Provisions: Stuff for travel and recreation
A guide for what you need to buy, read or consume to enhance your recreation and travel experience
Buy
“Backpacker: The National Parks Coast to Coast: 100 Best Hikes”
$26; rowman.com
Timed to coincide with the centennial of the National Park Service, this exhaustive 400-page hiking guide covers our National Parks from Acadia to Zion. In some cases, such as the Grand Canyon, author Ted Alvarez makes an effort to include less-trod trails, such as Powell’s Plateau, a pine-forested beauty above the Colorado River.
Buy
Stojo Collapsible Cup
$14.99; stojo.co
Yeah, disposable coffee cups: Our environmental side tsk-tsks their use, but our lazy/practical side still gladly accepts them. A new 12-ounce collapsible cup called Stojo can assuage our guilt. This BPA-free plastic cup scrunches to fit in your palm and can be easily stored in your carry-on bag, backpack, even your back pocket.
The List
“10 Cruises That Should Be on Your Bucket List”
1. The Arctic
2. Southampton to Southampton: Around the World in 120 Days
3. Galapagos
4. India
5. Seychelles (wildlife reserves)
6. Holland America’s 57-Day, 11-Country Europe Adventure
7. South America (Ushuaia to Cartagena)
8. Botswana Safari Cruise
9. Alaska’s Inside Passage
10. Antarctica
Compiled by Sam McManis/smcmanis@sacbee.com
This story was originally published April 23, 2016 at 7:00 AM with the headline "Provisions: Stuff for travel and recreation."