As we approached the first stretch of whitewater rapids, our youthful rafting guide was positively giddy with excitement. Since launching our nine-person raft, we had glided sedately down an entirely genteel portion of the New River in West Virginia. Introductions had been made all around and we had learned of our adrenaline junkie guide’s nomadic…
We are sitting sidesaddle along the port side of the wheelhouse. My daughter and I share this space, while my wife and son relax below deck in the main passenger cabin. The Voyageur is the flagship of the small Voyageurs National Park (VNP) fleet of boats. Nearing the end of our six-hour round-trip tour, we…
Today’s haunted attractions are not your grandparents’ idea of scary. Anyone of a certain age remembers the haunted houses when we were kids, usually organized as a fundraiser by a local community group. Haunted attractions today are big business. We’re not talking standard jump-scare attractions; the top-tier mega haunts are full-scale productions with intricate costuming,…