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The snow will be here before you know it. Start getting your body in shape now for the 2022/2023 ski and snowboard season. These workout tips are from Telluride Ski Resort and Tschana Breslin, a senior physiologist with the U.S. Ski & Snowboard Association, are easy enough for all winter sports enthusiasts to follow. Increase
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As if we didn’t have enough to worry about this summer, with delayed flights and lost baggage and high gas prices for family road trips, if you are headed into a wooded area, staying safe from ticks and tick bites are an additional concern. These tips are from the CDC (Center for Disease Control and
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At least 14,000 domestic flights were cancelled or delayed over the recent Father’s Day-Juneteenth holiday weekend, and at least as many pieces of checked baggage were misdirected, delayed or lost. Staff shortages and bad weather are making a mess of summer airline travel, making it more important than ever to protect yourself with travel insurance.
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Club Med, which pioneered the all-inclusive resort concept in the 1950s, is on a construction binge, set to open 17 new resorts in the US, Europe and Asia by 2024, including Club Med Utah. Plus, they are upgrading 13 others. Club Med also opened four new resorts and upgraded four others in 2021 despite the
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During Hispanic Heritage Month, or any time, you can discover the rich and historic connection between national parks and historic sites and Hispanic/Latinx heritage. And there’s always the opportunity to take a hike, watch wildlife, enjoy a picture perfect sunset, learn about the intersection of national parks, conservation and recreation with Park Rangers.
Squaw Valley, home of the 1960 Winter Olympics, is no more. Its new name is Palisades Tahoe, and it newly incorporates the adjoining ski/snowboard resort, which is no longer known as Alpine Meadows. The name change is the latest in a wave of rebranding of names which insult our Native American tribes, including renaming major sports teams.
The Tokyo Olympics aren’t the only games this month. WEIO in Fairbanks, Alaska, draws Native athletes and dancers from around the state, the United States, Canada and Greenland. Competitive games include high kick, knuckle hop, ear pull, two-foot high kick, Eskimo stick pull, and the blanket toss. There’s also indigenous dances, authentic arts and crafts for sale, a Miss WEIO pageant and other cultural activities.
Some of the best reasons to visit national parks are the chance to spot wildlife, including bison, elk, bear, moose, wolves, eagles, trumpeter swans and more. Plus, of course, hundreds of species of birds. With more than 400 national parks and preserves in the National Parks System, there’s plenty of opportunity.
The USA has put 80% of the world on the Level Four: Do Not Travel advisory list for safety reasons, a total of 116 countries not recommended for Americans to visit now.
The magical destination of Tahiti re-opened to international tourism on May 1, 2021. Here’s why you should put Tahiti on your bucket list, especially it’s most famous island, Bora Bora. It sparkles with its diverse marine life, rugged mountain landscapes thick with colorful flowers and deep green trees, and luxurious glass-floored bungalows that seem to float over pristine turquoise lagoons.