Hiking in United States

Bike & Brews, Historic Style

One of our favorite combinations when traveling is mountain biking, followed by sipping a refreshing craft beer, the world's best recovery drink. Flagstaff, Arizona does this combo better than most...

Visit Saint Augustine - the Oldest City in the US

Saint Augustine is a city in the Southeastern United States, on the Atlantic coast of northeastern Florida. Founded in 1565 by Spanish explorers, it is the oldest continuously-inhabited...

San Francisco, CA: Favorite Sights

1] The California Line Cable Car ride. 2] The ferry boat ride from the Ferry Terminal at the end of Market St. to Sausalito and back 3] The Victorian houses 4] San Francisco from on high San...

Surprising Los Angeles, CA, USA

First off, Los Angeles is big-- Los Angeles County, USA, covers 4,753 sq miles and has a population of more than 10,000,000 people. 4,000,000 people live in Los Angeles City, the largest city in...

The Trees of California

The CA Coastal Redwood tree is the tallest tree in the world. It is also remarkably straight and very desirable for constructing out door decks because 1] it rarely warps, 2] it is a very pretty wood...

Flagstaff - Arizona Elevated

Why is Flagstaff a must-visit Arizona destination? At 7,000 feet above sea level, the desert terrain and cactus spikes change to towering 200' Ponderosa pines, the trademark foliage of the towering...