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.
Watson Lake: Enjoy kayaking or paddleboarding, or simply relax and take in the beautiful scenery around this stunning lake surrounded by ancient granite dells.
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Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
4 July 2025
The boys both love hotels and taking family trips to the dells or the bay beach.
By Emma Pilger, Steamboat Pilot and Daily When an elk got stuck in a snowy gully on a Steamboat Springs resident’s property Thursday, neighbors were prepared to come from miles around to help — but a ranger with Colorado Parks and Wildlife advised them to let nature take its course.
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The Steamboat Pilot,
The Denver Post,
4 Feb. 2025
The child, whose age is unknown at this time, was playing in the yard when a gully that is normally just a trickle of water quickly swelled, reaching waist deep for rescuers, according to Alexander.
Mandatory evacuations were active along the Colorado 13 corridor from the White River near Meeker to south of Piceance Creek Road in Garfield County, parts of Rio Blanco County east of Willow Creek and south of Piceance Creek, and gulches west of Colorado 13.
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Elliott Wenzler,
Denver Post,
10 Aug. 2025
Overlooking not only the river but the neighboring Gebbers’ family apple and cherry orchards, the heaving ridges and rugged gulches at Scarecrow lend themselves to speed slots, blind shots, punchbowl greens, and holes that boomerang around or play over massive waste areas.
Meanwhile, at Victoria Falls, the Zambezi crashes into thunderous gorges below—sending mist into the air that often catches the sun in fleeting rainbows.
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Lewis Nunn,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
With scenic vistas throughout the gorge, including a unique perspective on the famous bridge, hiking there is relatively low-intensity and well worth the payoff.
There are no big fires in eastern Oregon at the moment, and a half-dozen Idaho fires closer to Boise, but smoke from the nearly 7,000-acre Island Creek Fire somehow has made its way to the valley.
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Shannon Tyler,
Idaho Statesman,
22 Aug. 2025
The valley and the foothills Hundreds of miles away, conservative enclaves in the Sierra Nevada foothills also face the prospect of being gerrymandered into more liberal districts.
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