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Your Very Next Step newsletter for March 2012 By Ned Lundquist www.yourverynextstep.com “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu “I think that travel comes from some deep urge to see the world, like the …

Your Very Next Step newsletter for February 2012 By Ned Lundquist www.yourverynextstep.com “The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” – Lao Tzu “The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.” …

Your Very Next Step newsletter for January 2012 By Ned Lundquist www.yourverynextstep.com “Naturam expelles furca, tamen usque recurret” – Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) (Epistulae, I, x, 24) (You can drive nature out with a pitchfork, but she will soon find …

“The journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.”
- Lao Tzu

You adventure begins with the very next step.

Today is National Hike Naked day!

Here’s what you’ll find in this issue:
*** Frequent-Flyer Tips for Battling Jet Lag
*** Samoa to Go Back to the Future, Shift Date Line
*** Automatic for the People
*** National Trails Day – SATURDAY, JUNE 4, 2011
*** Hike Weekend Experience – Tiadaghton State Forest
*** Free Wi-Fi Lands at D.C. Airports
*** The best National Park lodges:
*** Glasses-free 3D TVs may be coming to airlines
*** Airline turns to kung fu to thwart unruly fliers
*** Delta Enables Customers to Track Checked Bags
*** The Real Cost of Airline Travel Remains a Mystery, for Now
*** Holidays You Might Not Know About
*** The 57th Edition of the Puccini Opera Festival, Torre del Lago, Lucca, Italy – July and August 2011
*** Best and cheapest train trips
*** How to Cross Streams and Rivers
*** Trail volunteer opportunities:
*** Volunteer Naturalist, Monterey Peninsula Regional Park District, Monterey, CA
*** Volunteer Opportunity, Dakota Prairie National Grasslands, North Country National Scenic Trail, North Dakota
*** National Rail-Trail of the month: Iowa's Wabash Trace Nature Trail
*** Travel/Adventure/Outdoors/Conservation employment opportunities

*** In this issue:
*** Travel news
*** 10 best U.S. airport restaurants
*** Frazil ice
*** 10 Things Hotels Won’t Tell You
*** Gorman Chairback Lodge & Cabins
*** Virgin Fires Flight Attendant After He Puts a Toddler In An Overhead Compartment
*** 8 Delicious Drinks – Bars In The Spanish Culture
*** What are your favorite local alcoholic favorites?
*** Jägertee:
*** Check in then check out these cool hotel lobbies
*** Gear Explained: Sleeping Bags
*** Embark on an Epic Train Journey through Africa
*** FlightView lets you track the progress of any flight in the U.S
*** FlightView iTunes Playlists
*** Overnight Paddling Escapes
*** Indian Market, Navajo Rug Auction, Archaeological Tours
*** National Train Day!
*** If the government shuts down, can government shut down access to public lands?
*** Virginia Summer Adventure Camps:
*** Trail volunteer opportunities:
** Parks Volunteer Coordinator, Clallam County Parks, Port Angeles, WA
** Billy Goat Trail Steward Volunteers, C&O Canal National Historic Park, Potomac, MD
** Camp Host Volunteer, Dungeness and Salt Creek County Parks, Clallam County Parks, Port Angeles, WA
** Volunteer opportunities at Mission Trails Regional Park
** Adopt-a-Trail (AAT), Great Smoky Mountains National Park
*** Rail Trail of the Month – Illinois' Fox River Trail
*** Travel/Adventure/Outdoors/Conservation employment opportunities:
1.) Forestry Technician (Smokejumper),Bureau of Land Management, US Department of the Interior, Boise, ID
2.) Non-Game Bat Technician, Wyoming Game and Fish Department, Lander, WY
3.) Public Relations Coordinator, JanSport, San Leandro, California
4.) Outdoor Education Teacher, GREEN CHIMNEY’S SCHOOL, GREEN CHIMNEYS CHILDREN’S SERVICE, INC., Brewster, NY
5.) Sales Rep or Distributor for fishing lures, Angler's Ammo, Jacksonville, FL
6.) Sport Fishing Guides, Kulik Lodge, Katmai National Park, AK
7.) Mountain Man Interpreter, American West Heritage Center, Wellsville, UT
8.) Park Guide, GS-0090-04, Fort Laramie NHS, Ft. Laramie, WY
9.) Seabird Monitoring Volunteer, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge, AK
…and much more…and it’s all FREE!!!