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Sentinel Dome: Best View of Half Dome

A quiet, private, jaw-dropping view of Yosemite National Park's iconic Half Dome. Three Ways to choose from: 2 miles, 6 miles or 8 miles. They all end at the summit of Sentinel Dome for a view you don't get when you're standing on Half Dome.
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Summer Stretch: butt up, hamstrings out

Because flexible muscles make everything easier and less tiring. Now, on the floor. On your back. To improve the flexibility of your hamstrings and the strength of the surrounding core muscles that support them and your lower back.
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Pizza in Naples. Time Travel in Pompeii.

Let's party like it was A.D. 79. August 24, 79. Via dell'Abbondanza was jammed with people buying their fruits and vegetables and olive oil and wine and ... you know how that story ends. Today, Pompeii is one of the most beautifully fascinating walks on the planet. And nearby Naples might be the best place to walk and eat pizza.
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Summer Stretch: Your shoulders and back

Because flexible muscles make everything easier and less tiring. Today, we'll relax, stretch and strengthen your neck, shoulders and upper back. To make them feel and function better. To keep them from creating pressure on your lower back. This is a great 1-minute exercise.
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Time for Jackson Glacier

$25 for a 1-week all-access pass to 700 miles of hiking trails in Glacier National Park. Through a landscape carved by two million years of glaciers. It's National Parks Week. Time to think about a Better Cheaper Slower summer adventure.
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When humans walked the Earth every Day

It's Earth Day. Get back to where you once belonged. On your feet. We've been walking upright for a few million years. It's how we got places. Your highly evolved body still expects you to be walking everywhere. So many Ways.
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Summer Stretch: your calves

Because flexible muscles make everything easier and less tiring. Today, we'll stretch and strengthen your calf muscles. Three minutes to counteract lower leg muscle shortening and to stretch and strengthen dozens of small muscles that keep you upright.
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The Walk That Ate Boston

Paul Revere covered 18 miles. On horseback. Take this 11-mile footpath. Places to go. Things to eat. Four or five hours. 1,500 calories to burn. My Google Map pinpoints 12 great places to eat Better and Cheaper. No baked beans.
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Top 10 Reasons To Take A Hike

Let's take a walk or a hike. Today's Way's not just any hike. It's every hike. Not just a trail. A path. Yup, the Top 10 Reasons To Take A Hike. Plus many Ways to get started. Great Outdoors Weather is Coming Soon.
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Glacier Hiking: A Limited Time Offer

Let's quietly contemplate the beauty of an exhausting, 5,000-calorie-burning 13-mile hike in Glacier National Park, Montana, USA. Get out there and do it while the glaciers are still there. You've got until 2030, maybe.
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