Good Nature Travel Blog

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    Let Your Mind Wander: Those “Travels” Are Good for You

    Feb 28, 2017 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Mindfulness is a buzzword today. It refers to the notion that we should strive to keep our minds fully attending to and totally aware of what’s happening and what we’re doing on a moment-to-moment basis.

  • Travel Tales

    Pushed Around on South Georgia Island | Olaf’s Corner

    Mar 7, 2016 · Olaf Malver

    The persistent nudge was annoying. A very large body was trying to push me off the camping mattress. Snugly wrapped in my sleeping bag, I drowsily realized that the firm pressure was not from a tent mate—I was in a single tent—but from something much bigger.

  • Travel Tales

    (South) Georgia On My Mind

    Feb 8, 2016 · Emily Deemer

    When expectations are high, I find it rare for a destination to so completely and entirely surpass anything I could have anticipated. Without a doubt, this was the case with my first visit to South Georgia island in the southern Atlantic Ocean. Biologically, it is part of the Antarctic ecosystem.

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    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.

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    The Making of an Adventure Town

    Oct 4, 2010 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    I’m going to have to ask for your forbearance right up front on this one, because I’m going to do a little bragging here. Not too long ago, my hometown of Madison, Wisconsin, was named one of the Top 100 Adventure Towns in the nation by National Geographic Magazine.

  • Travel Tales

    Wayfinders Wanted

    Apr 27, 2010 · Candice Gaukel Andrews

    Before you decided where you were going to go for your next travel adventure, you probably researched different locales online, picked up brochures from several travel agencies, read books on the areas from the library and carefully sorted through various itineraries from a few tour companies.