Robert Cross

CALIFORNIA: A hotbed of geological activity at Lassen Volcanic

May 9, 2019 at 3:26 p.m.

LASSEN VOLCANIC NATIONAL PARK, Calif.--The Cinder Cone looks brand-new. Its sides slant gracefully toward the pointed top, 700 feet above the lava-cluttered ground. But this is territory where hot rocks...

Volleyball on Copacabana. Rio de Janeiro Brazil beaches

Rio

May 9, 2019 at 3:26 p.m.

In a city that's such a stunner-rich in so many different ways, poor in so many others-why do I keep remembering that odd little man standing outside the tram station...

Six for the road

August 20, 2021 at 9:07 a.m.

For anyone in this country who travels a lot (or even someone who doesn't), this has to be a year with two parts. When I think about the first part,...

Wildflowers in the Chisos Basin area in Big Bend National Park in Texas mark the beginning of higher elevations, where mountains rise from the desert floor.

Where the river takes a left

May 9, 2019 at 3:26 p.m.

BIG BEND NATIONAL PARK, Texas--There aren't that many places left where eastern dudes-the dudes, let's say, from Dallas or Houston-can play out their cowpoke fantasies. Most resort/ranches have all the...

Big Bend’s main sights

May 9, 2019 at 3:26 p.m.

1. Panther Junction A good place to start, because mountains rise up all around, and desert dries the sinuses-the essence of Big Bend right there in one spot. A short...

A guide to Big Bend

May 9, 2019 at 3:26 p.m.

GETTING THERE Big Bend is isolated, and that's the way most visitors like it. The nearest airports are in Midland-Odessa, Texas, 230 miles from the park, and El Paso, 325...

Greater Galena

January 30, 2019 at 12:23 p.m.

I stood by the Shot Tower and read its plaque. It said the tower went up during the Civil War, burned down and was rebuilt in 1911 to commemorate the...

Greater Galena

August 21, 2021 at 9:13 a.m.

I stood by the Shot Tower and read its plaque. It said the tower went up during the Civil War, burned down and was rebuilt in 1911 to commemorate the...

Guadalupe Mountains shows off a different face

May 9, 2019 at 3:26 p.m.

GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS NATIONAL PARK, Texas--The limestone reef that runs underground through Carlsbad Caverns and for most of its 400-mile length pops up here in spectacular fashion. The barely discernible peak...

A guide to Carlsbad Caverns and Guadalupe Mountains

May 9, 2019 at 3:25 p.m.

GETTING THERE Flights from Chicago to El Paso, the nearest major airport, are available from Southwest and American Airlines and Frontier. Advance-purchase fares quoted for a week in July varied...

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