Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/2655 travel Travel Features - AP en-us Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:26:05 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/2655 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090629/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_michigan_foodie_haven ap_travel/20090629/us_travel_trip_michigan_foodie_haven AP travel Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:22:47 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090629/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_michigan_foodie_haven"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.7f1d18427ddf4415bc792b18763b4c59.travel_trip_michigan_food_haven_ny406.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=bC2CTjx8yVERmaRmFgHiOw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="In this photo provided by Grand Traverse Resort and Spa, the Sautéed Arctic Char with Grapes & Tarragon Butter Sauce is seen at Aerie restaurant. (AP Photo/Grand Traverse Resort and Spa, Brian Confer)" border="0" /></a>AP - Attention, traveling foodies: Something yummy is happening in the Traverse City area, and it's even grabbed the attention of luminaries such as celebrity chef Mario Batali, who has a summer home on the scenic Leelanau Peninsula just northwest of town.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090629/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_michigan_foodie_haven"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.7f1d18427ddf4415bc792b18763b4c59.travel_trip_michigan_food_haven_ny406.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=bC2CTjx8yVERmaRmFgHiOw--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="In this photo provided by Grand Traverse Resort and Spa, the Sautéed Arctic Char with Grapes & Tarragon Butter Sauce is seen at Aerie restaurant. (AP Photo/Grand Traverse Resort and Spa, Brian Confer)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090630/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_florida_bars ap_travel/20090630/us_travel_trip_florida_bars AP travel Tue, 30 Jun 2009 13:54:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090630/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_florida_bars"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.ff083e686b4f498fb18f9dc1050cf7ed.travel_trip_florida_bars_ny417.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4bXZTwu18tlqZmx2WhxtOg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this June 23, 2009 photo, Jake Gendell, the manager of the Elbo Room, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. mixes drinks. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)" border="0" /></a>AP - Where else but Florida could a place like Jimbo's exist?</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090630/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_florida_bars"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.ff083e686b4f498fb18f9dc1050cf7ed.travel_trip_florida_bars_ny417.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=4bXZTwu18tlqZmx2WhxtOg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this June 23, 2009 photo, Jake Gendell, the manager of the Elbo Room, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. mixes drinks. (AP Photo/J Pat Carter)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090629/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_sarasota_circus ap_travel/20090629/us_travel_trip_sarasota_circus AP travel Mon, 29 Jun 2009 23:42:52 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090629/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_sarasota_circus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.92464a4a22e94a4485915ebdc4765af6.travel_trip_sarasota_circus_ny411.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=DGYqtBcPYvBAa6HgimAxAg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, visitors prepare to enter the Museum of the American Circus at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Fla.(AP Photo/John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art)" border="0" /></a>AP - Sarasota and the circus became forever linked more than 70 years ago when John Ringling decided to move the headquarters of his "Greatest Show on Earth" to the lovely Gulf Coast city where he spent his winters.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090629/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_sarasota_circus"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.92464a4a22e94a4485915ebdc4765af6.travel_trip_sarasota_circus_ny411.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=DGYqtBcPYvBAa6HgimAxAg--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo provided by the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, visitors prepare to enter the Museum of the American Circus at the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Fla.(AP Photo/John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090629/ap_tr_ge/travel_trip_charleston_on_a_budget ap_travel/20090629/travel_trip_charleston_on_a_budget AP travel Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:08:00 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090629/ap_tr_ge/travel_trip_charleston_on_a_budget"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.bac25a01218e44e4afc468b608a3ace5.travel_trip_charleston_on_a_budget_ny403.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=7VCSa34A.uvYNntov83eXQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2008 file photo, Nancy and Gary Hutchinson, of San Luis Obispo, CA. enjoy a spring-like day swinging at Charleston's Waterfront Park, during a trip to Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - In colonial times, Charleston was America's wealthiest city. Three centuries later it still has an upscale cachet with houses on its historic Battery fetching eight figures and shopping and restaurants rivaling much larger cities.