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Randy and Jill Pryor offer Segway tours, bicycle rentals and beach supplies at their Yorktown waterfront store
Outdoor activities are starting to heat up along with the weather, and there are additional Segway tours available locally this spring. We caught up with Randy and Jill Pryor, who own and operate Patriot Tours and Provisions at Riverwalk Landing on the...Tags: Yorktown (York, Virginia), Travel, York (York, Pennsylvania), Rental Service, Tourism and Leisure
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Sierra Nevada toad and frog could get federal protection
For thousands of years, Yosemite toads thrived 10,000 feet high in the Sierra Nevada range, emerging from partially frozen lakes in spring to reproduce and eat enough insects to survive another season of hibernation under the ice. Since the 1960s,...
Tags: Endangered Species, Wildlife, Environmental Issues, Conservation
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Now in Congress: Bills to expand Yosemite for first time in 75 years
WASHINGTON -- Yosemite National Park would grow by about 1,600 acres, its first expansion in 75 years, to shield its western boundary from potential development under legislation introduced in Congress Tuesday. Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), who...
Tags: FBI, Abraham Lincoln, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Environmental Issues
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Ambitious plan would remake Yosemite National Park
The majestic landscape of Yosemite National Park — carved out of granite and shaped by powerful natural forces over the eons — is timeless and untouchable. Other attractions in the park … not so much. Some of Yosemite's much-loved...
Tags: Rental Service, Bodies of Water, Gardens and Parks, Automotive Equipment, Rivers
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California lawmakers call for expansion of Yosemite National Park
SACRAMENTO -- State lawmakers are supporting a proposal to expand Yosemite National Park by 1,600 acres, restoring land stripped of its protection by Congress in 1906. The state Senate approved a resolution this week that asks the federal government...
Tags: Travel, U.S. Congress, Conservation Fund, Tom Berryhill, Tourism and Leisure
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Hope fills the air at Walk MS event
Bill Bisch was in the midst of throwing a football during a family Thanksgiving game when his legs gave out and he fell face down. The 57-year-old San Juan Capistrano resident was quickly diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS). "MS changed my life...
Tags: Israel, Muscular Dystrophy, First Aid, National Multiple Sclerosis Society, University of California, Irvine
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Bus that crashed near Yosemite was based in Bay Area
The California Highway Patrol is continuing its investigation of a charter tour bus that crashed Saturday evening outside Yosemite National Park. Seventeen people were aboard the vehicle; 15 passengers and a tour guide sustained minor to moderate...Tags: The Happiest News!, Disasters and Accidents, Hospitals and Clinics, Human Interest, Tour Operations Industry
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Book it! 'Hot' summer trips
Though we are a nation of summer travelers, that season isn't necessarily the best time to explore. "I would argue Europe is better in the shoulder seasons," said Amy Farley, news editor at Travel + Leisure and author of the magazine's "Trip Doctor"...Tags: Amusement and Theme Parks, Trips and Vacations, New York Mets, Lifestyle and Leisure, Bonnaroo
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McManus: D.C. doubles down on the sequester
The sequester, those $85 billion in across-the-board spending cuts scheduled to hit the federal government on March 1, was designed to be stupid. In 2011, when President Obama proposed the scheme and both parties in Congress embraced it, their...
Tags: National Government, Barack Obama, Republican Party, John Boehner, Parties and Movements
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Springtime in Yosemite Valley
FrameworkWith the days getting longer and the temperatures rising, the snow pack in the high country is slowly melting and the rivers and waterfalls are starting their annual show of splendor and might.... -
California: Biking and hiking outside Yosemite
The historic Evergreen Lodge, with comfortable cabins just outside Yosemite National Park near the serene Hetch Hetchy Reservoir, maintains a year-round program of activities. With its two-night summer “Bike & Hike to Waterfalls” package for...
Tags: Travel, Trips and Vacations
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