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As part of the 50th anniversary of the National Natural Landmarks Program this month, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar has designated Lake Shasta Caverns, a pristine cave in northern California, and Ice Mountain, an unusual geological phenomenon called glacière talus in West Virginia, as national natural landmarks. “With the addition of these two Abstract: .. more ..
Posted 9 hrs ago at National Parks Traveler - Commentary, news, and life in America's ParksBuy fresh. Buy local. This is the concept around which the farmers market in Virginia Beach .. more ..
Posted 1 days ago at Kaleidoscopic WanderingFour rivers that pour their flows into the Chesapeake Bay have been linked to the Captain John Smith Chesapeake National Historic Trail, tying the significance of the nation's first water trail to Virginia, New York, Maryland, Delaware and Pennsylvania. The connections were cemented earlier this week when Interior Secretary Ken Sala Abstract: Th .. more ..
Posted 1 days ago at National Parks Traveler - Commentary, news, and life in America's ParksWith all of the drama and outrage about certain airlines decreasing baggage limits, charging for extra baggage, and even (over)charging for carry-on baggage, here is a story that make you feel excited to fly. Yes, Virginia, there is happiness in flying. Believe it or not, there are airlines t .. more ..
Posted 5 days ago at Jaunted - The Pop Culture Travel GuideA Union warship fleet steaming up Virginia's James River opens fire early on May 15, 1862, against Confederate fortifications on a 90-foot-high bluff several miles from the Confederate capital of Richmond, Va.
Posted 7 days ago at Redefine Anywhere“You’re eavesdropping,” I said with a laugh, nodding at the handsome coed sitting next to me and my friend. He looked slightly embarrassed, then admitted to the charge. “I just felt the need to jump in and correct a few things” he said, his face going from slightly red to very serious. “You all don’t know the whole story.” A friend and I had ducked into a pub across from the University of Virginia campus to escape the rain after taking a .. more ..
Posted 9 days ago at Intelligent TravelHurricane season is almost here and now is the time to restock those emergency supplies and create an emergency go-kit.
Posted 10 days ago at Suite101 ArticlesThe Appalachian National Scenic Trail through Southwest Virginia's Mount Rogers National Recreation Area is a fairly famous place among hikers—but the Appalachian Trail and more lately, the Virginia Creeper Trail, are making it even more obvious why nearby Damascus, Virg Abstract: .. more ..
Posted 12 days ago at National Parks Traveler - Commentary, news, and life in America's ParksThe Civil War battlefield parks that surrounding Richmond, Virginia, will be a fitting backdrop to the Civil War Trust's annual conference set for June. Hundreds of Civil War buffs and preservationists from around the country are expected in the former capital of the Confederacy as part of the Civil War Trusts annual conference. Abstract: The Civil War battlefield parks that surrounding Richmon .. more ..
Posted 13 days ago at National Parks Traveler - Commentary, news, and life in America's ParksLarge Flowered Trillium (Trillium grandiflorum), Virginia native plant, photographed at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens © Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. Filed under:
Posted 18 days ago at Cindy Dyer's BlogOne of my favorite color combinations in the garden—purple and lime green! Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans), a Virginia native plant; photographed at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens © Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved.
Posted 18 days ago at Cindy Dyer's BlogFlower Fly or Hoverfly (Syrphidae) on Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans), a Virginia native plant; photographed at Meadowlark Botanical Gardens © Cindy Dyer. All rights reserved. < .. more ..
Posted 18 days ago at Cindy Dyer's BlogThis little guy came back to me in the mail today. I bought him on Rapa Nui (Easter Island), carried him to Tahiti, Auckland, Japan, Newark, and mailed him to a friend in Greece from my mother's house in Virginia.Today, after three months of roaming the postal services of the world, this Moai came back to me, returned to sender.I kinda like him. I think I'll keep him. At least, he seems to want to stay with me.
Posted 18 days ago at No Hurry in J.C.Too bad it wasn’t the game show version of Family Feud ©crestviewcodger One hundred twenty-five years after the infamous Hatfield and McCoy family feud, and the event is still making news. The West Virgi .. more ..
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