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090629/ap_tr_ge/travel_trip_charleston_on_a_budget"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.bac25a01218e44e4afc468b608a3ace5.travel_trip_charleston_on_a_budget_ny403.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=7VCSa34A.uvYNntov83eXQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Feb. 7, 2008 file photo, Nancy and Gary Hutchinson, of San Luis Obispo, CA. enjoy a spring-like day swinging at Charleston's Waterfront Park, during a trip to Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090629/ap_tr_ge/travel_trend_green_campgrounds ap_travel/20090629/travel_trend_green_campgrounds AP travel Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:00:50 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090629/ap_tr_ge/travel_trend_green_campgrounds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.7e7fe36cd6a541c1b514628c507e1bf9.travel_trend_green_campgrounds_ny400.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=.CxL2YQLFo0BGhDJVgJVXA--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="In this May 12, 2009 photo, Max Gibbs, park director at Sandy Pines, a resort for recreational vehicles in Allegan County's Hopkins Township, Mich., poses for a photograph at one of the park's two heated pools where solar panels have been installed to help keep the water warm. (AP Photo/James Prichard)" border="0" /></a>AP - There's a lot about Clay's Park Resort that appeals to Janet Durtschi, including its ongoing effort to get "greener."</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090629/ap_tr_ge/travel_trend_green_campgrounds"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090629/capt.7e7fe36cd6a541c1b514628c507e1bf9.travel_trend_green_campgrounds_ny400.jpg?x=84&y=130&q=85&sig=.CxL2YQLFo0BGhDJVgJVXA--" align="left" height="130" width="84" alt="photo" title="In this May 12, 2009 photo, Max Gibbs, park director at Sandy Pines, a resort for recreational vehicles in Allegan County's Hopkins Township, Mich., poses for a photograph at one of the park's two heated pools where solar panels have been installed to help keep the water warm. (AP Photo/James Prichard)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090622/ap_tr_ge/eu_travel_trip_britain_july4 ap_travel/20090622/eu_travel_trip_britain_july4 AP travel Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:25:06 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090622/ap_tr_ge/eu_travel_trip_britain_july4"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090622/capt.5774a53e61ad4253976ad3ac5ff096b2.travel_trip_britain_july_4_ny403.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=a..vEZtPt8WAA.XKy0CPKQ--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="In this June 13, 2009 photo, a statue of George Washington, the United States' first president, looks out over London's Trafalgar Square on Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday. Washington's statue is one of many tributes to American heroes which pepper the British capital. (AP Photo/Raphael G. Satter)" border="0" /></a>AP - There are few better places to celebrate the United States and its Independence Day than London.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090622/ap_tr_ge/eu_travel_trip_britain_july4"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090622/capt.5774a53e61ad4253976ad3ac5ff096b2.travel_trip_britain_july_4_ny403.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=a..vEZtPt8WAA.XKy0CPKQ--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="In this June 13, 2009 photo, a statue of George Washington, the United States' first president, looks out over London's Trafalgar Square on Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday. Washington's statue is one of many tributes to American heroes which pepper the British capital. (AP Photo/Raphael G. Satter)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090622/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_portland_on_a_budget ap_travel/20090622/us_travel_trip_portland_on_a_budget AP travel Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:31:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090622/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_portland_on_a_budget"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20090622/capt.dd6b457fe95d40ceae6232eda53a28da.travel_trip_portland_on_a_budget_ny411.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Vx1qslx0W3U0FcpJQ7CB8A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this June 5, 2009 photo, Portland Sea Dogs runners go for extra bases in an evening game against the Trenton Thunder at Hadlock Field, in Portland, Maine. Tickets to the Sea Dogs, a Double-A baseball affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, go for as little as $7 for adults and $4 for children. The left-field wall, known as the Maine Monster, is the same height, 37 feet, as Fenway's Green Monster. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)" border="0" /></a>AP - Maine is well-known for its lobsters, but it won't cost you a claw and a tail to visit Portland and the state's southern coast.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090622/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_portland_on_a_budget"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20090622/capt.dd6b457fe95d40ceae6232eda53a28da.travel_trip_portland_on_a_budget_ny411.