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...In an obscure glass cabinet we stumbled across the death certificate of William McKinley, who was assassinated in Buffalo in 1901. “Occupation: President of the United States,” it said....
...Plenty of hiking, mountain biking and horseriding trails are nearby, with the redwood trees and open meadows of Wunderlich County Park a five-minute drive away....
...Las Vegas, which I thought referred to multiple examples of the bright star Vega (not to a Spanish word for meadows), making an already mellifluous name more pleasing....
...of the election big lie, but also of the Covid denialism and the politicisation of mask-wearing here in the United States....
...Twenty miles south along the now-extinct volcanic chain, near the massive Valles Caldera – a 13-mile-wide meadow where 50,000 years ago one of America’s supervolcanoes exploded itself into a massive crater...
...Now we were leaving the van to set off for a fortnight travelling through the Winds’ forests, meadows, rocky peaks, lakes and glaciers....
...It’s a Monday, mid-afternoon, and for the past six hours I’ve been muscling a bike over the forests and meadows of the Markagunt Plateau that presses in from the west. I’m famished. They serve steaks....
...The next ascent is amazing: an 800ft climb through a series of hairpins bends, up through one of the redwood forests for which this coastline is famed....
...“The state government and the Forest Service had pronounced these very large targets for fuels reduction,” he says, “and they’re just coming nowhere close to that.”...
...(Website; Directions) – John Ridding, FT CEO Hoi Ha Wan, Hong Kong Hoi Ha Wan, a wondrous bay ringed by dense forest in the east of Hong Kong’s New Territories, always brings me joy and quietude....
...East of the meadow is Brooklyn’s only natural forest, a tangle of more than 175 species of trees but also bridges, steep hills, stone steps and waterfalls....
...All 18 of California’s national forests have been closed because of the “unprecedented and historic fire conditions throughout the state”, officials said.In Oregon, governor Kate Brown told residents to...
...Veterans of the state’s famous 10th Mountain Division of skiing soldiers popularised the sport, going on to open dozens of resorts, including Vail....
...There may be stars on America’s horizon still....
...Then on Valentine’s Day Amazon issued the corporate equivalent of a break-up text: “a number of state and local politicians have made it clear that they oppose our presence”....
...It was the untamed vision I had hoped for — a sinuous, bottle-green ribbon illuminated by a million silver flecks of sunlight, cutting through fold after fold of mountain ridges to the horizon....
...Calluna DuMOL (wines made by a Scot) Enfield, Waterhorse Ridge Laurel Glen Scherrer Tasting notes on Purple Pages of JancisRobinson.com....
...Buyers prepared to head over the state border into Crystal Bay or Incline Village on Tahoe’s north shore will find decent financial perks among the dense pine forests....
...Half a dozen vehicles, ours among them, were parked at the rim of a gorge in the “Primitive Camping” area of Goosenecks state park, looking like some lost band from a bleak scene in a post-apocalyptic movie...
...United States of Japan, by Peter Tieryas, Angry Robot, RRP£8.99/$14.99 Sometimes you just feel the need for a story about giant robots, virtual reality and sumo wrestlers....
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...The home was built in 2003 on a ridge near the centre of the town and includes three bedrooms and 11,800 sq ft of living space....
...If you stand in Ridge Vineyards’ historic Monte Bello vineyard — famous for its sterling performance in both the 1976 and, especially, the 2006 iterations of the Judgment of Paris France v California taste-off...
...It is one of the finest hotels in the state and even people who plan to visit Yellowstone, a two-hour drive from the hotel, tend to stay there....
...In America, regional floras have enough of a range to be varied and lovely on a broad front....
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