Posts in Tag: national parks
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Yamaska National Park with a Stop at Beautiful Montebello
It’s the third day of the RV trip to the Outaouais region of Quebec with my adult son Dale. We’ve had a blast at the Chutes du Coulonge adventure park and the lovely Gatineau hills town of Wakefield. But already I’m having regrets – regrets that is about having to leave Plaisance National Park after […]
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Pu’uhonua O Honaunau – Visiting Hawaii’s Place of Refuge
This is the final post of more than two dozen from a trip to the four major Hawaiian islands that Alison and I and friends took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we visited Hawaii Volcanoes National Park and marvelled at the Big Island’s […]
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Kilauea Crater – Crown Jewel of Hawaiian Volcanoes N.P.
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a trip to the four main Hawaiian islands that Alison and I took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we visited Maui’s Mount Haleakala National Park which features a dormant volcano. In this post […]
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La Seu d’Urgell – Finding Marilyn Monroe in this Ancient Spanish Town
Spain abounds with well preserved small cities and towns that, if they were located anywhere else, would draw a large number of tourists to their unique sites and atmospheres. However, with the irresistible pull of the Toledos, Segovias, Rondas and other better known places, they just get lost in the shuffle. Such a place is the […]
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Haleakala National Park – Maui’s Rare and Sacred Landscape
This is one of a continuing series of posts from a visit to the four main islands of Hawaii that Alison and I took a few years ago. It has been updated for accuracy as of 2021. In the last post we played our final round of golf on Maui at the Wailea Gold Course. […]