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=Vx1qslx0W3U0FcpJQ7CB8A--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this June 5, 2009 photo, Portland Sea Dogs runners go for extra bases in an evening game against the Trenton Thunder at Hadlock Field, in Portland, Maine. Tickets to the Sea Dogs, a Double-A baseball affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, go for as little as $7 for adults and $4 for children. The left-field wall, known as the Maine Monster, is the same height, 37 feet, as Fenway's Green Monster. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090623/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_zoos_economy ap_travel/20090623/us_travel_trip_zoos_economy AP travel Tue, 23 Jun 2009 13:47:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090623/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_zoos_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090622/capt.f34fc3a0522849558231742c8f34f1e6.travel_trip_zoos_economy_ny408.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=.Tqubo5RvkFUbgu0ewrmCQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="In this June 8, 2009 photo, Leeann Anderson, of Cleveland, looks at a giraffe while visiting the Cincinnati Zoo with here daughter-in-law Sarah Anderson, rear left, in Cincinnati. Zoos are reporting increased attendance as consumers hit by the recession look for affordable entertainment closer to home. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)" border="0" /></a>AP - To draw visitors, zoos count on gentle giraffes rolling out their long tongues to grasp treats, stingrays gliding through a pool to be petted and the playful tussling of tiger cubs. This year they're also getting help from the recession.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090623/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_zoos_economy"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090622/capt.f34fc3a0522849558231742c8f34f1e6.travel_trip_zoos_economy_ny408.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=.Tqubo5RvkFUbgu0ewrmCQ--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this June 8, 2009 photo, Leeann Anderson, of Cleveland, looks at a giraffe while visiting the Cincinnati Zoo with here daughter-in-law Sarah Anderson, rear left, in Cincinnati. Zoos are reporting increased attendance as consumers hit by the recession look for affordable entertainment closer to home. (AP Photo/Al Behrman)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090622/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_july4_fireworks ap_travel/20090622/us_travel_trip_july4_fireworks AP travel Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:34:33 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090622/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_july4_fireworks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090622/capt.0d519fa3b7904bc0ace0f2a945b297ba.travel_trip_july_4_fireworks_ny405.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=AJ83va_e_9pkuGPuEPWPpw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="FILE - In this July 4, 2008 file photo, fireworks explode over Washington, as seen from Arlington, Va. From left to right is the U.S. Capitol, the Washington Monument, and the Lincoln Memorial. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - The recession has forced the cancellation of fireworks displays in a number of places around the country like Blue Springs, Mo., and Mesa, Ariz. But many of the biggest and best-known displays will be nearly as spectacular as ever.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090622/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_july4_fireworks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090622/capt.0d519fa3b7904bc0ace0f2a945b297ba.travel_trip_july_4_fireworks_ny405.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=AJ83va_e_9pkuGPuEPWPpw--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this July 4, 2008 file photo, fireworks explode over Washington, as seen from Arlington, Va. From left to right is the U.S. Capitol, the Washington Monument, and the Lincoln Memorial. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090622/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_reno_artown ap_travel/20090622/us_travel_trip_reno_artown AP travel Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:27:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090622/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_reno_artown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090622/capt.2b6f895e79dc4b8e9de7cd2feaa3d207.travel_trip_reno_artown_ny415.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=04iAzejTM2gueyzoms0R0Q--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by Artown, families gather in downtown Reno's Wingfield Park Monday nights in July for Artown's Family Series. (AP Photo/Artown, Annelise McKenzie)" border="0" /></a>AP - With more than 300 free events throughout the month of July, organizers of Reno's 14th annual Artown festival are promoting this year's celebration as the perfect vacation destination for families on a budget.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090622/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_reno_artown"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090622/capt.2b6f895e79dc4b8e9de7cd2feaa3d207.travel_trip_reno_artown_ny415.jpg?x=130&y=97&q=85&sig=04iAzejTM2gueyzoms0R0Q--" align="left" height="97" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo provided by Artown, families gather in downtown Reno's Wingfield Park Monday nights in July for Artown's Family Series. (AP Photo/Artown, Annelise McKenzie)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090615/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_grand_canyon_dangers ap_travel/20090615/us_travel_trip_grand_canyon_dangers AP travel Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:06:32 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090615/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_grand_canyon_dangers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090615/capt.2a26eae4a4984d609c875e2a21d7e1e3.travel_trip_grand_canyon_dangers_ny403.