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HIGH ON ADVENTURE 
Feature stories and photoessays for the Adventurous Traveler
Back issues @ Travel Destinations
AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2013 Vol 17 , No. 5  Lynn Rosen, Content Editor; Steve Giordano, Web Editor

 
California cavern slithering

CAVE SQUIRMING AND SLITHERING, by Lee Juillerat

California's Moaning Cavern's Adventure Tour is remarkable for its seemingly impossible passages—the Pancake squeeze, Joe's Adventure, Roach Motel, Birth Canal, and The Chimney, the more difficult of two routes—Godzilla's Nostril is the other....more

 
  People you meet on a train
 

PEOPLE YOU MEET ON A TRAIN, by Ted and Sylvia Blishak
In business class on the Pennsylvanian, we sat across the aisle from a 24-year-old woman who had her entire earlobe, her nose, lip, and tongue pierced and adorned with silver jewelry. This was our first conversation with a pierced and tattooed person.....more

 
  Oregon Zoo

THE OREGON ZOO, by Vicki Hoefling Andersen
In November 1888, the City of Portland accepted a small menagerie of animals from a former sailor who had set up shop in town. The City didn’t intend to start a zoo, but the citizens were captivated by the monkeys, bears and birds housed on the hillside above the burgeoning city....more

 
Hawaii swimming

HAWAII...THE BIG ISLAND...with My Son, by Larry Turner
En route to Akaka is a wonderful fruit stand where you can get fresh coconut and other tropical delights. My son and I especially enjoyed Wednesday's Kalapana Market where you'll get a feel of old Hawaii. There's live music, great food and many enticing vendor items for sale. This is the place where hikes to the lava flow begin....more

 
  Women skiing

SKI SUN PEAKS WITH SKI SISTERS, by Yvette Cardozo

Women ski differently. And, yes, they learn differently. I’ll never forget my first women’s clinic. It came not long after a ski class where I was one of two women among half a dozen men. We hit a ridge and everyone froze....more

  Machu Picchu Montana

HIKING THE MONTAÑA ABOVE MACHU PICCHU, by Julie Gangler

We both were struggling with the 10- to 12-inch-high steps that led up Machu Picchu Montaña, the big mountain rising 1,640 feet above “the lost city of the Incas.”....more

  Palm Springs Follies

THE FABULOUS PALM SPRINGS FOLLIES, by Lynn Rosen

Such a show! This cast of performers had careers on Broadway or in Hollywood, worked in New York City, Las Vegas, TV or movies. Now in Palm Springs, the show is a sold-out performance two times a day, five days a week....More

 

 

 

     
     
     
     
 

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