SERENGRETI SAFARI
by Katrina Chen
Tires burn through the bushwhacked pothole roads. Eyes dart from zebras to lions to elephants. A camera locked in my hands. Core braced as the Jeep thrashes me from left to right, trying to throw me to the lions. A smile infiltrates my face as the African sun illuminates my happiness. This is it, my dream has come true.

RESTAURANT SEARCH
by Steve Giordano

My earliest memories of dining out are being pulled in a wagon by my mother to a drug store with a soda fountain. Ice cream cones! Who wouldn't enjoy spending a lifetime of going out to eat with childhood memories like that?

GOING TO THE SUN AND GOING TO THE OCEAN SHORES (MONTANA AND WASHINGTON ADVENTURES) by Larry Turner
The last two months had been memorable with fly fishing, rafting and exploring Montana's Northwest corridor along with a several week foray to Washington's Ocean Shores and Mount Rainier areas.

LAVA BEDS NATIONAL MONUMENT
100 Years Old as a Park, But a Longer History
by Lee Juillerat
At first glance the landscape appears desolate, impenetrable and intimidating. But the appropriately named Lava Beds National Monument is also a place for above- and below-ground exploration, and for remembering history.

GUATAMALA'S CITY OF ANTIGUA SITS NEAR THREE VOLCANOES

by Vicki Hoefling Andersen
Located near three impressive volcanoes about 25 miles west of Guatemala City is one of the oldest and most picturesque cities in all of the Americas: Antigua. In 1979 it was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

ADVENTURE POEM
by Timothy Pilgrim, Adventure Poet Laureate

Montana absolution, of a kind

Seattle fled, for good, I skim Missoula,
let Wisdom wait one more day,
on megrim drive to Bannack,...

HEY, TRAVELERS. WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF THIS SUMMER?
by Christopher Elliott
Instead of worrying about your summer trip, do something about it before you leave. Find a flexible ticket. Get a travel insurance policy. Book through a reliable agent, or do your research and then book the trip yourself.

SUMMER YARD CLEANUP
Humor Column by Noma d'Plume

The arrival of summer has energized hubby, who recently decided that the garden needed some dramatic changes. Dramatic as in the removal of two monster bushes...