Yosemite: Hiking Snow Creek Trail

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Snow Creek trail is not as popular as some of Yosemite’s other trails. In spring, that was a good thing: we had the trail almost to ourselves. As mentioned above, this description of the Snow Creek Trail bear repeating: Hikers, myself included, would describe the trail as “strenuous” and “brutally difficult.” It is the steepest of the five trails from the Yosemite Valley floor. [...]

Nau Versa Blazer and Glimpse Dress Review

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Nau apparel comes to spring/summer 2010 with versatile fashion and comfort in their new Versa Blazer and Glimpse dress. You can travel with these two and not worry about the crinkles. You can dress up. You can dress down. Wear ’em at the vineyards or wear them to town. Separately or in combo, Nau has many choices of items to temp you, but let these two suffice for now. [...]

BearPaw Buckingham Boot Review

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BearPaw’s Buckingham Women’s Knee High Boots are great to look at and very fashion-forward. But the moment you are hooked on BearPaw’s Buckingham Boot, is the moment you snuggle your tootsies into the ultra plush, fluffy soft, wool and sheepskin interior. You will be tempted to forgo the socks and go bare foot in your BearPaw’s! [...]

Helen Thayer in Africa: An Update On Her Latest Adventures

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From her arctic expeditions, studies on wolves, and determination to go where so few people could even survive, much less welcomed, we can only look to her for a snapshot of what Helen Thayer’s eyes have seen. It was considered a mutual honor and privilege for the Maasai tribe of Africa to invite Helen and her husband to abide, travel, and live with them as they traveled from camp to camp. [...]