Rambling Traveler: California

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Tuesday, March 4, 2008

Flickr Favorites: spiicytuna

I love these photos by spiicytuna on flickr. You can see these and other hot air balloon pictures in his Balloon Classics set.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

Flickr Favorites: ms4jah

These photos are from ms4jah's Best Balloon photos set on Flickr.

Thursday, November 29, 2007

TRAVEL NARRATIVES:
Dave from GoBackpacking started his round the world trip today. His first stop is Tahiti, but I'm not at all jealous. I like the below freezing temps we are experiencing in Minnesota, really. Ha! In a recent post, Dave shared his packing list and a photo of everything he is bringing on his trip. Could you pack like that for a year on the road?

TRAVEL DESTINATIONS:
Learn about the history of Central Park on Eyeflare.

National Parks Traveler has two articles that caught my eye: Paddling Into Yellowstone National Park and How the National Seashores Came to Be.

Read about the Big Sur Coast in California on Real Travel.

TRAVEL TIPS:
Nath at Ubertramp is at it again. He is sharing even more travel tips with Hidden Money Belts and How to Hide Money on your Person.

Not just for women, Beth at Wanderlust and Lipstick shares 5 tips for solo women travelers.

TRAVEL WRITING:
Check out Vagabondish for some great tips on How to Write a Travel Journal That's Worth Reading. I especially like the suggestions to use different color pens to mark different days, and to create an index of your entries. I even have one of those pens with 4 different colors to choose from.

TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHY:
The holidays are here, and it seems like cameras are on sale at all the stores. If you are thinking of buying a new camera for yourself or someone else, here are some good resources to help you choose a digital camera.

Digital Photography School has several tutorials on how to buy digital cameras.

Should you buy a DSLR camera? Check out the traveler's notebook useful article and quiz to help you decide.

For more travel articles, check out the section marked From other Blogs in my sidebar.

Thursday, June 14, 2007

From other Travel Blogs...

Some good travel articles to check out from this past week:

Dave at Go Backpacking explains CouchSurfing and shares his first experience as a host, then follows up with his thoughts and some CouchSurfing tips.

If you are traveling solo, Smarter Travel has a series of great articles including planning a solo trip, resources for solo travelers, and safety tips for solo travelers. Check out the site for a few others, too.

For tips on traveling in large groups, The Ecua Traveler has some good ideas.

Backpack Planet has some great tips for travelers to make things easier for family back home. There is also an article about free audio/video language phrase books for those of you who need help speaking a different language.

Going to Scotland? Viator shares possible itineraries for Edinburgh.

Or, if your destination is California, The New York Times has a good article on hiking the hills above the wineries in Napa Valley.

For even more articles, check out the section marked From Other Blogs in my sidebar.

*the picture above is a 200 year old oak tree that was recently cut down in the name of progress, I mean road improvements. The composition with the stop sign was deliberate, of course. I wish I had been there when they cut it down so I could have gotten a picture of that.