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  • The Adventures of a Photo

    Jun 7, 2011 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Images of natural landscapes have spoken to our souls since the time we started painting them on cave walls. And every few months, it seems, another new report touts the healing benefits of the outdoors and green spaces.

  • Explore a National Park This Week — For Free!

    Apr 19, 2011 · Wendy Redal

    It’s National Park Week in the USA. At a moment when the federal budget is as strained as it’s ever been, our parks are nonetheless open free of charge to all comers from April 16-24. It’s a perfect opportunity to discover a new destination or get reacquainted with an old favorite.

  • Adventure: A Sales Opportunity?

    Apr 12, 2011 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    I’ll admit it: I’m a vampire-story junkie. Ever since I read Anne Rice’s 1976 novel Interview with a Vampire, I’ve been thirsting—shall we say—for more. So, you can see why I was “sucked in” to watching The Vampire Diaries series on TV, ever since it premiered in 2009.

  • The Open End of Adventure

    Mar 15, 2011 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    When Amelia Earhart and her navigator, Fred Noonan, stepped into her twin-engine plane in Miami on June 1, 1937, they were embarking on an adventure of a grand sort. The two hoped to fly around the world, following the Equator.

  • Choosing the Sea

    Mar 1, 2011 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Two very old whales are telling us a fascinating story. They are fossils—a male and a pregnant female—that were discovered in Pakistan in 2000 and 2004. Researchers say that these 47.5-million-year-old cetaceans are beginning to reveal that, without a doubt, our modern whales originated from terrestrial ancestors.

  • Adventure in the DNA

    Feb 15, 2011 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    If you’re a fan of forensic TV programs—such as Bones, Dexter, Fringe or one of the several CSI series—you can’t help but be familiar with the many ways DNA testing may be put to use: to gather evidence at crime scenes, determine family relationships or prove the recent whereabouts of a missing person, among others.

  • It’s All One Song | Ben’s Musings

    Feb 4, 2011 · Ben Bressler

    Dear Friend, Someone once commented to Neil Young that his songs all seemed to sound the same. He replied that “It’s all one song.”

  • Top Adventure Job of 2010

    Jan 18, 2011 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Winter, along with the start of a brand-new year, tends to put us in a reflective mood. I guess that’s why the January issues of many magazines are now full of “best of” lists for last year.

  • Can You Hear the Call of the Northern Wild?

    Jan 13, 2011 · Wendy Redal

    While “the Arctic” may conjure up images of sprawling icefields and endless snow-mantled landscapes, polar bears, and fur-clad Inuit bundled against the cold, it’s a whole different scenario in the summertime. Check out these amazing Arctic adventures for your next summer vacation!

  • Running a Travel Company is Not Like Making Donuts | Ben’s Musings

    Jan 7, 2011 · Ben Bressler

    Dear Friend, I like donuts… heck, pretty much everybody likes donuts. (Especially Canadians!) I like Boston creams and chocolate glazed the most. But I’ll eat any of them. Really, I will. But as much as I like donuts…nay, “love” them might be more appropriate…