National Parks

Exploring Cinque Terre, Italy’s Coastal Gem

The Cinque Terre (literally, the “five lands”) are a string of five centuries-old fishing villages perched on the rugged coast of the Italian Riviera between Genoa and Pisa in northwest Italy. The villages—Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore—were

Crater Lake National Park

This was my third and Cheryl’s second visit to Oregon’s Crater Lake National Park. I had been there in 1986 on my six-week trip after taking the bar exam, and had been amazed by the intense blue color of the