Gary A. Warner – Page 2

A BC Ferries ship makes its way to its destination near Vancouver Island, Canada.

Rolling on and off the water on a drive and ferry trip to British Columbia

May 12, 2019 at 3:41 a.m.

Land. Sea. Land. Sea. Ferry. Road. Ferry. Road Fish for lunch. Fish for dinner. Pancakes for breakfast (yes, you can have fish if you really must). A looping trip west...

Snorklers get an eyeful of the underwater splendors at Hanauma Bay Nature Preserve east of Waikiki. The preserve sets a limit on visitors and educates them about safeguarding the fragile marine life in the bay.

Disney, surf and sand on West Oahu

May 12, 2019 at 3:39 a.m.

It's the hot, dry side. The sunset spot. The leeward shore, downwind from all the cool and wet. But among each of the six major Hawaiian islands, the "west side"...

One of the bedrooms at The Bungalows Breakfast Inn in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Easygoing, luxurious ‘Zona Turistica’ is far removed from raucous Cabo

May 12, 2019 at 3:37 a.m.

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - There's another side to Cabo San Lucas, where tequila is gold and not white and comes in short fluted glasses, not poured into your gullet...

Shots of tequila are poured out at Mango Deck on Medano Beach in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico.

Central Cabo San Lucas is where the people go to party

May 12, 2019 at 3:37 a.m.

CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico - Medano Beach is the waterside Times Square of Cabo San Lucas - a sandy, wet, crowded, noisy, naughty world of wall-to-wall suntan-oil-slathered flesh. Up from...

Hulopoe Beach on Lanai in Hawaii. The beach is adjacent to the Four Seasons Manele Bay Resort. There's plenty of sand, shade trees and warm water for locals and tourists to share.

Maui is king of ‘best beach’ list

May 12, 2019 at 3:33 a.m.

In a nation of more than 300 million people, a small county in the Pacific Ocean that's home to just over 155,000 people has nearly a quarter of the country's...

Place: Napa Valley

Last visited: 2005

My perspective: Coming from Virginia, I thought wine country would be scenic. Traffic, pollution and industrial equipment are not pretty. We grow grapes in Virginia's valleys as well. It's nice for a day trip. Napa was not. Next time I go west, I'll be hanging at the beach in Solana or Del Mar. Now that's what I call California.

Suggested alternative: Solana/Del Mar

--Craig Weir, Washington, D.C.

Pictured: Castello di Amorosa in Napa Valley

Inglenook winery reborn in Napa Valley

May 12, 2019 at 3:31 a.m.

Film director Francis Ford Coppola ("The Godfather" films and "Apocalypse Now") has reassembled the historic Inglenook winery in Napa Valley and restored the name to the historic property, which is...

One of the best beaches for swimming in Santa Barbara is Leadbetter Beach located just west of the Santa Barbara Marina. The beach is also lined with a grassy picnic area with numerous barbecue pits, making Leadbetter the ideal place to hold a summer beach party.

Santa Barbara is known for luxury, but it can be done cheaply with some advance planning

May 12, 2019 at 3:29 a.m.

SANTA BARBARA, Calif. — If you believe the glossy travel magazines, Santa Barbara drips money, and any visitor had better be ready to have their wallet leak all over the...

Motel 6 and Sambo’s started in Santa Barbara

May 12, 2019 at 3:29 a.m.

Two national chains that topped 1,000 locations got their start in Santa Barbara, but only one story had a happy ending. Motel 6 is celebrating its 50th anniversary as the...

Best baseball road trip: Louisville to Cooperstown

May 12, 2019 at 3:27 a.m.

America is full of baseball pilgrimages and road trips. Fenway Park in Boston turns 100 this year. Wrigleyville, the neighborhood around Wrigley Field in Chicago is the best baseball neighborhood...

Seafood on a stick is sold in a market in Kyoto, Japan.

Kyoto mixes modern and ancient with success

May 12, 2019 at 3:27 a.m.

KYOTO, Japan — The videos fill up space on YouTube, the photos running for page after page on Google Images. Japan as a place of death and destruction, massive brown-blue...

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