Touring Utah’s Beautfiul Canyonlands
By Jean Strauber, Travel Editor In 2004 I had the real pleasure of visiting the Utah towns of Moab, Price and Vernal on a Canyonlands, Dinosaurs and Outlaws tour. We…
A Whale Of A Tale
By Scott Thornburn, Travel Writer Will everyone who has read Moby Dick please raise your hands. Hmmm … well, it is a very long book and today there are other…
Pelican Hill South Course
Ocean South is a flow of contrasts: from brush gardens framed by sage and eucalyptus trees to the greens dropped at every side by deep chasms. The sheer variety of…
A “Top Secret” UFO Discovery Tour of Arizona and Nevada
By Jean Strabuer, Travel Editor Top Secret Tours has scheduled a second UFO Discovery Tour of Arizona and Nevada. Departing April 13-21, 2012 this tour includes the following: DAY 1…
La Purisima Golf, Lompoc, CA
One pursuit and passion…golf, pure golf. Enjoy a superior 18-hole Championship design by world-renowned architect Robert Muir Graves and the beautiful year-round Santa Barbara golf conditions on this Central Coast…
Rancho San Marcos Golf Course
From the Moment they opened in January of 1998, Rancho San Marcos Golf Course has been a classic. Designed by legendary golf architect Robert Trent Jones Jr., this course became…
Travel Tips of the Week 4-2-12
By Jean Strauber, Travel Editor It was in 1947 that a man named Kenneth Arnold, a skilled and experienced pilot, reported seeing nine unusual objects flying in a chain near…
Fishing and Boating In Santa Barbara
One of the favorite recreational sites at Alisal Guest Ranch, a resort in the heart of Santa Barbara wine country, is the property’s private, 100-acre, spring-fed lake. Tucked away in…
Weird and Wonderful Museums
By Jean Strauber, Travel Editor Did You Know That….. There Is a Museum Of Hoaxes? Established in 1997 by Alex Boesc, you can find humbugs and hoodwinks from ancient deceptions…
Elkins Ranch Golf Club, Fillmore, CA
Elkins Ranch Golf Course, an 18-hole, PGA championship course in Fillmore, California, began as a 110-acre citrus ranch cultivated by the Elkins Family. In 1961 they began modifying the property…