Travel Blog
California’s Mammoth Lakes in Summer
California's Mammoth Lakes offers many outdoor adventure possibilities in summer, from hiking in the back country to fishing for rainbow trout. Mono Lake's scenery, Devil's Postpile's striking rock forms, mountain biking down Mammoth Mountain, horse-packing day trips into Pika Lake, and trophy trout fishing in Hot Creek are some of the diverse pleasures.
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WordPress Website Renewal for Travel Writers, Plus All Writers Journalists Authors
Does Your Travel Journalism WordPress Website Need a Refresh in 2018? The issue is relevant for all Writers Journalists Authors. About 40 journalists gathered in Berkeley to discuss the matter.
Publishing & Consulting
Lee Foster Review of My Life and Movie The Post
The movie The Post brought back memories—my publishing in the New York Times/Washington Post, my investigating reporting and its risks, and my dad narrowly escaping getting crushed in the Supreme Court.
Worldwide Travel
Visiting Hilo on the Big Island of Hawaii
When visiting Hilo, Hawaii, make the Lyman Museum your first stop to comprehend the joy of nature and pageant of human migration that is Hawaii.
More from the Travel Blog
For 2017 wildflower viewing, the first week in April will be optimal for a grand wildflower exuberance in the San Francisco Bay Area, given our abundant winter rains and the warming effect of March. Here are my five favorite viewing areas.
Lee Foster’s website/blog www.fostertravel.com has won an award in the annual BATW (SF Bay Area Travel Writers www.batw.org) Best 2017 Travel Writing and Photography Awards.
Pacifica, along the coast at the southwest edge of San Francisco, is a pleasing oceanside destination in itself and also a potential alternative to lodging in the metropolitan downtown, about 20 minutes away by car.
All year, Chinatown San Francisco presents an intriguing and exotic walk for any visitor to the city. A January-February visitor will be especially fortunate. The celebration of the Chinese New Year includes cheerful urban cacophony of unparalleled dimension.
My recent travel literary book has won an award. The book is Travels in an American Imagination: The Spiritual Geography of Our Time.
A reader recently asked me for a short explanation of my main books, indicating: What is this book about, why did you write this book, and how is this book produced and marketed? Here is my answer, "A Tale of Eight Books."
