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It is really hard to believe that our retirement and RV lifestyle is now in its tenth year. While we still don't have an exit plan we have started to give serious thought to at least finding one place to spend the winters. Having a monumental birthday...

If you're looking for a weekend getaway, part of Skyline Drive, one of our region's great treasures, will be car-free one Sunday in April. It's part of an effort to showcase how parks and the outdoors can help make you healthier. On Sunday, April 2...

  Photographer's eerie collection of abandoned ruins taken along the highway after dark By James Nye PUBLISHED: 22:07 GMT, 14 October 2013 | UPDATED: 06:10 GMT, 15 October 2013 The great American road trip has long been seen as a rite of passage...

“Ocian in view! Oh! The Joy!,” William Clark wrote in his journal on November 7, 1805 as he viewed what he believed was the Pacific Ocean, as the Corps of Discovery reached the broad estuary of the Columbia River, 20 miles from the coast. Clark’s exhilaration...

Get a head start on your summer fun with free admission to any national park this Saturday, June 9. In celebration of National Get Outdoors Day, all 397 national parks will waive entrance fees.   “Outdoor physical activity is an essential part...