Travel

This series takes a look at the global issue of racism in sports (with a focus on football/soccer), searches for answers to explain our racial and cultural differences, and focuses on travel as a way to heal our sports, culture, and world.  Check out part I of Sports, racism, and the healing power of...

A skier was recently injured by a snowboarding employee of Heavenly Lake Tahoe. The employee, Andrea Ramos, and Elisabeth Benschop came together on the Olympic ski run. Benschop was knocked unconscious and had to be taken to Barton Memorial in Reno w...

This is the first post in the View from the Vineyard series - talking about a fun and somewhat off-the-beaten path day in wine country. One short day among the vineyards can be active,... (This is a brief excerpt of this post. Please click throug...

In the 1960s and 70s I must have driven by Candlestick Point State Recreation Area a couple of hundred times on my way to a San Francisco Giants baseball game, never realizing there was a state park right across the street from the stadium. Any outfiel...

I’ll start with the bad news. The victim from yesterday’s avalanche near Ward Canyon and the backside of Alpine Meadows was 29 year-old Benjamin Brackett of Olympic Valley. Brackett was back country skiing (not at a ski resort) with 2 other frien...

Paintersville Bridge, November 2010Sounds like a line in a country song: They’re painting the Paintersville bridge. Levi Painter came to California in 1853 at the age of 20. He tried mining, but quickly turned to farming. Farming was something he kne...

Take this for what it’s worth, but LivingSocial is out with another survey that includes data about Sacramento. This time around, the asked 5,600 respondents in five different countries to describe their bad travel habits and perceptions, and h...

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This weekend Steven and I are off to Paris!!  It will be the 3rd country in eight whirwind weeks (the others being Belgium for our anniversary and Spain for Lo's 30th) but I am really looking forward to this one for special reasons...&nb...

Three backcountry skiers were skiing in the area of Stanford Rock near the backside of Alpine Meadows Resort when they were hit by an avalanche. The avalanche occurred sometime after 2:00pm today. Two of the skiers were unhurt, but the third skier wa...