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Shenandoah National Park’s Skyline Drive 2025 Travel Guide

Bram — Tue, 11 Feb 2025 14:00:00 +0000

Wind blows through your hair while sun rays hit your scalp. Your favorite music streams from your car’s speaker boxes. Open views of the Shenandoah Valley alternate with thick forest scenery. As you zoom past yet another spectacular viewpoint, a deer scurries back into the brush. If you’re lucky, you might even spot one of Shenandoah National Park’s black bears.

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Driving Virginia’s Blue Ridge Parkway in Fall – 2024 Guide

Bram — Fri, 09 Sep 2022 15:00:00 +0000

The Blue Ridge Parkway is all about enjoying some of America's greatest mountain scenery, doing some hiking and visiting historic sites. I recommend driving the Blue Ridge Parkway in fall. The landscapes are beautifully bright, the waterfalls even more scenic and the crisp mountain mornings invigorating.

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2-Week Tasmania Adventure – 5 National Parks to Visit

Bram — Mon, 15 Jan 2018 23:48:06 +0000

Although it may look small, dwarfed by the Australian mainland, Tasmania is actually a pretty large island. Only 25 islands in the world are bigger in size. And what’s more, over 40% of its surface area is protected, including a huge UNESCO World Heritage Site and no fewer than nineteen Tasmania national parks.

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5 Scenic Roads in New England

Bram — Fri, 18 Mar 2016 20:10:40 +0000

I won’t say that the United States is the world’s best country for road trips—that award goes to Australia, in my opinion—but it’s a darn close second. From the Appalachian Mountains that parallel the East Coast to the Rocky Mountains in the west, and from the Great Lakes to the wetlands of the Deep South,...

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Rovinj & Motovun – Highlights of Istria

Bram — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 16:09:33 +0000

It was in Istria that we got our first taste of Croatia and immediately fell in love with it. A triangular peninsula in northwestern Croatia, Istria (Istra in Croatian) might not be as famous as hyped Dalmatia, but it is definitely equally as beautiful. Although not that big, this is a diverse region—a place where...

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Kancamagus Highway – A Highlight of New England

Bram — Mon, 14 Jul 2014 21:15:46 +0000

Three weeks ago my parents – who were visiting me here in Vermont for my wedding – and I went on a day-long drive through the stunning White Mountains of New Hampshire. The Kancamagus Highway is without a doubt one of the most scenic routes in the region, arguably even in New England. It is,...

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