Kayaking “Slower” Delaware’s Inland Water Trails

The State of Delaware doesn't exactly capture people's imaginations (as the local ads joke, "Dela-where?"), but when you're kayaking its waterways, you'll discover it doesn't matter whether you're in Minnesota or Delaware, it's all good.

Negotiating with Bugs on Assateague Island National Seashore

The bugs on this barrier island famous for its feral horses don't horse around. But a commanding tone to your voice just might keep the biting insects away, and they make good company.

Rednecks and Alligators: Ocala National Forest’s Juniper Springs, a Central Florida Escape

It isn't the Wild West, but central Florida's Juniper Creek Recreation Area in Ocala National Forest has enough to hold your wild interests.

Cuba for Independent-traveling Americans Easier Than Experts Letting On

You can’t just fly into Cuba, one travel expert told me. You need the proper authorities to get inside, I read time after time on the internet. My own Florida-based travel agent insisted even with the eased restrictions it was impossible for Americans to stay at Cuban hotels. The best way to see the country, he persisted, was on a cruise. Turned out, they were all either lying for whatever reasons or grossly misinformed. The proof, as they say in Cuba, is in the pudin.

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