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=JBec9vGbvFmBkK6HpGkbaw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="In this photo taken Tuesday, April 28, 2009, Eric Gray, a trails maintenance worker at the Grand Canyon, leads a group of mules carrying supplies down a popular park trail in Grand Canyon National Park. The National Park Service is asking the public to weigh in on mule operations at the Grand Canyon. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)" border="0" /></a>AP - Frank Poole worked out at a gym and hiked around his Mississippi home carrying a weighted pack for months in preparation for his trip to the Grand Canyon.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090615/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_grand_canyon_dangers"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090615/capt.2a26eae4a4984d609c875e2a21d7e1e3.travel_trip_grand_canyon_dangers_ny403.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=JBec9vGbvFmBkK6HpGkbaw--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken Tuesday, April 28, 2009, Eric Gray, a trails maintenance worker at the Grand Canyon, leads a group of mules carrying supplies down a popular park trail in Grand Canyon National Park. The National Park Service is asking the public to weigh in on mule operations at the Grand Canyon. (AP Photo/Felicia Fonseca)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090615/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_national_folk_festival ap_travel/20090615/us_travel_trip_national_folk_festival AP travel Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:13:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090615/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_national_folk_festival"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090615/capt.f4b26d898f884384bd34e9976fe95813.travel_trip_national_folk_festival_ny409.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kq5.aSs8x.A3TqiJqRcxwQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this July 13, 2008 photo provided by George Everett, visitors explore the first National Folk Festival in Butte, Mont. against the backdrop of the Continental Divide. (AP Photo/George Everett)" border="0" /></a>AP - The lineup for the second National Folk Festival taking place in "Butte, America" July 10-12 stars about 250 singers, dancers and other artists, along with hoofed performers from all over Montana.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090615/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_national_folk_festival"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090615/capt.f4b26d898f884384bd34e9976fe95813.travel_trip_national_folk_festival_ny409.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kq5.aSs8x.A3TqiJqRcxwQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this July 13, 2008 photo provided by George Everett, visitors explore the first National Folk Festival in Butte, Mont. against the backdrop of the Continental Divide. (AP Photo/George Everett)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090615/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_wine_country_on_a_budget ap_travel/20090615/us_travel_trip_wine_country_on_a_budget AP travel Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:16:42 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090615/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_wine_country_on_a_budget"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090615/capt.c150ad96ac314604930c236dd3f6771b.travel_trip_wine_country_on_a_budget_ny416.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=bjvxJyWI_lcOTTBGnEfsZw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="In this photo taken Friday June 5, 2009 a pair of cyclists ride down the Silverado Trail past Luna Vineyards in Napa, Calif. There are values in the vineyards. So whether it's a day trip or a longer escape, the luxury of the wine country doesn't have to sip you dry.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)" border="0" /></a>AP - With a wedding planned for California's wine country in the middle of the recession, my fiance and I worried not just about what we were spending, but also about our guests. After all, the July event is taking place in a region where $400-a-night hotel rooms and $240 fixed price meals can intimidate even the most budget-savvy traveler.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090615/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_wine_country_on_a_budget"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090615/capt.c150ad96ac314604930c236dd3f6771b.travel_trip_wine_country_on_a_budget_ny416.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=bjvxJyWI_lcOTTBGnEfsZw--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken Friday June 5, 2009 a pair of cyclists ride down the Silverado Trail past Luna Vineyards in Napa, Calif. There are values in the vineyards. So whether it's a day trip or a longer escape, the luxury of the wine country doesn't have to sip you dry.