucks
packed with Alaskan Huskies, dog handlers, racers, and fans pull
into Anchorage for the start of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race.
Stroll past the wooden barricades lini
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Pack up
Karens mean, my mom whispered to me. Karen Najarian is a
wilderness guide affiliated with REIs Northern California
Wilderness School. On this particular weekend, she would be leading
my mother and me plus six others into Yosemite National Park
wilderness for three days of backpacking instructi
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One perfect day in Vancouvers Gastown
Why go now: The Olympics hubbub has died down, but this neighborhood continues to boom with new shops, restaurants, and watering holes.Its name comes from: Gold prospector Gassy Jack Deighton, who built the first tavern here in 1867.The vibe: Once-gritty, now more SoHo than Skid Row.Best place
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Oregon: The Christmas tree capital
Joe Sharp bends down to admire a small, tidy conifer with bright green boughs.Look at that bud density, he tells me. Phenomenal.Sharp is praising a Serbian spruce, native to Europe but thriving here in Clackamas County, Oregon, Christmas tree capital of the world.This month you may buy your Chr
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Wildlife wonders
Beams of light slicing through the crisp morning air have barely touched the broad golden meadows of West Horseshoe Park, but two cars have already pulled over to watch a herd of elk. September, when the fall migration and mating season are in full swing, draws crowds of elk-watchers to Colorad
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Grazing along I
Interstate 8 through southern Arizona and Southern California is, for the most part, a hellish road, stretching through vast tracts of unpopulated farmland and sparse desert browned by the summer sun. The long miles of nothing are occasionally interspersed with signs of civilization in the form
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Best main street Walla Walla, Washington
Coming together downtownEach Friday morning around 7, Jerry Spud Cundiff, a trim, white-haired gentleman who has spent his life in the family jewelry business, opens the sidewalk clock outside his store and cranks up its gearworks for another week of timekeeping - as someone has been doing here
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Best exurb: Boulder City
The category: Suburbanites in search of affordable housing turning once-isolated small towns into bedroom communities.The stats: 20 miles southeast of Las Vegas; population just under 15,000.The residents: Paul and Lois Klouse (45 and 43) and their children, Evan, 10; Aubrey, 8; and Braden, 6.
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