September 29, 2013:  Houston’s newest pedestrian bridge opened quietly last week, and it’s already a Buffalo Bayou Trail favorite.It crosses over Houston's iconic Buffalo Bayou, and it's the highly anticipated...

If you’re looking for a short hike with the kids or seniors at Colorado National Monument, don’t miss Otto’s Trail. I asked several rangers for advice, and, of course, got several different answers. However...

If you are into dinosaurs and history, take the one mile walk around Dinosaur Hill in Fruita, near Grant Junction. Dinosaur Hill is the place where paleontologists discovered a Diplodocus and an Apatosaurus. The Apatosaurus is semi-famous because most...

Lake Merritt - Oakland, California     My previous articles have invariably centered around hiking trails, both locally (Mt. Tamalpais, Mt. Diablo, Rancho San Antonio, etc.) and in the Lake Tahoe/Desolation Wilderness region. Sometimes however, whether because of...

Campers, hikers, historians, fishermen, and nature enthusiasts all love to make that 10-mile trek over into the Great Smoky Mountains National Park.  A goodly portion of that 10 miles is unpaved, narrow, and twisting.  But, that&rsquo...