It was hard to believe we were in the desert. With its lush trees and flowing waters, Utah’s Zion National Park looked more like Maine’s 2,000-miles-away Acadia than Nevada’s two-hours-away Valley of Fire, where we’d hiked the day before on the first stop of our side trip from Las Vegas. But the towering walls of… Read More Zion National Park for Leisure Hikers
You know you’re a wanderluster when you find places to travel to from the places you travel to. On our most recent annual journey to Las Vegas, my companion and I decided to take a two-day road trip to Utah, a state that I had last driven through a couple of decades ago and remembered… Read More One Morning in Valley of Fire State Park
There are lots of food cities made great by local specialties; think Creole cooking in New Orleans. Las Vegas is different; it’s a city where the best of American and world-wide cuisine comes together, in settings that range from simple to stunning. The hard part is choosing among them. On my roughly annual visits there,… Read More Your Fabulous Food Day on the Vegas Strip
If you’re heading to Nationals Park for the All-Star Game this month, or to see the Boston Red Sox this week, or any time really, you’ll be visiting a modern ballpark that’s clean and comfortable by stadium standards, with nice views of the Washington monuments from various vantages. Here’s what I’ve learned during the decade that… Read More Top Tips for Visiting Nationals Park