Archive for Category: "Hiking & Biking"
Video Travel Tip: Bike Sharing Programs
Traveling through a city can be difficult, especially internationally. Renting a car and then driving through an unknown place is not only expensive, but also stressful. And walking from one location to another limits how far you can go. Public transportation is great, but then you have to stick to a specific route. That’s why [...]
Travel Tip: Watch Towers
If you’re ready for a new and really different way to experience our national parks, I be you haven’t considered visiting a park’s watch tower. A good portion of the towers are being used for spotting fires, but a good portion of them are being rented out to you. Head over to the Black Mountain [...]
Travel Tip: Cave Tours
Around the world, there’s an experience that you might not have had. It’s about going on a cave tour. Cave tours highlight everything from crystals and gems to bats. Cave and Basin in Banff, Alberta, Canada is, quite literally, a cave with a hot springs inside. It is Canada’s first National Park and you can [...]
Hidden Gems: Wales, Adventures in Wales
Wales may be known for its serene pastoral landscapes, but there’s nothing peaceful about adventure travel in this country. In Wales, going off-the-beaten-path means literally going off-road, underground and even underwater. From riding some of the most challenging mountain bike paths in the world to racing across a very smelly, very dirty peat bog, Wales [...]
Travel Tip: Free Urban Biking Experiences
Whether you’re a cycling fanatic or a total beginner, there are free experiences in cities around the country. And the good news is, even out-of-towners are invited for the ride. There are online resources to find biking groups all over the country. Check out the Web site Meetup.com—all you have to do is type in “bicycle” and your [...]
Travel Tip: Haunted Halloween Ideas
With Halloween just around the corner, it seems like every destination suddenly has a resident ghost. But in some places, there are spooky spots to explore all year long. For decades, hikers have reported seeing the ghost of a woman around Ash Cave, in Ohio’s Hocking Hills. Around Halloween, visitors can explore the cave with an investigative [...]
Car-Free Ways to Explore Santa Fe, New Mexico
As fall cools the Southwest, now is the time to consider leaving your car behind and setting out on a walking, biking or even a completely car-free vacation. Jamie Stringfellow, co-founder of WeekendWalk.com, offers up guided and self-guided car-free adventures in our country’s oldest capital. Santa Fe, the second-oldest incorporated city in the country, also [...]
Uncovering the Isle of Man: An Anglophile’s Getaway
Smack in the middle of the Irish Sea, equidistant from Scotland, England, Ireland and Wales, the Isle of Man remains a mystery to all but the most devout Anglophiles. Faery Tale author Signe Pike uncovers the isle’s many activities and attractions. On the Isle of Man, local legend has it that the Celtic sea god, [...]
