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Haunting in fall
You wont be alone this month if you visit Fairmount, Denvers burial ground for pioneer aristocracy: Fall is cemetery-touring season.More than 100 curious visitors arrive on Saturday, October 29, for the annual Tombstone Tour of Fairmount Cemetery, a three-hour walking tour led by costumed guide
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Five great Arizona ice rinks
PEORIADesert Schools Coyotes Center. Metro Phoenixs biggest facility chills with an Olympic-size sheet of ice plus a rink where the NHLs Phoenix Coyotes practice. Take skating or hockey classes, or watch from the pizza bar. $7.50. 15829 N. 83rd Ave.; 623/334-1200.PHOENIXArcadia Ice Arena. This
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Best Arizona Swimming Holes
MESAPebble Beach Picnic Area. Wade, drift, or watch tubers as they float down the Salt River. Catch shade under picnic ramadas. $4 per vehicle. On Bush Hwy., 71⁄4 miles southeast of State 87; www.fs.fed.us/r3/tonto or 480/610-3300.NEAR PARKERBuckskin Mountain State Park. A bend in this mountain
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Woman warrior
When Mary Wiesbrock and her family began looking for a home
in Southern California in 1976, she found herself drawn to the area
around Agoura Hills. For Wiesbrock, a Tennessee native, the rolling
hills and oaks reminded her of home. When we got here, she
recalls, I knew that this was where I w
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Rediscover Santa Ynez
Read Western Wanderings in the April
2004 issue of Sunset for more on the post-Sideways Santa
Ynez.
Near the baptismal font at Old Mission Santa Inés, a small
landscape painting portrays a valley that looks much as the Santa
Ynez Valley would have when this mission was built some 200 years
ag
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Heavenly Kitt Peak
Surrounded by giant domes housing the largest collection of telescopes on one mountain anywhere in the world, participants in Kitt Peaks Nightly Observing Program get a whirlwind tour of the universe that begins with a glorious Arizona sunset and ends with a look at distant galaxies.Kitt Peak N
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Life on the Edge
Im gaping at a huge set of waves washing over razor-sharp coastal rocks when our hiking guide, Bill McIntyre, says, Now this is life on the edge. Sounds about right to me. Since my arrival in Tofino, British Columbia, Ive met daredevil surfers, explored organic co-ops and eclectic art galleries
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Silverton sojourn
Long before the Oregon Garden took root on the outskirts of
Silverton in 1997, there was Silverton itself, a nationally
registered historic district and one of the most genuinely charming
small towns around. But who knew? Locals, of course, who relished
living in a town where everyone knows on
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Utah dinorama
First impressions are important, and Dippy definitely is impressive, even without his skin. He is our official greeter, says Mary Beth Bennis-Smith, education curator for the Utah Field House in Vernal, as we stand under the 90-foot-long, 145 million-year-old Diplodocus skeleton. When people co
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Ballpark for tykes
If your kids yearn to be just like the Giants, smacking long,
arcing hits right into San Francisco Bay, pack em up and head to
Barry Bonds Junior Giants Field, just south of SBC Park, on McCovey
Cove.
Here in the glowing lights of the big boys stadium, a statue of
Willie McCovey overlooks a min
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Old Faithful and Copia
Day 3 budget
We started Friday with a hearty breakfast at
Gordons Cafe and Wine Bar in Yountville. The restaurant has
rustic farm tables to share and makes fantastic omelets. Kate and I
split an egg plate and a pastry for
$13.35.
After filling up, we strolled the posh, quiet town, walkin
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Hidden hiking
Ygnacio Valley Road, the thoroughfare running between downtown
Walnut Creek and the edge of the city, holds a secret. The busy
highway is standard 21st-century California. But not far away
spreads a network of quiet trails that link the area to its rural
past.
More than 100 miles of urban trail
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Sonoma escape
The rugged stretch of land that runs along Sonoma Countys coast inspires grand passions. From the pocket coves of Bodega Bay and windswept bluffs of Sea Ranch to inland pine-covered peaks and ocean-carved sea stacks, the area is marked by layers of fog, gulls, sweetgrass, and wildness.Its a pla
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Anza
ANZA-BORREGO BY DAYThe temps: Mid-80s into the 90sThe town: No stoplights, but there are several restaurants and hotels.Where to eat: Borrego Springs isn’t exactly a food mecca, but the French Corner ($$$; opens mid-Oct; 721 Avenida Sureste; 760/767-5713) serves traditional dishes like boeuf bo
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Ferry tales
The Northwests five best ferry ridesIts a breezy day on Puget Sound as I hurry aboard the MV Quinault for the ride from Keystone to Port Townsend, Washington. Northwesterners know that the ferry on this route can really rock and roll as it shoots across narrow Admiralty Inlet, so I expect a thr
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Finding Zen Zion
In the fading light of a stormy afternoon, a waterfall plunges hundreds of feet down sheer sandstone walls in the upper reaches of Zion Canyon. Theres a burst of red, followed by several more.Lightning flashes through the canyon, illuminating the rich colors of the narrow amphitheater known as
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Great Southern California breakfasts with a view
Beverly Hills Barney Greengrass Restaurant. The top-floor location of the deli-style dining room in upscale Barneys New York has beautiful vistas of residential Beverly Hills. Excellent smoked fish and authentic, chewy bagels. $$. 9570 Wilshire Blvd., fifth floor; 310/777-5877.Manhattan Beach U
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British Columbias island of discovery
On Vancouver Island, the road dribbles to an end in a gravelly dirt parking lot 350 miles northwest of the prim and dainty city of Victoria, the island destination most visitors know.A trail disappears into the rain-forest gloom, where a sign helpfully posted by BC Parks warns: be aware this is
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The Wests 20 best seaside inns
Sand between the toes isnt a pleasure exclusively reserved for
summer. Neither are long walks on the beach or longer views of
crashing surf from a rocky blufftop ― especially when, at the
end of the day, you dont have to go home.
Reserve a night (two-night minimum on weekends unless noted) at
o
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Las Vegas To Bryce Canyon
From Las Vegas, we head northeast on Interstate 15, making a
brief stop to view
Zion National Parks Kolob Canyons. At Parowan we break away
onto the two-lane roads that are to be the essence of this journey.
Cottonwood seeds drift through the trucks windows as we head up
the 13 percent grade
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