AT#594 - Travel to Joshua Tree National Park

Hear about travel to Nova Scotia, Canada, as the Amateur Traveler talks to Elisabeth Frost from Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist about exploring her home province. Elisabeth lives in Wolfville, in the heart of the Annapolis Valley, and shares an itinerary that combines maritime ...  Show more

Hear about travel to Gabon and São Tomé and Príncipe as the Amateur Traveler podcast talks to returning guest Rebecca Merrell about exploring two lesser-visited countries in Central Africa. From tracking hundreds of mandrills through the rainforest and searching for western lowla ...  Show more

On May 22, 2018, Claire Nelson set out on what she thought would be a four-hour hike in Southern California’s Joshua Tree National Park. An experienced hiker, Claire packed plenty of water and followed an established trail in a park visited by millions of people each year. But ...

People put a big emphasis on living but part of living – is dying, and that takes some thought too. Confronting our own mortality is difficult and unsettling but to the living left behind, knowing your final wishes can be a welcome sigh of relief. Today we venture into Joshua Tre ...  Show more

David L. Scott and Kay W. Scott have spent over thirty summers touring the United States and Canada, including six summers exclusively devoted to the national park lodges. They are experts in planning affordable enjoyment of the U.S. National Park system and the wide variety of l ...  Show more