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The American West Travelogue offers commentary and information on great destinations in the American West,
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but we also include many cultural, educational, historical and lifestyle features, in order to show the
diversity of the American West.
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Our Travel Planning Service now has its own home online at
www.americanwesttravel.info. The American West Travel Itinerary - Trip Planner is a custom-written package designed for visitors to the American West. We share extensive first-hand knowledge and insights that come from our many years of traveling the west and writing about it in American West Travelogue. The new website replaces our old Travel Planning page and allows us to provide more information in a more organized fashion. Check it out today!
Las Vegas Area Guide Updated
The Las Vegas Area Travel Guide has been updated and reorganized. It has a new and better map, an easier to use format, and additional detail. More information has been added for the City of Las Vegas, Historic Route 66, and Death Valley National Park. The guide focuses primarily on outdoor opportunities for Las Vegas visitors, and includes destinations in Nevada, Arizona, Utah, and California. Notable Las Vegas city attractions also included. Adjacent guides also updated: Northern Arizona and Southern Utah.
Morro Bay - Sea Lions and Dungeness Crab
One of my favorite beach towns is Morro Bay, California... dominated by Morro Rock, an enormous volcanic plug which rises 578 feet at ocean's edge. The sheltered bay offers excellent opportunities for small watercraft such as canoes, kayaks, and small sailboats...
Living the good life in Morro Bay includes eating Dungeness crab, taking in the fabulous dockside views (above), and marveling at the resident sea lions.
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California's Desert in Bloom
From guest contributor and author, Elisa Parhad. When March came around this year, a familiar nudging had me thinking about Southern California's Anza Borrego Desert State Park.
Arizona's Fossil Creek
Due to the huge surge in the area's popularity, our
Fossil Creek Canyon (Fossil Springs) pages have been updated with the latest information. This includes the National Forest Service's current map and regulations.
Night Vision Series
Night Vision at Harris Beach is the second in a series about night-time adventures in the outdoors.
"Harris Beach features beautiful Oregon coastline and the finest campground we've ever visited. However a great beach and campground does tend to attract a lot of people. Still it is possible to enjoy a private, peaceful experience. The solution is the 2:00am hike!"
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California's Lost Coast
California's Lost Coast is one of the state's least well-known wonderlands. Visitors from all over the world travel California Highway-1 hundreds of miles to see the state's spectacular cliffs and beaches.
However in far northern California...the Lost Coast was deemed too rugged to build a highway. The mazes of steep mountain ranges and jagged cliffs here are penetrated by a handful of remote back roads...
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Victorian Ferndale
The Victorian Town of Ferndale is a surprising attraction for campers and hikers visiting the remote and rugged Lost Coast. The quaint town with its 19th century charm and ambience offers quite a different prespective to the region. (More...)
Colossal Cave Mountain Park features a large limestone cavern with a variety of caving opportunities. What had been planned as a quick and easy stop at the tail end of a road trip ended up with a bit more excitement than we'd bargained for. Expecting an easy hike in the cave, we ended up on our hands and knees squirming through a variety of tight spots. (More...)
 The California North Coast (Bay Area) Travel Guide is a resource for Bay Area visitors who wish to sample the beautiful California coastline without extensive driving. The North Coast features exciting scenic drives, great hiking, beautiful beaches, rugged cliffs overlooking the ocean, redwood forests, quaint towns, bed and breakfasts, mountains, and historic attractions - all within a two hour drive of San Francisco.
 Contributor, April Davila, has been touring northern California for a travel writing project and reports on her experience at Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve in the beautiful coastal region north of San Francisco.
 Author, Jill Paris, presents The Sedona Vortex: Is the Rock a Crock?, a humorous satire which explores the alleged spiritual properties of Sedona's famous vortexes.
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