Making life a holiday with interesting vacation and adventure ideas.

The 2009 US Paragliding Nationals begins with the first of two events at Dunlap, California, from 27 April - 2 May, 2009 and round two then takes place from 16 - 22 August, 2009 at Salt Lake City, Utah.

Get more information here for the Dunlap round and here for the Salt Lake City round.

Labels: 2009, Championship, Paragliding, U.S.

The US clocks have sprung forward in spring for summer time and cherry blossom is blooming. Susan Derby, has put together a special article for the Los Angeles Times, detailing US Cherry Blossom Festivals.

Her list begins March 20-29, 2009 with Macon, Georgia and moves through Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Los Angeles (Little Tokyo), San Francisco, Seattle, before finishing with Monterey Park, California from April 18-19, 2009. To these, we add New York City's great "rite of spring", the Sakura Matsuri, which will be held over the weekend of May 2-May 3, 2009, at Brooklyn Botanic Garden, complete with taiko drumming and a host of other celebrations of Japanese culture.

Labels: 2009, Cherry Blossom Festival, festival, Sakura Matsuri, Spring, U.S., U.S.A.

AAA (North America's largest motoring and leisure travel organization) recently added data for almost 100,000 U.S. gas stations to its TripTik(R) travel planner. Locations are updated weekly and multiple-grade fuel prices are updated four times daily.

Now travelers who use AAA's online mapping tool Internet TripTik(R), located on AAA.com, can find the nearest gas stations and best fuel prices from their home computer or laptop, before setting out on that road trip.

Labels: AAA, gas stations, North America, U.S.