Feeling trapped in a job where you can't see passed your 5' x 5' cubicle, or confined by a tiny apartment where you can take a shower while flipping an omelette on the stove? Are you surrounded by a monotonous landscape, where you can look out for miles and see nothing but the same field of corn or soybeans? Or, how about a city, where concrete and steel tower over your head in all directions, so that you can barely even see the sky? If any of these apply to you-- then give some serious
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The Grand Canyon is impressive to look into, but from the rim it really just looks like a mountain range. Wanting more “experience” we decided to take a helicopter tour. This... More
Makhteshim and Colored Sands, Negev, Israel Israel lays claim to the makhtesh, a jaw-dropping type of crater found nowhere else in the world. There are three major 'makhteshim' (the Hebrew plural of makhtesh): Makhtesh Ramon, Makhtesh HaKatan (The Small) and......more
Unlike the typical nuclear family travel of the past, the older and younger generations are leaving the sandwich generation behind, discovering that their time together is important....more
AP - DAY 1: My family embarks on the classic American vacation — a road trip, obsessively planned out over 18 days in three-hour blocks. We fly today from New York to California, then drive 3,000 miles through six states, with stops in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Disney, Universal and Vegas. Plus the Grand Canyon, Yosemite and 10 other national parks — not that I'm counting....more
It's a piece of cake," said Grand Canyon National Park Ranger Pam Cox. Her face a giant smile, she was making a gung-ho try at bolstering our courage for the rigorous 9.6-mile hike we faced the next morning. Having descended to famed Phantom Ranch at the very bottom of the Arizona canyon the day......more