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It Wasn't Nice To Drown A Lady! (Revisiting The Glen Canyon-Lake Powell...

Prologue with a Sobering Realism: The popularity of Glen Canyon with its new emblem, National Recreation Area (established October, 1972)  promotes an image of a multi-use facility that opened its...

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National Trust Landrover – Snake Pass, Derbyshire

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Earth's Most Iconic Valley Of Stone & Sand

How about let'€™s take a break from canyonology as I call it (but there is really no such word) and continue with the nature slash environmental theme of these diary-missives? What I also garner from...

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Tourism in the United States

By: inoljt, http://mypolitikal.com/A lot of people visit America. According to the latest estimates, about sixty million people came in 2011.One interesting way to track tourism in America, and by...

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Lighthouse fun -- Portugal

Cape St. Vincent in Portugal is the most south-western point in Europe.  During Roman times, this was considered the end of the world.  There is a wonderful legend that the tomb of Saint Vincent was on...

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Res Dogs: A Genial Yarn Based On A True Story

This diary voluntarily removed; if anyone would like me to resend to their email, let me know. Apparently, someone didn't like my take or spiel on Native American history and I'd rather not quibble...

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Arfordir Treftadaeth Morgannwg - Glamorgan Heritage Coast

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Dkos Tour Series: Death Valley National Park, Part I of II

When you think of this national park, what comes to mind? For instance, this view:Because there's lots of these features. . .And a huge place with a seeming endless road leading into nowhere. . .And my...

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Florida shows no love to 3.1 million Canadian tourists

Recent amendments to Florida statutes now require foreign drivers to have an International Driving Permit (IDP) in addition to a valid driving license from their own driving license authority. The law...

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DK Tour Series: Death Valley National Park, Part II of II

Today, we continue and finish our simmering tour of the Big Valley straddling Nevada and California. This setting truly has it all, including one of the most clear and majestic celestial displays...

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Will the sequester close the Cape Cod National Seashore and other national...

Dune erosion Marconi Beach 7/2012According to the Cape Cod Times Speaker Boehner's sequester will mean cuts that might close down the National Seashore.Cape Cod is known as the land of sunshine,...

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DKos Tour Series: White Sands National Monument

Prologue: And now for something completely different given the usual diaries that I post. I say 'unusual' without exaggeration, because this monument is conceivably the most singular in all respects....

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DKos Tour Series: Grand Canyon National Park (Part 1)

From Desert View, looking east toward the Painted DesertPrologue: I have been asked numerous times, and here I'll paraphrase the gist of those comments, "Rich. . .since you often refer to the Grand...

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DKos Tour Series: Grand Canyon National Park (Part 2)

From the South Rim, looking east toward the lower part of the South Kaibab TrailPrologue: Today's continuing tour of the big ditch of northern Arizona gets a bit heavy given the theoretical explanation...

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DKos Tour Series: Grand Canyon National Park Hiking Trails (Addenda)

Hikers trekking the South Kaibab Trail (photo take by Mike Buchheit, Director of the Grand Canyon Field Institute; my boss in other words!)Prologue: This past weekend featured a two-part series on...

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By all means, let's showcase Arizona's homophobia, bigotry & hate (again)

Two of these are not welcome in Arizona Will these asshats ever learn? In Arizona, that's a rhetorical question. The answer is a resounding no. First Arizonans suffered through the short but disastrous...

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The Best Drive in the World

On Easter, we drove down past Big Sur on California Highway 1, rightly considered to be one of the finest drives in the U.S., if not the world.A few days after that, we headed up the other direction...

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DKos Tour Series: A Return To Monument Valley (Part 1 of 2)

Prologue: Summer’s coming on and before you know it vacation time will be here and planning for the adventure begins. For those of you headed out West, specifically those interested in seeing the...

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DKos Tour Series: People Of The Blue-Green Water (Havasupai)

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DKos Tour Series: Peach Springs, Grand Canyon West And The Hualapais

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