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Sara Benson

Globetrotting nomad, journalist, photographer + outdoors junkie. iTunes travel app: Viva Las Vegas, Baby! Gold-medal travel guidebook: USA's Best Trips.

blueberry crumb bar

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All-Time Fave US National Parks - My Gogobot Custom Guide (free!)

All-Time Fave California State Parks - My Gogobot Custom Guide (free!)

Go Green, Local Style on Oahu - My Gogobot Custom Guide (free!)

Go Green, Local Style on Kauai - My Gogobot Custom Guide (free!)

Viva Las Vegas, Baby! - My Insider Travel Guide, now on sale as a Kindle ebook!

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Top Trails: Maui - My Hiking Guidebook

Go Green, Local Style on Maui - My Gogobot Custom Guide

Go Green, Local Style on the Big Island - My Gogobot Custom Guide

Bringing maps home as art: 25 ideas.

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Hawaii Volcanoes National Park, part of my Gogobot guide to going green & living local on the Big Island of Hawai'i.

Where natural sciences and literature intersect in the Golden State.

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Green tea mojitos with lime & rum

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The Multnomah Falls, Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area, Oregon

Homemade honey cinnamon graham crackers.

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peanut butter chocolate chip pancakes

Raining a Deficit: Is California Headed Into a Drought?

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850 pages of literary goodies.

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All-Natural Thin Mint Cookies (even better than the Girl Scout version)

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Cool Scandinavian recipes, no fuss. Perfect for winter kitchen warmth.

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Cinnamon Roll Sugar Cookies....yes they are amazing!

Best cabin hideaway outside Yosemite NP's Hetch Hetchy (NW) entrance.

Even better than my half-Swedish grandfather would have made. Tip: substitute fresh cranberries for the raisins to make it fruitier; cut down on the brown sugar; and careful setting it on fire!

One look can never capture everything.

Roasting a whole fish (head on!) is on my 2012 to-do list in the kitchen...

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2011 Thomas Lowell Award for Best Travel Guidebook.