Volume 5, Issue #9 - October 2012

By Roy Stevenson ITWPA Member Photographs by Linda Popovich Southern Oregon’s natural beauty has given the region its well-deserved high ranking as a world-class tourist destination. But when prospective adventure visitors thumb through their guidebooks and surf the Internet to plan their southern Oregon trip, many close the books and shut down the computers, their heads … [Read more...] about An Adrenalin Junkie’s Tour of Southern Oregon Part I: Dune Buggy Rides, Jetboat Trips, and Whitewater Rafting

By Karen Brooks April is AQS (American Quilter’s Society) Quilt Show time in Paducah, Kentucky. If this sounds like a boring time to you, boy, are you in for a surprise! This show is not just for grandmas. It attracts men, young people, and an international crowd. Contestants, demonstrators, and enthusiasts come from as far away as New Zealand, Australia, the Netherlands, … [Read more...] about Sew Crazy

By Des Townshend Seventeen miles from the bustling coastal city of Benidorm lies the rock-perched village of Guadalest, the most dramatically situated of all the Moorish fortifications that dot the mountains of the Costa Blanca. This settlement is made up of two villages referred to as the Old Village and the New Village. You walk through the Puerta de San Jose rock arch … [Read more...] about Stairway to Spanish Medieval Heaven

By Roderick Eime A blast of fresh, rarefied air and chilled mountain water might be the tonic you’re after. Two thousand feet above the valley floor and the snow-dusted peaks still tower above us like dizzying frosted spires. The air is crisp and as clear as Swarovski crystal in the rarefied atmosphere of New Zealand’s Southern Alps. The Tasman Sea is easily visible in … [Read more...] about Take the High Ground

By Jonathan Tanner ITWPA Member As we get off the boat, we are greeted by local resident Peta and her young daughter, welcoming us to Camp Leakey in Tanjung Puting National Park in Kalimantan (Indonesian Borneo). Peta is short but strong and silent. Her hair gleams red-brown in the dappled sunlight. But we have been warned not to approach her. Peta is an orang-utan, one … [Read more...] about Our Wild Cousins: Orang-utan Spotting in Borneo