The scenery in Gustavus is breathtaking. The town is surrounded by white-capped mountains, but in July the temperature is perfect (upper 60s and low 70s). Tall, majestic pine trees are everywere along the roads there are many clearings with gorgeous purple and gold wildflowers. Salmon Creek runs through town, and as you can guess, the salmon run there in mid-July. There’s also no way you can miss the bald eagles. Down by the docks, you’ll see dozens just hanging about, or from a distant shoreline you can easily make out their white heads scattered among the pine branches.

Michael Campbell sent us this report from the wilderness frontier town of Gustavus localed at the edge of the Glacier Bay National Park in southeast coastal Alaska. VIEW MORE

Jambo!

Greetings from Arusha, Tanzania. Yesterday, Tuesday September 25th, 2007, at approximately 6am local time, I experienced one of the most exhilarating moments of my life -- I successfully summitted Uhuru peak of Mt. Kilimanjaro, the tallest mountain in all of Africa, and the tallest free-standing mountain in the world.

Scott David Perry recently returned from a trek up Mt. Kilimanjaro, and this account was his report home after accomplishing this dream trip.VIEW MORE