Tagged: kayaking

Visiting Greenland for First-Timers

A land of stark beauty and contrasts, Greenland can feel like a world apart. Selected as one of our Best Places to Go for 2025, it is the largest island in the world, roughly a quarter…

Things to Do in Lancaster County, PA: Beards, Buggies, and Beyond

Updated Sept. 9, 2024 Southern Pennsylvania’s Lancaster County is home to one of the oldest and largest Amish communities in the United States. Because that separatist religious sect…

Beyond the Beach: Fun Things to Do in Miami Without Showing Off Your Abs

Updated October 12, 2022 In 1961, Frommer’s Miami and the Caribbean on 10 Dollars a Day (the mind boggles) describes the South Florida city as a pastel-hued land of “unheard-of…

What to Do in St. Pete, the Florida City That Defies Florida Stereotypes

One of the joys of travel—and one of its imperatives, if you ask us—is finding exceptions to stereotypes. And when it comes to Florida, the Gulf Coast city of St. Petersburg is…

Northern Michigan's Lakes and Rivers: Five Top Ways To Get on the Water

When you vacation in Northern Michigan, if you don't spend at least some of your time floating—well, you're missing out.This is, after all, a region defined by its waters. The state of…

Essential Gear to Improve Your Outdoor Trips

A successful outdoor vacation depends, to an unusual degree, on having the right gear. That's one reason why the Scout Motto is "Be Prepared" and not "Just Throw Some Stuff in a…

Preppy outdoorsy clothing emporium L.L.Bean will hold free "Outdoor Discovery Programs" from August 14 through 30. The classes are being held in a number of East Coast locations such…

12 Idyllic Islands Where The Kayaking is Sweet (Plus Where to Rent the Kayak)

Smoothly slicing through the ripples, your kayak quietly glides over clear blue waters as the evening darkens. When your paddles cut through the bioluminescent water in the bay, the…

British Columbia's Rugged Northern Coast: Seeing Bears, Whales, and Wilderness

The west coast of Canada doesn’t come to a full stop—it’s more like an ellipsis . . . Innumerable islets, many of them just uninhabited rocks with some trees on top, dot the Pacific…

The Wonders of Alaska (In One Relatively Compact Area): Meet the Kenai Peninsula

Alaska is massive. Intimidatingly so. Transpose its outline on a map of the lower 48 United States and its north-south boundaries would stretch from Mexico to Canada, poking up…

How to Use Travel Blogs to Plan Your Trip

When Keith Ozaki booked an Alaska cruise with InnerSea Discoveries, he had some questions about exactly what would take place on the adventure line's latest small ship, the Wilderness…

Money Matters: 5 Credit Card Tips for the World Traveler

There's no question that cash is still king in many countries, but the widespread use of credit cards in more-developed nations has led to an increase in acceptance of Visa,…

Summit County Skiing Basics, Mountain by Mountain

First, the bad news: Summit County is not the most pristine part of the Rockies. In the heart of the county, a large reservoir stalls water before diverting it to Denver via a tunnel…