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Best for Solo Train Enthusiasts: Scotland Discover the incredible and indelible beauty of the Scottish highlands, full of lochs, glens, castles and fluffy highland cows and sheep on a journey with Vacations by Rail.
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Wendy Altschuler,
Forbes.com,
16 June 2025
One of the biggest temperate rainforests in the United States, the Hoh Rain Forest is worth visiting just for fantastical trails like the Hall of Mosses and Hoh River Trail that wind through peaceful glens of trees positively dripping with moss.
When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region.
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NC Weather Bot,
Charlotte Observer,
20 June 2025
Intense rainfall, as common in tropical latitudes, and water vapor in the eruption column can mix with volcanic ash and debris, forming deadly mudflows called lahars by geologists after an Indonesian word for ravines on the slopes of a volcano.
The route includes many iconic Romanesque churches and beautiful landscapes, including the Rio Dulce natural park, and the canyon of Caracena.
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Cecilia Rodriguez,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2025
On the night of the shooting, officers arrived at the scene of the call and found Rasmussen shot in the torso and lying in a nearby canyon, Provence said.
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Caleb Lunetta,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
20 June 2025
The restaurant overlooks the Little Sugar Creek valley and offers a multicourse tasting menu by reservation only.
Conifer, Cooper's first restaurant, is known for a completely gluten-free menu, which changes seasonally.
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NWA Democrat-Gazette,
Arkansas Online,
23 June 2025
On Pressing Onward, Freedia is creating her own religious experience of sorts — one that marries the powerful peaks and sonorous valleys of gospel with the irrepressible, relentless energy of bounce.
Her seawall drops about 7 feet into a mucky gully where freshwater once flowed from a manmade reservoir known as Wixom Lake.
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Kristen Jordan Shamus,
Detroit Free Press,
22 Sep. 2024
The climbers were descending a steep gully in the northern section of Early Winter Spire, a pair of rock formations in the Cascades some 150 miles east of Seattle, the Okanogan County Sheriff's Office said in a statement.
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