(AP Photo/Eric Risberg)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090615/ap_tr_ge/lt_travel_trip_argentina_glacier ap_travel/20090615/lt_travel_trip_argentina_glacier AP travel Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:58:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090615/ap_tr_ge/lt_travel_trip_argentina_glacier"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090615/capt.0fc6c5803628497c8c59f94798ae00de.travel_trip_argentina_glacier_xlat106.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=U9GgY5DHmRUCHSe1wV2ZLg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="FILE - In this May 18, 2009 file photo, a tourist looks back through a cave on Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina's Patagonia region. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier is one of only a few ice fields worldwide that have withstood rising global temperatures.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090615/ap_tr_ge/lt_travel_trip_argentina_glacier"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090615/capt.0fc6c5803628497c8c59f94798ae00de.travel_trip_argentina_glacier_xlat106.jpg?x=130&y=84&q=85&sig=U9GgY5DHmRUCHSe1wV2ZLg--" align="left" height="84" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this May 18, 2009 file photo, a tourist looks back through a cave on Perito Moreno Glacier in Los Glaciares National Park in Argentina's Patagonia region. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090615/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_summer_forecast ap_travel/20090615/us_travel_trip_summer_forecast AP travel Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:09:21 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090615/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_summer_forecast"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090615/capt.7153837e5dd5420fac2a8d49f3467443.travel_trip_summer_forecast_ny405.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=0yp0Q1LFZXsM6JfzXaskZA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="In this Tuesday, May 26, 2009 photo, motel signs are seen in Lake George, N.Y. The U.S. Travel Association's annual summer travel forecast predicts a 2.2 percent decline from the summer of 2008 in the number of trips Americans will take from June through August. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)" border="0" /></a>AP - Steve Puricelli admits he couldn't have picked a worse day to buy a motel — Sept. 15, 2008.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090615/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_summer_forecast"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090615/capt.7153837e5dd5420fac2a8d49f3467443.travel_trip_summer_forecast_ny405.jpg?x=130&y=93&q=85&sig=0yp0Q1LFZXsM6JfzXaskZA--" align="left" height="93" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Tuesday, May 26, 2009 photo, motel signs are seen in Lake George, N.Y. The U.S. Travel Association's annual summer travel forecast predicts a 2.2 percent decline from the summer of 2008 in the number of trips Americans will take from June through August. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090608/ap_tr_ge/af_travel_trip_weekend_in_soweto ap_travel/20090608/af_travel_trip_weekend_in_soweto AP travel Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:00:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090608/ap_tr_ge/af_travel_trip_weekend_in_soweto"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090608/capt.0c61fc0da38243b197de58de99d496fc.travel_trip_weekend_in_soweto_ny430.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=AhDDEMn_z5ChrARo8npxpQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo taken on May 19, 2009, contortionists perform tricks outside the Mandela home in Soweto, South Africa. The home is one of former President Nelson Mandela's first homes and has recently opened as a museum. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)" border="0" /></a>AP - Southern African home cooking sounds comforting: samp, a chunky corn concoction; pap, a filling porridge; mogodu, boiled tripe.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090608/ap_tr_ge/af_travel_trip_weekend_in_soweto"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090608/capt.0c61fc0da38243b197de58de99d496fc.travel_trip_weekend_in_soweto_ny430.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=AhDDEMn_z5ChrARo8npxpQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken on May 19, 2009, contortionists perform tricks outside the Mandela home in Soweto, South Africa. The home is one of former President Nelson Mandela's first homes and has recently opened as a museum. (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090608/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_pa_spiritual_retreats ap_travel/20090608/us_travel_trip_pa_spiritual_retreats AP travel Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:32:14 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090608/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_pa_spiritual_retreats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090608/capt.85d2f7a2a08447b08835fcb6e7a0bf1d.travel_trip_pa_spiritual_retreats_ny436.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=OvsHGD5EnwUAr_FrU6Jd1g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo taken Tuesday, May 19, 2009, the entrance of St. Joseph Institute is seen in Port Matilda, Pa. St. Joseph institute is a Christian-based retreat destination that offers spa services and training in the mountains of north central Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" border="0" /></a>AP - The walk down a hill at the St. Joseph Institute ends at the Forest Chapel, nestled in the woods between two streams. Only the sounds of chirping birds and a breeze blowing through leaves pierce the silence.