62 Parks Traveler started with a simple goal: to visit every U.S. national park. Avid backpacker and public-lands nerd Emily Pennington saved up, built out a tiny van to travel and live in, and hit the road. The parks as we know them are rapidly changing, and she wanted to see them before it’s too late.
Pennington is committed to following CDC guidelines during the COVID-19 pandemic to ensure the safety of herself and others. She’s visiting new parks while closely adhering to best safety practices.
After two months of traveling the country with my boyfriend in tow, it was time to get back to my roots. In much the same way that a tired single mom drops her kid off at day care, I left him behind in Los Angeles as I drove away on my own fresh adventure a weeklong, girls-only road trip with my dear friend Ave.
The 12 Most Charming Small Towns in California PureWow 2/19/2021 letters@purewow.com (Carole Dixon)
While the big three of Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco get all the glory out west, California is loaded with small town, quirky charm up and down the diverse 1,264-mile coast. And hey, now that so many of us are no longer commuting to work, these towns are becoming more desirable for full-time living and not just a weekend jaunt.
From towns that will evoke a Gold Rush era feeling to seaside cliffs boasting world-class golf to a dessert oasis (and even a small-town nestled on an island that’s accessible only by boat or helicopter), you can have it all in the Golden State. Here are the most charming small towns in California.
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Biden s transition team found that there was a gutting of the federal workforce under Trump.
The depleted staff at federal agencies could hurt Biden s policy priorities.
The new administration is scrambling to make government work cool again.
Joel Clement was a veteran Interior Department official studying the way climate change impacted Native American tribes in Alaska when he got a sudden job reassignment from the new Trump administration.
He would be moving, he was surprised to learn in June 2017, to the department s accounting office tasked with collecting royalty checks from fossil fuel companies.
An experience that will last a lifetime
By Diane Claytor
Orinda s Rundell family hike the Hell For Sure Challenge last year Photos provided Dreams of vacations are filling our heads. It s been almost a year that we ve been staring at the same walls of our homes, walking the same nearby trails, playing in the same neighborhood parks and getting food from the same local restaurants. By now, most of us are ready to break free as soon as possible! As wonderful as a Hawaiian beach vacation sounds, most of us have been sedentary long enough. It s time to breathe fresh air, move our bodies, challenge ourselves and take in the beauty of the great outdoors.
The Young Researchers Program is one of many hands-on programs that has had to adjust amid the pandemic. (Photo courtesy of Young Researchers Program)
Through USC’s Young Researchers Program, the laboratories at USC have seen doctoral students paired with budding scientists from local high schools each summer since 2009. Juan Bravo, a doctoral student studying gerontology at USC, got his first lab experience in 2011, after being accepted to the program. That year, he worked alongside a mentor and studied metal concentrations in Mexican candy, but now, in 2021, as a USC gerontology doctoral student and mentor in the program, Bravo’s mentorship experience looks much different in light of the pandemic.