Category: Parks and preserves

When it comes to lochs in Scotland You may know a bit about Loch Ness and the many theories concerning its mysterious monster You likely have heard or sung …

Northwest Highlands Geopark: a place where sea and mountain frame day to day community, where history, geology, exploration and wilderness meet. In case you might be thinking the word …

(Part of the Austin Rocks series of posts by a local about things to do and see in Austin, Texas) One of Austin’s most well-known delights is the spring-fed Barton Springs …

Connecting with nature: that’s part of travel. If you are staying in one place, that can be a part of exploration nearby. If you are in a city, it …

The legendary David Cohn quote about the Mississippi Delta is that it, “Starts in the lobby of the Peabody Hotel in Memphis and ends on Catfish Row in Vicksburg,” …

Shenandoah. You may know the song. What do you know of the US national park that shares its name, though? Shenandoah National Park is in Virginia, in the northwest …

Tollymore: the name may not be familiar. You may have seen parts of it, though, as a location for film or as a lovely image on a calendar of …

Lithuania is a country I hadn’t even heard of before I started backpacking across Europe. While most people head to Vilnius – the capital, I ended up in Kaunas, …

Whether you know them by Sliabh Liag, the name in Irish, or the English name Slieve League, these cliffs in Donegal are dramatic, thought provoking, and impressive. That is …

Perhaps your travels of late involve neighborhood walks. There is much that can be learned with such walks. Right now, for a number reasons my walks take place very …

People walking all manner of dogs, runners, children playing, families having picnics, students with their books, tennis players: all may be in Kelvingrove Park at the same moment. Kelvingrove …

Banff: it is a small town in Alberta, in the Canadian Rockies. There is only one other town, near neighbour Lake Louise, which is at a higher elevation in …