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090608/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_pa_spiritual_retreats"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090608/capt.85d2f7a2a08447b08835fcb6e7a0bf1d.travel_trip_pa_spiritual_retreats_ny436.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=OvsHGD5EnwUAr_FrU6Jd1g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken Tuesday, May 19, 2009, the entrance of St. Joseph Institute is seen in Port Matilda, Pa. St. Joseph institute is a Christian-based retreat destination that offers spa services and training in the mountains of north central Pennsylvania. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090609/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_missouri_botanical_garden150th ap_travel/20090609/us_travel_trip_missouri_botanical_garden150th AP travel Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:27:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090609/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_missouri_botanical_garden150th"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090608/capt.43e01db59f54421c9bedb4b6dc74db83.travel_trip_missouri_botanical_garden_150th_ny400.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=WisZc_OwnDO73W0oHljmlA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="In this photo provided by the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Chinese Garden is seen at the Missouri Botanical Garden, in St. Louis, Mo. (AP Photo/Missouri Botanical Garden, Kevin Wolf)" border="0" /></a>AP - Young Henry Shaw, only 18, was selling cutlery out of a rented room in St. Louis when a chance, half-day journey out of town on horseback one spring day in 1819 led him to his destiny — the prairie that would become his garden.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090609/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_missouri_botanical_garden150th"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090608/capt.43e01db59f54421c9bedb4b6dc74db83.travel_trip_missouri_botanical_garden_150th_ny400.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=WisZc_OwnDO73W0oHljmlA--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this photo provided by the Missouri Botanical Garden, the Chinese Garden is seen at the Missouri Botanical Garden, in St. Louis, Mo. (AP Photo/Missouri Botanical Garden, Kevin Wolf)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090608/ap_tr_ge/travel_trip_fort_laramie_milestone ap_travel/20090608/travel_trip_fort_laramie_milestone AP travel Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:35:37 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090608/ap_tr_ge/travel_trip_fort_laramie_milestone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090608/capt.9532384c5f4d44669d512cd643b90e84.travel_trip_fort_laramie_ny409.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=NASnhrFY_ZucRfTgtmz.lg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="This image provided by the Fort Laramie National Historic Site shows a painting by Rex Norman, circa 1834, of Fort William, that was also know as Fort Laramie, built in 1834 at the confluence of the Platte and Laramie rivers in Wyoming. (AP Photo/ Fort Laramie National Historic Site)" border="0" /></a>AP - The frontiersmen who built this outpost in 1834 picked a spot they hoped would enable them to dominate the regional buffalo-hide trade: a valley where two rivers run together and the Great Plains meet the Rocky Mountains.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090608/ap_tr_ge/travel_trip_fort_laramie_milestone"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20090608/capt.9532384c5f4d44669d512cd643b90e84.travel_trip_fort_laramie_ny409.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=NASnhrFY_ZucRfTgtmz.lg--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="This image provided by the Fort Laramie National Historic Site shows a painting by Rex Norman, circa 1834, of Fort William, that was also know as Fort Laramie, built in 1834 at the confluence of the Platte and Laramie rivers in Wyoming. (AP Photo/ Fort Laramie National Historic Site)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090608/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_old_fort_niagara ap_travel/20090608/us_travel_trip_old_fort_niagara AP travel Mon, 08 Jun 2009 17:46:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090608/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_old_fort_niagara"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20090608/capt.6e0ff9a299894a6b845ada559b102abb.travel_trip_old_fort_niagara_ny424.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=o4r0z8ZFgirGD7hebXF0.w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="In this photo taken on June 4, 2009, Tasiwoopa api, left, dressed as a Seneca Indian Chief, talks with Gary Cottle, right, playing a free trapper at Old Fort Niagara in Youngstown, N.Y. (AP Photo/David Duprey)" border="0" /></a>AP - Fort Niagara still looks like a tough nut to crack.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/aptrfe/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20090608/ap_tr_ge/us_travel_trip_old_fort_niagara"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap_travel/20090608/capt.6e0ff9a299894a6b845ada559b102abb.travel_trip_old_fort_niagara_ny424.jpg?x=86&y=130&q=85&sig=o4r0z8ZFgirGD7hebXF0.w--" align="left" height="130" width="86" alt="photo" title="In this photo taken on June 4, 2009, Tasiwoopa api, left, dressed as a Seneca Indian Chief, talks with Gary Cottle, right, playing a free trapper at Old Fort Niagara in Youngstown, N.Y. (AP Photo/David Duprey)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP)