Stienstra explores more than 50,000 campsites and provides easy-to-follow directions; information on fees, reservations, and facilities; and the secrets to finding the best spots. Photos. 60 maps.
For outdoor enthusiasts who are always looking for new places and ways to take in the fresh air, who love to camp, hike, fish, boat, and bike, Foghorn Outdoors offers excursion guides that highlight a variety of adventures near and far. -- Features updated descriptions of more than 850 lakes, 30,000 miles of streams, and 1,200 miles of coastline
The Golden State is blessed with a diversity of wildlife unrivaled anywhere on Earth. From coastal tidepools to high desert, and from mountain forests to fertile valleys, the ecosystems of California teem with a vast array of species. This encyclopedic guide, written by Tom Stienstra in collaboration with the California Department of Fish and Game, profiles over 100 animals, from the formidable black bear and majestic gray whale to river otters, bald eagles, and great horned owls. The guide is croos-referenced and has been reviewed for accuracy by professional biologists.
Offering established and novice freelancers suggestions on specializing, this handbook guides writers towards more successful careers. As this analysis demonstrates, when freelancers concentrate on one type of writing rather than being a general freelancer, they discover a lucrative niche in the writing market. Using the advice supplied in this reference, writers will be able to make more money, focus their careers, and learn a more effective way of freelancing. The book lays out the basics of 10 key markets--including health, parenting, and home and garden--and provides a series of interactive exercises to help discover which is the writer's best fit. Published writers and unpublished hopefuls alike will benefit from this valuable and informed guidebook.
The most trusted name in outdoor guide writing, Tom Stienstra gives readersnother reason to spend the night under the stars with the newest edition of "oon Outdoors California Camping". Covering every worthwile destination inalifornia, this is the campers guide to finding the best spots in the Goldentate. Families, day-trippers, and seasoned campers looking for a change oface will all find the perfect campground among the options selected by Tom.estinations vary from the Mojave Desert in the south to Redwood forests inhe north and beaches along the Central Coast. This guidebook providespdated, easy-to-use region and trail maps, descriptive keynotes for everyeographical region, and facility and fee information. Detailed descriptionset campers know when they're near a waterfall, scenic overlook, orildflower field. "Moon California Camping" has the details on the bestalifornia camping available.
This Fiji handbook provides a thought-provoking introduction to Fiji's turbulent history, diverse population, and cultural riches. Travelers gain from seasoned traveler Stanley's extensive descriptions and evaluations of Fiji's lodgings, from luxury resorts to simple hotels on the beach. His comprehensive reporting of outdoor recreation makes it simple to locate the perfect activities, such as scuba diving, snorkeling, surfing, sailing, kayaking, hiking, camping, and golf.
Natives and newcomers can agree on one thing: Colorado is a superlative state. It has more Fourteeners than any other state, more microbreweries per capita than any other state, the highest suspension bridge in the world, the world's largest natural hot springs pool, the tallest sand dunes in the United States, and the largest city park system in the country. If you are looking for the perfect place to camp in Colorado, your trip starts with "Moon Colorado Camping." It's the ideal resource for finding campsites--from secluded alpine hike-in spots to convenient roadside stopovers--throughout the entire state. Join expert author Sarah Ryan as she brings you: descriptions of camping options, ranging from state park campgrounds to RV parks; complete contact information and summaries of each campground's scenic features, facilities, and nearby recreation opportunities; expert tips on gear, safety, and first aid, weather, low-impact camping, and camping with kids; easy-to-use regional maps, driving directions to each campground, and details on fees, reservation services, and helpful websites.
A where-to guide to outdoor adventure in one of America's greatest metro centers--indispensible for today's young urbanites who crave outdoor sports and won't settle for less.
For ten years Marsha, Paul, and Simba cruised the snowbird circuit from Los Angeles to Key West, in three different motorhomes, towing a Saturn, with numerous campground memberships two years as full-timers, when their family considered them homeless . In addition to the U.S. snowbird hotspots, they RVed in Mexico, Alaska, and New Zealand, and lived in Canada's winter tropics Parksville, B.C. This book is a compilation of fifteen years experiencing, observing, reading, and Googling. It discusses the ideal snowbird "rig", preparations, destinations, routes, parks, clubs, campground memberships, lifestyles, and challenges. It is the quintessential budget guide for the Great Escape to Where the Sun Spends the Winter.