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Lake Louise is in Alberta’s Banff National Park in the Canadian Rockies. The town is named for its eponymous, turquoise-colored glacial lake. The lake is surrounded by mountains, glaciers, and, at its head, the Fairmont Lake Louise hotel. A glacier formed the valley 2 million years ago. Another glacier deepened it during the last ice […]
New York State’s Finger Lake region provides visitors with a lot of things to see and do. Whether tasting wine, participating in water activities, visiting the many small towns and villages, or just relaxing and taking in the view. And then there is one of our favorite activities: hiking or strolling through some of the […]
Watkins Glen is a small village in New York State’s Finger Lakes region. Europeans first settled the area in 1791. They were attracted to the area primarily due to the waterpower of the jets of water that flowed through gorges formed by 10,000 years of water pounding the area’s soft shale rock. The entire Finger […]
Zion National Park, Utah’s first national park, is located in the southwest portion of the state. It is filled with beautiful steep cream, pink and red cliffs. It offers an easy walk along a river canyon, a narrow slot canyon, as well as many other hiking opportunities. But even if you are not into hiking, […]
Capitol Reef National Park is in south-central Utah in red rock country. It was named for a combination of the eroded, white Navajo sandstone dome that was thought to resemble the U.S. Capitol Dome and the solid wall of steep, red rock barrier that explorers described as a reef of rock. We made a brief […]
Back in ancient times when personal computers were the big new thing and we were working in the tech industry, we made annual pilgrimages to Las Vegas for the industry’s largest trade show. In those days, Las Vegas was basically casinos, shows, a convention center, a party-town, and lots of sand-filled vacant lots. It still […]