• Reboot - March 2018

    JOYCE BEDDOW-BUCKLAND and PHYLLIS RAINEY became angels of Ashcroft after the July 2017 wildfires tore thr ...

    JOYCE BEDDOW-BUCKLAND and PHYLLIS RAINEY became angels of Ashcroft after the July 2017 wildfires tore through their community and went on to quickly destroy a 49-home seniors trailer park in nearby Bo ...

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  • Pursuing Treasures

    I’m gazing into the beady black eyes of a Florida ’gator. Thank goodness, I’m in the safety of a tram, bu ...

    I’m gazing into the beady black eyes of a Florida ’gator. Thank goodness, I’m in the safety of a tram, but even then, Olga, our biologist guide says, “We’d better move on because these things move fas ...

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  • Norway: Green and Serene

    One century ago, Roald Amundsen completed his journey through the Northwest Passage. Several years prior, ...

    One century ago, Roald Amundsen completed his journey through the Northwest Passage. Several years prior, fellow Norwegian Richard With, initiated a coastal steamer cruise along the country’s shorelin ...

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  • Arizona's Sonoran Desert

    As eager first-timers to Arizona, we explore its Sonoran desert and southwest heritage… without playing e ...

    As eager first-timers to Arizona, we explore its Sonoran desert and southwest heritage… without playing even one golf course! Our discoveries begin on horseback just outside Scottsdale. Slapping on co ...

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  • A Trans-Kalahari Adventure

    The Trans-Kalahari Adventure is a guided 21-day safari starting in Cape Town, South Africa and ending in ...

    The Trans-Kalahari Adventure is a guided 21-day safari starting in Cape Town, South Africa and ending in Livingstone, Zambia via Namibia and Botswana. Accommodations range from historic guest houses t ...

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  • The Place of Caves

    Two colossal elephants once stood regally at the entrance of the island's temple caves, hence the name co ...

    Two colossal elephants once stood regally at the entrance of the island's temple caves, hence the name coined by the Portuguese when they landed on its shores in the 1500s. In 1864, however, British a ...

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  • Dung Beetles Have Right-of-Way

    Dung beetles have right-of-way here! Nothing else, not even pedestrians, just dung beetles. I’m in South ...

    Dung beetles have right-of-way here! Nothing else, not even pedestrians, just dung beetles. I’m in South Africa and road signs proclaiming this law are everywhere. I first encounter the beetles in a g ...

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  • A Wild Life

    Not only has Gillian Radcliffe devoted most of her life to wildlife ecology, but she has also embraced he ...

    Not only has Gillian Radcliffe devoted most of her life to wildlife ecology, but she has also embraced her love of raptors, birds of prey, to such an extent that she conquered her fear of heights and ...

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