by Melanie McManus | Feb 14, 2021 | Exploring and Experiencing, Stories, Wisconsin
Read This Article On The Chicago Tribune Despite living in Wisconsin for several decades, I’d never heard of Cave Point until recently. This tiny county park sits in southeastern Door County in the state’s narrow, jagged thumb. Cave Point is unique in that...
by Melanie McManus | Feb 2, 2020 | Exploring and Experiencing, Stories, Texas
Read This Article On The Star Tribune I didn’t know much about Big Bend National Park until a recent travel writing conference took me to El Paso, Texas. As always, I wanted to squeeze in some prime hiking, if possible. What I discovered is that if I drove about...
by Melanie McManus | Nov 24, 2019 | Exploring and Experiencing, Stories, Wisconsin
Read This Article On The Chicago Tribune The Nutcracker is one of America’s endearing holiday traditions. An 1892 two-act ballet, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky penned its famous musical score. And the libretto, which is the text of an opera, was adapted from...
by Melanie McManus | Nov 6, 2019 | Europe, Exploring and Experiencing, Spain, Stories
Read This Article On The Star Tribune I’ve visited Spain many times before, but never made it to Málaga. That’s probably because on my second trip to the country, I fell in love with hiking the Vía de la Plata, or VDLP. The VDLP Camino is one of five main...
by Melanie McManus | Sep 3, 2019 | Exploring and Experiencing, Stories
Read This Article On HowStuffWorks.com Pickleball is one of the fastest-growing sports in America today. The game, popularized by seniors, is now played by folks of all ages. Some colleges, universities and even high schools have teams and/or are teaching kids to...
by Melanie McManus | Mar 26, 2019 | Exploring and Experiencing, Hiking, Stories
Read This Article On HowStuffWorks Hiking is becoming so popular. Today, it seems as though everyone is hitting the trails, especially long-distance ones such as the Superior Hiking Trail. In fact, hiking is surging in popularity not only across the U.S., but all...
