Winter can be a wonderful time to experience the magnificent beauty of Mount Rainier National Park. Lauren Himiak, About.com's Guide to National & State Parks, has put together an excellent article highlighting your snowshoeing options in Mount Rainier National Park. She provides details about easy, moderate, and strenuous snowshoe hikes that you can enjoy on a winter's day in the park. Lauren also covers what to wear and what to bring for your safety and comfort during your Mount Rainier snowshoeing adventure.

There are many sights to see and regions to visit in the huge state of Alaska. An escorted land tour is one of the many options to consider when choosing your Alaska travel experience. Gray Line of Alaska provides a great selection of  Alaska travel packages, ranging from self-drive to fully escorted. Last summer I enjoyed their Escorted Great Land Explorer tour, spending time at such highlights as Fairbanks, Denali National Park, Kenai Fjords National Park, and Anchorage. We traveled by luxury motor coach and the Alaska Railroad, taking in the amazing Alaska scenery in worry-free comfort. If you'd like to see the best of Alaska without the stress of planning out each detail of your lodging, transportation, attraction tickets and schedules, food, parking, luggage handling, and all those other pesky logistical things, an escorted land tour is for you. I've put together a review of this 8-day, 7-night Escorted Great Land Explorer package so that you can can get an idea of what you can experience on your own Alaska adventure.

The Seattle metro area offers an infinite variety of options for couples to enjoy a romantic getaway. From strolling in the outdoors to dining at a waterfront table, the ways that you can spend quality time with each other are endless. Your romantic Seattle getaway begins with your choice of accommodations. Here is a list of romantic lodgings that are in or very near the Seattle/Tacoma metro region.

According to a recent issue of the snowmobile-enthusiast magazine SnoWest, four of the top 10 trails in the West are located in Wyoming. The four fabulous snowmobile trail systems are the Continental Divide Snowmobile Trail (CDST), the Snowy Range trail system, the Big Horns trails system, and the Alpine trail system (which is part of the North Wyoming Range).  Printable PDF maps for all of these snowmobile trails are now available through Wyoming's Department of State Parks and Cultural Resources. You can also order hard copies of these detailed maps.