Feb 28th, 2013 at 10:00AM:
It's nearly impossible to avoid Maya culture in the Yucatan, particularly during the month of December in 2012, when conspiracy theories detailing the "predicted" Maya doomsday were running wild like a pack of wolves through the Internet, dirtying websites with their footprints. When you can't beat them, you're instructed to join them. And so I went to Mexico in December alongside the wolves ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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The Dzilbilchaltun Ruins: We Come In Peace
Feb 28th, 2013 at 10:00AM:
It's nearly impossible to avoid Maya culture in the Yucatan, particularly during the month of December in 2012, when conspiracy theories detailing the "predicted" Maya doomsday were running wild like a pack of wolves through the Internet, dirtying websites with their footprints. When you can't beat them, you're instructed to join them. And so I went to Mexico in December alongside the wolves ...The Beaches Near Merida: Progreso And Chicxulub
Jan 8th, 2013 at 9:00AM:
The nearest beach to Merida, Mexico, is Progreso. The ancient Maya frequented Progreso to collect sea salt from lagoons near the coast. Salt was a valuable product for trade for the ancient Maya – so valuable that many Maya made the trek frequently, despite its semi-arid obstacles. And so, after walking around on the beach via Google Street View for a while, I decided to make the ...I Found My Silver Lining At Grayton Beach State Park
Jul 21st, 2012 at 10:00AM:
My husband and I were wandering down the East Coast with our two dogs. We had just made an unplanned visit to West Virginia to be with my family during a medical emergency and, as a silver lining to the sudden and stressful trip, we figured we'd meander down the Atlantic and across the Gulf on our way back to Texas rather than traverse the highways we already knew so well; the ones that run ...Wildlife refuge on island of Sanibel, Florida, introduces iNature Trail for smartphone users
Oct 13th, 2011 at 3:00PM: The J.N. "Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge has introduced a new interactive smartphone capability for visitors. Called iNature Trail, the program utilizes QR (Quick Response) codes that are located around the refuge, which can be scanned by your smartphone using free downloadable applications like Neoscan and QR Scan. Once scanned, the codes will bring up YouTube videos and other informative ...
Stand up paddling the length of the Mississippi River
Jul 19th, 2011 at 8:00AM: At more than 2400 miles in length, the mighty Mississippi is one of the longest rivers in North America. The iconic waterway, which has become an indelible part of American folklore, stretches from northern Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, passing through the heart of the nation in the process. Over the years, the muddy waters of the Mississippi have been explored by every kind of watercraft from ...From the Shores of Louisiana - Is gulf seafood safe?
Oct 20th, 2010 at 10:00AM: Baton Rouge, Louisiana: It's rare for me to see 67-year-old Wilma Subra – chemist, MacArthur Grant 'genius,' grandmother of six – so worked up. But when I asked last week how things were going in the Gulf, where she's been measuring levels of toxicity in air, water and fish long before the BP gusher began she was adamant that things are still bad out there.
"My biggest concern is ...Could a hurricane still disrupt your vacation?
Oct 17th, 2010 at 4:00PM: If you have a vacation planned to the Gulf of Mexico coast between now and the end of November, the odds that it will get screwed up by a hurricane are declining rapidly. Hurricane season ends on November 30, and it looks like it's going to be remembered as a pretty mild one, with only 16 named storms, nine hurricanes and five hitting Category 3 or higher. There haven't been any major storms to ...From the shores of Louisiana: What fuels energy change?
Jul 10th, 2010 at 10:00AM: Born in the Natal province of South Africa, Ivor van Heerden has been an adopted Louisianan for more than thirty years. During his years here he's been head of the state's coastal restoration program, on the staff at LSU, co-director of the state's hurricane center and a head of Team Louisiana, which investigated the hows and whys of the levee failures during Hurricane Katrina.
Also along the ...From the shores of Louisiana: through the eyes of an environmental chemist
Jun 21st, 2010 at 10:00AM:
New Iberia, Louisiana -- Traveling around southern Louisiana with Wilma Subra can be both enlightening and depressing. A chemist by training and environmental activist by choice, on every corner, at every railroad crossing, each empty lot and even in the air she sees – rightfully! – either a toxic wasteland or one on the verge. Better than anyone in the state she understands the ...It's swim with the manatees time
Jan 13th, 2008 at 12:00PM: There's only one place in the U.S. where it's legal to swim with manatees and that's Crystal River, Florida. The friend of mine who recently moved to Florida, told me this while pulling up a Web site to Crystal River.
Yep, sure enough. The manatees arrive in droves at Kings Bay along Florida's west coast via the Gulf of Mexico starting the end of October. Picture 60 miles north of Tampa and 30 ...When You Catch a 844-Pound Shark, Size Clearly Does Matter
Oct 17th, 2007 at 11:00AM: Talk about a big fish story. Six guys go fishing in the Gulf of Mexico, hoping to catch some grouper in the Destin Fishing Rodeo tournament, and catch a 844-pound, 11-foot mako shark instead.
They couldn't even get the thing into the small fishing boat, so they had to tie it to the boat and bring it to shore. Of course, they "had to." Nobody would ever believe that it was really as big as they ...Heaven is a Commuter Flight Away
Nov 8th, 2006 at 9:30AM: Just when you were despairing that you had to live in Europe to take advantage of cool, even exotic, get-away flights for your weekend, there's hope. In less than four short hours from Los Angeles or three hours from Phoenix, you can really get away from it all. Los Mochis, Mexico, (airport code LMM) has daily flights from LAX, Phoenix, Tuscon, and other US cities, serviced by Aeromexico (and it's ...
