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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
*** Packing lighter:
*** What are your favorite local alcoholic favorites?
*** Cherry Blossom time in Japan
*** Another sport Ned has never heard of
*** A little touchy
*** The World’s Best Ethical Destinations – 2011
*** Very cool bald eagle nest with chicks – live cam in Virginia!
*** PENGUIN CAM LIVE ONLINE
*** The Meanest Airlines in America
*** Trail volunteer opportunities:
Jedediah Smith Wilderness, Caribou-Targhee National Forest, ID
*** Rail Trail of the Month – Montana's Kim Williams Nature Trail
*** Travel/Adventure/Outdoors/Conservation employment opportunities:
1.) Mpandrindra ny Fampandrosoana ny Fiompiana vokatra andranomasina, Madakasikara
2.) Communications Director, Western Rivers Conservancy, Portland, OR
3.) Project Leader, Mountain Gorilla Conservation Project, Virunga National Park, Frankfurt Zoological Society, DR Congo
5.) Intern – Corporate Communications, Vail Resorts, Broomfield, CO
6.) Resort Guide-Westin Ka'anapali Ocean Resort Villas, Ka'anapali, Maui, HI
7.) Crew, Operations Admin (Full-time/ Part-time), Maritime Experiential Museum, Resorts World at Sentosa, Singapore
8.) Summer School counselor, The International Summer School of Scotland, St Andrews, Scotland
9.) Activities Manager, Bimini Bay Resort and Marina, Rock Resorts International LLC, Alice Town, Bimini Island
10.) Educator Guide – Zoo, San Diego Zoo, San Diego, CA
11.) Editor, Online Communications, National Parks Conservation Associations, Washington, DC
12.) Colorado River Senior Campaign Manager, National Parks Conservation Association, Office location flexible
…and much more…and it’s all FREE!!!