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Flying high
Location, location, location. The mantra of real estate buyers serves as a good rule for kite flyers too. Along the Front Range, the best locations for kite flying are east of the mountains.Thats where youll often find gentler winds, says kitemaker Jane Parker Ambrose of Sky Scrapers Kites (ava
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Other great ferry trips around the west
Ferry
tales
SHORTEST TRIP
Real McCoy: Rio Vista to Ryer Island, CA. This boat makes a
three- to five-minute run across Californias Cache Slough. Said to
be named after one of the engineers that designed the vessel, the
Real McCoy is operated by the California Department of
Transportation and
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Fight to win
Its inevitable, even for pacifists: At some point, youll clash with other rafts in a water fight. So you might as well come out on top. Heres how.• Trust no one. The raft with which you were exchanging merry banter moments ago can inexplicably turn on you. Clues to an impending attack: a raft t
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Bullitt on bikes
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20 travel steals for under $200
UNDER $200$185: Make like a localIf youre jonesing for a trip to Hana, Maui, but cant stomach the price tag of a stay at the Hotel Hana-Maui (where rooms start at $395; 800/321-4262), try a vacation rental; many go for under $200 a night. Use the money you save for dinner at the hotels Kauiki r
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Why would you go anywhere fast?
So, perhaps, in the end it is the islands that will change their
residents, and not the other way around. People who settle here do
seem to end up doing things they havent done before, things that
wouldnt make sense in a mainland life. There is a sensation not
only of physical but also of cultu
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Fireworks and fun on Vancouver, B.C.s Commercial Drive
Info: Illuminares Lantern Festival (604/879-8611) is 7-11 Jul 29. www.tourismvancouver.comIn July, Commercial Drive in Vancouver, British Columbia, gets its glow.At months end is the Illuminares Lantern Festival, an enchanting evening of fire dancers, ragtime bands, fireworks, and a shimmering
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Surf therapy
Israel Izzy Paskowitz was born in Honolulu, spent a formative portion of his childhood living on a Tel Aviv beach, and, in 1972, was one of his fathers first instructors at the Paskowitz Family Surf Camp in San Diego. So when Izzy and his wife, Danielle, had children of their own, it seemed per
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Viva dim sum!
The great American melting pot still simmers briskly, I think while awaiting my lunchtime order at Mission 261 restaurant in San Gabriel. Here, in a century-old space whose architecture echoes that of San Gabriel Mission Archangel (just down the street), Asian pop tunes play, Chinese screens li
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Will our rivers survive?
ROUNDTABLE PANELISTS• Hamlet Chips Barry, manager, Denver Water • Peter Gleick, president, Pacific Institute for Studies in Development, Environment, and Security, Oakland • Peter Grubb, founder and president, Row Adventures, Coeur dAlene, Idaho • Bruce Hallin, manager, Water Business Developme
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3 wild iris walks
Every wilderness has its spring signature ― that one piece of flora whose appearance seems to sum up the flipping of the seasonal switch.Bright orange poppies blanket Big Sur, California. Yellow balsamroot runs rampant in Washingtons Columbia Gorge. And now through May, on Oregons south coast,
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Great fireside stories
While the kind of fire you can build depends on your wood,
the principles involved dont change. The fire triangle is made up
of three ingredients ― fuel, heat, and oxygen, says Julie
Sidel, interpretive specialist at Big Basin. Folks often forget
that third ingredient. Nothing beats gathering
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Big birder
The rufous-sided towhee he spotted through a strangers scope in
Big Basin State Park back in college was what really got Les
Chibana going. Now, more than 35 years later, the self-proclaimed
bird nut and creator of the playful website
www.birdnutz.com still gets
excited when he talks about his
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The marvels of migration
No avian spectacle is grander or easier to appreciate than the fall and spring migrations along the Wests two major north-south flyways—the Pacific Flyway and the Central Flyway. Mapped out, each resembles a river in the air, with tributaries flowing into and out of either end.The statistics on
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Defrosting Nederland
Goofy T-shirts and a race through a snowy obstacle course while carrying a coffin will all be part of the oddball fun at the fourth annual Frozen Dead Guy Days in the old mining town of Nederland, Colorado. The festival is a tribute to Bredo Morstøl, who died in 1989 at the age of 89. He became
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7 (hidden) wonders of the West
1. LUSHEST TROPICAL HIDEAWAYMoanalua Valley, HIThe dense vegetation, the glimpses of the Koolau Mountains wrapped in mist, even the odd petroglyph - yeah, it does feel like youve been transported to the island in Lost. But this new 3,716-acre preserve (purchased by the Trust for Public Land and
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Great spring trips
1. Beach time in Bahías de Huatulco: An undiscovered stretch of Mexican coastSo much beauty fills the nine aquamarine bays of Huatulco, on Mexicos Oaxacan coast, the first sighting of one of its 36 pristine beaches might send you to your knees. Spend your days under a palapa with a margarita in
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Chasing a dream
For Patricia Garfield, the Transpacific Yacht Race from Los Angeles to Hawaii has the allure of a homecoming.I have a photograph of my dad holding me when I was about a year old, says Garfield. The photo shows father and infant daughter on a sailboat in Hawaii, where the family lived at the tim
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10 midweek escapes for two
SAUSALITO, CA1. Sample sushi and cycle on the bay Make like a tourist and enjoy the views: Rent a bicycle built for two at Blazing Saddles (from $7 per hour; 2715 Hyde St.; 415/202-8888) near San Franciscos Aquatic Park. Cross the Golden Gate Bridge to Sausalito, with the water in sight the who
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Mountain retreats
Mammoth Lakes, CA. Along with hiking and fishing, the
mountain bike park is one of the biggest summer draws at this
Eastern Sierra resort. The area is popular with weekend
road-trippers from Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Las Vegas. Watch
out f
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