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Laze a day away on Clinton Street
Pedestrians have the right of way along the quiet stretch in southeast Portland, where youll likely see more people passing on foot or on bike than zooming by in cars.Browse offbeat shops or linger at a sunny sidewalk table at one of the many standout restaurants clustered on Clinton Street aro
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Best Califlornia Camping
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA
1. Big Basin Redwoods State Park, North of Boulder Creek
Your pick of four waterfalls is the payoff for tackling the roller-coaster trails that fan out under gargantuan old-growth trees in the Santa Cruz Mountains. Consider the easy-to-get-to hike-in sites if you want more
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Hiking Phoenix
The comfortable hiking season in Phoenix runs from mid-October to mid-April. Even in January, temperatures climb into the 70s, so carry more water than you expect youll need. A quart per person for a moderate, hour-long hike is not too much. Sunscreen is essential; a hat is advisable.Maps and i
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Things to do in Watsonville, CA
Why go in summer: Strawberries are red and ready in this cool coastal town.Hot much? The average July high is just 72°.Population: 52,500Key crop: Last year, the fields around Watsonville shipped out 87.5 million trays of strawberries.20 great ways to with fresh strawberriesScenic route: Most p
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The big picture
White vans are Lara Swimmers bête noire.She will set up a stunning architectural photograph in which the sun is lighting up a buildings geometry in a revealing moment, a perfect cloud has wafted into position, a person happens to be loitering in the ideal place to provide scale, and ... a white
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Opening Ortiz
Omigod, thats an American pipit! The tiny, tan-colored bird buzzing him in curious circles has ornithologist Lawry Sager gripping his binoculars with glee. Im going to have to write this one up.The rare sighting is an unexpected zoological reward for topping out on 8,897-foot Placer Peak - the
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Inspired by the light
Candice Davis and Mike Dominguezs contemporary-art gallery in Tucson resides in the roomy shell of a former Packard dealership built in the 1930s. Its a terrific space in a lousy neighborhood for art, as the passing traffic is usually vectored into the wheel-alignment shop on the block. But in
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Wireless at the beach
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Trees, trails ... and email? Parks and beaches in the West are
now catering to visitors who want both nature and network.
California State Parks have launched the most ambitious wireless
program of any park system in the country, equipping 85 locations
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Soothing places
How best to slow the world, see nature untrammeled, and
regain a sense of calm? Sometimes the simplest answers lie closest
to home: an hour spent in a small park or shrine in the midst of
the city, a short break in a quiet corner of a well-traveled
attraction, or a brisk hike up a seaside bluf
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The little town by the great big dam
Boulder City seems as out of place in Nevada as the Mirages tropical rain forest. Built by the government for Hoover Dam workers and their families, the wholesome company town outlawed alcohol, gambling, and prostitution at its inception 70 years ago.Despite its lack of vice, in its early days
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O come all ye
Bring warm clothes and a raincoat for exploring Jacksonville in winter. Most holiday activities take place during the Victorian Christmas Celebration (11:30? 4:30 Dec 4?5, 11?12, and 18?19). The Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce (www.jacksonvilleoregon.org or 541/899-8118) can provide details ab
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Cool canyons
On a sizzling day in Denver, the snow-topped Rockies to the west ― if you can see them at all ― can seem unbearably distant. Though the mountains may beckon, you dont have to head all the way to the high country to escape the summer heat. Just an hour or so from downtown, youll find icy streams
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Activities in Hana
There are said to be 54 bridges on the road to Hana, and I always intend to count them. But once again Im distracted by the impossible beauty of this torturously twisting, narrow road that runs 44 miles from Paia to Hana. Somebody with a bean counters soul has probably tabulated the waterfalls,
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Bold in Boulder
From the moment Frasca Food and Wine opened last August, lines at the door have been a testament to the inventive northern Italian fare. The kitchen, spearheaded by chef Lachlan Mackinnon-Patterson, spins out a variety of seasonal dishes with innovative and memorable twists.Dishes such as a hea
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Cozy up to Lake Powell
Sapphire sky, pink stone, turquoise water. Three extravagances of nature ― each one deep and intense and starkly beautiful in itself ― intersect at Lake Powell, the Wests most provocative spectacle. A manmade 186-mile-long footprint spanning Utah and Arizona, the lake is often plied by houseboa
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Sweet shopping in Sugarhouse
When I was a kid, I always jumped at the chance to go shopping in Sugarhouse. I fantasized that somewhere in this bustling Salt Lake City neighborhood, Id discover an entire house made of candy. I only recently discovered that the district grew on the site of a sugar beet processing factory tha
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Light show
On the Nevada-Arizona border, 9 miles south of Hoover Dam, the Colorado River runs with the devil. It courses through Black Canyon, which, thanks to a series of fault zones, disgorges heat from the fire below. Hot waterfalls cascade from its walls; steam rises from its springs. And there are il
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Rancho deluxe
Camping at El Capitan Canyon is not like pitching a tent
at your local park. Its more like being invited to the country
compound of some old-money family with impeccable taste. Tucked
into a sycamore-shaded nook on the coast 20 miles north of Santa
Barbara, the private campground features 100
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The riddle of Kit Carson
TAOS, NEW MEXICO―Kit Carson Street mixes the crumbling with the chic. On one side of the street theres a cafe/newsstand, where customers sip lattes and read Elle. On the other side sits a modest adobe.The adobe is the Kit Carson Home and Museum. If that sounds somnolent, it isnt. Carson last li
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Boats, trains, trolleys
They built it ― a 320-foot floating dock on the river downstream of Oregon Citys thundering Willamette Falls ― and it came: a tour boat dressed up like a vintage stern-wheeler. Hop aboard this summer and let the Belle of the Falls take you as close as you can get (unless youre a salmon) to the
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