Adventures of Grand Scale
Along vacant highways we peddled, admiring the green flatlands and rushing rivers - the distinct smell of spawning salmon mingling in the breeze. Our guides picked berries for us during rest stops and pointed out the different types of edible vegetation – one to induce labor, one believed to possess cancer-healing properties and one whose leaves made an addictive tea. Our bikes rolled on, past sprawling mountain scenes and cascading water falls that cut crevices through ancient rocky walls. [Read Review]

Bears Behind Trees
In Alaska, I hope to miss the forest for the bears. And indeed the state wantonly strews them everywhere: prowling through coastal waterfalls, nosing in roadside berry patches, charging across tidal flats. The cinnamon bear romps on the beach, and I spot her rear onto two legs - a salmon bucking between her teeth. [Read Review]