Canoeing and Kayaking

That Time of Year

2013-04-08 12:14:00

Strawberry nachos in Oxnard? Playing dress-up in your finest big-band-era garb for a weekend of music in Ventura? Toasting Mother Nature at an Earth Day festival in Santa Barbara? Take your pick. The Central Coast is ripe with plenty of escapes this...

Watery wonder in Turks and Caicos

2013-03-10 00:00:00

PROVIDENCIALES, Turks and Caicos Islands — Sixty feet below the surface of the aquamarine western Atlantic, my 12-year-old daughter, Maddie, glided gently along the reef, her arms crossed in Buddha-like meditation. To the left, where the sea...

Head in the clouds in the Southland's Mountains

2012-12-23 00:00:00

Where is the John Muir of the San Gabriel Mountains? The Ansel Adams of the San Bernardinos? The Donner Party of the San Jacintos? All right, maybe one Donner Party was enough. But Muir, Adams and company are among the reasons the inland mountains of...

Taking her daughters to remote Australia to sleep on the ground

2013-01-20 00:00:00

NORTHERN TERRITORY, Australia — It was a terrible thing to admit to myself, but my teenage daughters are a bit spoiled. My own youth involved riding public transportation, taking bug-infested hikes, sailing competitively in thunderstorms and...

Planning your trip to the Northern Territory, Australia

2013-01-20 00:00:00

THE BEST WAY TO THE NORTHERN TERRITORY, AUSTRALIA From LAX, Qantas and Virgin Australia offer connecting service (change of plane) to Darwin, the jumping-off point for this trip. Restricted-round-trip fares begin at $2,008, including all taxes and fees....

Huell Howser's 'Gold' archives preserved by Chapman University

2013-01-07 18:03:58

More than 1,000 kayak down L.A. River in summer program

2012-09-28 14:13:48

‘The Flying Kayak’ by Chris Burden

2012-09-25 00:33:59

Thrills, chills and a few spills on the Rogue River

2012-07-22 00:00:00

MERLIN, Ore. — Before my 23-year-old son, Matt, entered high school nine years ago, his mother and I signed him up for an Outward Bound sailing course in the Gulf Islands west of Vancouver, Canada. � It was rugged, but he still talks about the good...

Seattle, beyond the usual tourist haunts

2012-07-29 00:00:00

SEATTLE — Pike Place Market. The Space Needle. Pioneer Square. Check, check and check. If you've hit these obvious Seattle destinations, you're not a newbie. But maybe you're not an insider either. So, this 21-stop Seattle checklist is for you. It...

River kayaking: L.A.'s best-kept secret?

2012-08-17 17:00:00

I've always liked slow-moving rivers — mirrors to moonlight and literature, our first and best interstates, running over rocks, as Norman Maclean so deftly put it, "from the basement of time." So what am I doing in the San Fernando Valley, a mile...

Demolition of Nigerian shantytown leaves thousands homeless

2012-07-24 12:23:06

A boat launch will be located just to the south of this bar that extends into the river. Kayaks and canoes will launch from here.

2013-05-17 00:00:00

Hours of operation: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m; hours vary based on season. Admission fees: $5 per person Additional parking/other fees: Overnight parking is $12.72 per vehicle. Camping is $21 per site. Canoe rentals are available for $33 per canoe plus $20 canoe deposit.

2013-05-16 07:00:00

Where: Rainbow Springs Approximate travel time: 1 hour, 26 minutes Hours of operation: 8 a.m. to sundown, 365 days a year. The tuber entrance is open April to September and closes at 5 p.m. All tubers must be in the park by 2:15 p.m.

2013-05-14 00:00:00