In Our Own Backyard July 17 at 10 a.m. We are planning a San Francisco day that will begin with a city official’s talk about the latest travel trends, off-beat stories and more and will follow with walking tours, coveted city passes and more. More information to follow in your email box. You can...

BATW NEWS BELOW:

BATW welcomes our newest Active member, Elisa Southard. Elisa, we look forward to meeting you at various BATW events.

TIPS & RESOURCES BELOW:

Thanks go to Sheila O’Connor for this travel-packing tip: “I always take an electric heating coil in my bag. 

MEMBER NEWS BELOW:

Laurie McAndish King's photo that won first prize in the Natural World category of Smithsonian magazine's photo contest (photo © Laurie McAndish King) Major congratulations are in order for Laurie McAndish King: Laurie McAndish King’s photo won 1st place in the Natural World...

"Travels in an American Imagination" by Lee Foster Lee Foster’s award-winning travel literary book has been released as an ebook-style app by publisher IndiaNIC.  The book, Travels in an American Imagination: The Spiritual Geography of Our Time, consists of 25 essays in which Lee meditates...

Georgia Hesse and April Orcutt have both had stories published in the San Francisco Chronicle recently.  Georgia’s charming piece “Is Paradise Always an Island?” ran on April 25, 2010, and April’s “Loneliness the Same in Any Language” (online title “Drawing...

Congratulations to Nancy Hoyt Belcher, whose article “The Real Alaska” ran in Highways magazine in March, 2010.