Nov 4th, 2012 at 11:00AM: America's national parks will be fee-free once again next weekend as the nation celebrates Veteran's Day. Beginning Saturday, November 10 and running through Monday, November 12, all parks in the U.S. system will waive any entrance fees for visitors, making this a great opportunity to enjoy the fall weather in some of the most scenic and historic locations in all of North America.
While many of ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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National Parks Are Fee-Free November 10-12
Nov 4th, 2012 at 11:00AM: America's national parks will be fee-free once again next weekend as the nation celebrates Veteran's Day. Beginning Saturday, November 10 and running through Monday, November 12, all parks in the U.S. system will waive any entrance fees for visitors, making this a great opportunity to enjoy the fall weather in some of the most scenic and historic locations in all of North America.
While many of ...Alligator Bites Hand Off Everglades Tour Guide
Jun 16th, 2012 at 8:00AM: A group of tourists traveling with Captain Doug's Everglades Tours got far more excitement than they bargained for earlier this week. The three women and two children set out for an afternoon excursion with airboat captain Wallace Weatherholt hoping to catch a glimpse of an alligator and ended up getting far closer to one of the creatures than they ever imagined.
Around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, ...National parks announce fee free days for 2011
Jan 27th, 2011 at 8:00AM: Over the past few years, it has become a tradition for the National Park Service to waive entry fees into the national parks several times a year. Those fee free days have become extremely popular with frugal travelers, who take advantage of the lack of an entry fee to enjoy some of the best natural wonders that America has to offer.
Earlier this month the Park Service announced their fee free ...UNESCO adds Everglades, Madagascar rain forests to endangered list
Aug 4th, 2010 at 8:00AM: Yesterday we told you how the World Heritage Committee of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, aka UNESCO, had granted several new sites "World Heritage" status at their recent meeting held in Sao Paulo, Brazil. That same group also moved two other sites to their endangered list in a move that typically serves as a warning about the future health of those ...New A&E series "The Glades" looking for an extra - flights included!
Jun 23rd, 2010 at 5:30PM: On July 11, A&E will premiere their newest show - The Glades. As the name implies, the show takes place in the Everglades, and features everything that makes a crime show a great crime show - a moody Chicago cop exiled to Florida, mysterious murders and plenty of good looking people.
But unlike most crime shows, you can enter to become a walk on extra on the show.
The prize includes ...10 summer trips to America's greatest natural treasures
Jun 7th, 2010 at 3:30PM:
A visit to a national park conjures up views of lush landscapes, dramatic skylines and lines of honking cars. While the National Park Service estimates that nearly 5 million people visit the Grand Canyon each year, you don't need to join the throng to experience a national wonder. Consider visiting one of the following American treasures instead:
1. Arches National Park/Canyonlands National Park ...Everglades to be put back on U.N. endangered list?
Jul 1st, 2009 at 10:00AM: Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar is meeting with a task force charged with overseeing the restoration of the Florida Everglades this week. He intends to tell them that the Obama administration will ask the United Nations World Heritage Committee to put the national park back on its endangered list when the committee meet in Spain this week. Two years ago, in what has been viewed as a ...Photo of the Day (6.28.09)
Jun 28th, 2009 at 6:00PM: Most photos you'll see of sailboats are full of visual cliches. Typically the background is all puffy white clouds, set against a brilliant blue sky and brightly colored ship's sail, stretched taut in the forceful winds. This shot, by Flickr user Ben Grogan, doesn't fall victim to the typical sailing photo traps. I love the darkly ominous sky menacing its way across the photo's left, slowly ...Zip through Orlando at Grand Lakes
Jun 4th, 2009 at 4:00PM: Climb, zip and traverse: Grand Lakes Orlando's newest attraction can be summarized succinctly, but what really happens is far more interesting. Based at the headwaters of the Florida Everglades, this destination has created a unique experience that leaves guests hanging - and flying and swinging. Put on a harness, and you can experience 25 climbing and traversing structures that are suspended 15 ...Adventure travel in southern Florida
Dec 21st, 2008 at 2:00PM: If you're looking for the sort of travel that gets your heart pumping a bit and you feel as if you're whole body is engaged in your vacation experience, look to Florida. That's the idea behind the on-line and print publication South Florida Adventures.
Whether you like to take to the water or are a dry land type person--or want to combine both, the round-up of the publication's10 top stories of ...Bicycling Shark Valley into the Everglades
Aug 17th, 2006 at 1:21PM: Alligators are the first thing to come to mind when I hear Everglades. Following very close in second place would be visions of murky swamp waters infested with mosquitoes, so when I saw Shark Valley in the same headline as Everglades it was obvious to see why my curiosity would be piqued. John Mc Namara invites visitors to the Florida wildlife area in a more intimate way than speeding through on ...Hidden Gems: Everglades Airboat Tours
Apr 6th, 2006 at 9:06AM: Florida is home to one of the most unusual ecosystems in the
world: the Everglades. A member of the National Park System and a UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Everglades is the only
subtropical park in North America. The park teems with wildlife and plants -- some of which are endangered and many of which exist nowhere else on earth.
This weekend, I got the chance to go on an ...
