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HIGH on ADVENTURE
JANUARY/FEBRUARY
2025, OUR 29TH YEAR

A bi-monthly adventure travel magazine by
Pacific Northwest journalists and photographers

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FEATURED TRAVEL STORIES FOR JANUARY/FEBRUARY 2025

Lynn Rosen, Content Editor; Steve Giordano, Web Editor

 
   
Carving big spoon

LEARNING RANCHING SKILLS IN CODY, WYOMING by Yvette Cardozo

People come to Cody, WY, to taste the west, to visit nearby Yellowstone National Park, to maybe learn about Buffalo Bill Cody.

I got to play with wood ... and also guns.

   
       
Crawling in lava tube CAVING IN DURING THE WINTER: Exploring Lava Tube Caves at Lava Beds National Monument by Lee Juillerat
What do you do and where can you go when it's bone-chilling cold outside? Cave in to those desires to get out and go by heading to Lava Beds National Monument and explore some of the park's more than 700 fascinating lava tube caves.
   
       
Mexio, Tren Maya

TREASURES OF THE YUCATÁN PART 1: PALENQUE TO IZAMAL
by Vicki Hoefling Andersen

Most of Mexico's Tren Maya (Maya Train) is now operational, transporting locals and visitors along its seven routes in five Mexican states. Six new hotels are strategically located within short or walking distances from important archaeological sites.

   
       
Deception Pass Bridge

SCENIC DRIVING WASHINGTON, Pt. 1
by Lynn Rosen and Steve Giordano

One of the most popular destinations in Washington is Deception Pass State Park, accessed from the mainland by this iconic bridge. Lynn and Steve's Scenic Driving Washington guidebook takes us on a visit.

   
       
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ADVENTURE POEM by Timothy Pilgrim
Adventure Poet Laureate

No winter picnic

Camping date, iced gusts sweep in,
smoke follows beauty, I say.
You smile, stomp out cold, twirl
...

   
       
Christmas cookies

TAKING A DEEP BEATH FOR 2025
Humor Column by Noma d'Plume

Once all treats had passed Dad's rigorous screening process (aka eating himself into a cookie coma), we divided up 250 cookies, three batches of peanut brittle and four batches of brownies. Whew!

   
 
Croatian Dalmation,  minaretcoast

CROATIA: Croatia's Dalmatian Coast -- With Inland Extras! by Brad Hathaway

Across the Adriatic Sea from Italy is part of the former Yugoslavia that offers fantastic ports, lovely towns and coastal views galore. While some major cruise lines send huge ships skimming the edge, there's a better approach.

 
Heli takeoff for skiers

HOPEFULLY NOT TODAY
by David Sartwell

In this skiing-the-dangerous-chute story, Sartwell ponders: "I wanted to warn him about what I knew would be his eventual fate. The broken bones, the myriad of doctors hovering around, the months of recovery, and the aches that will be with him as he rolls out of bed in his old age. Should I try to tell him how it will be?"