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On the Town: With beer-soaked floorboards and surly bartenders, it may not be the classiest joint, but readers consistently touted El Rancho Tavern as the place to grab a beer. (There are 20 of them on draft.) “If you don't have anything important to do the next day, the Ranch is the place to go,” recommends Eric Parker, an ER nurse. The 1988 Deschutes Brewery on NW Bond Street is always populous, offering daily tours free of charge, as well as 19 beers on tap with a beer-centric menu, as one of the largest pubs in the United States. The region is also rich with wildlife, culture, art, and natural resources, all on display at the High Desert Museum near Bend. Boise, Idaho Boise, Idaho. This is a guest blog highlighting some of America’s Best River Towns by American Rivers SM — written by Katrina Cubanski and Ciara Regan, two amazing interns who worked with the Communications team this summer.

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The town and surrounding area are famed for growing and trading the highly nutritious leafy green. It is with regret I write that this year’s Watercress festival (usually in May) has been cancelled, but – exhale – it’s going to hold the “first ever” virtual Watercress festival instead (nothing says “I’ve exhausted Netflix” like signing up for this one).Its central location halfway along the Rhine Gorge and its convenient ferry (there are no bridges along the Gorge) opens up the whole Rhine Valley to you. Located in North Yorkshire, the Ouse is the river that bisects the centre of the historic city of York.

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A polyglot, David is fluent in English, Welsh, and French, and can also converse in Italian, German, Portuguese, Spanish, Czech and Polish Less than 30 minutes by rail from both Edinburgh and Glasgow, the small and picturesque town of Linlithgow is a winsome spot for exploring a side of Scotland away from the Highlands. Here hikes follow the Linlithgow Canal, the river Avon and circumnavigate the town loch, which only takes an hour. Enjoy a meal at one of the many wineries and restaurants around the town centre, including the Altkolnischer Hof and Altes Haus next door. Time Needed– A few hours, perhaps half a day, is ample. 5. Oberwesel The Liebfrauenkirche is one of the main landmarks of OberweselColorado was a popular state for Best River Towns. Other responses highlighted community conservation and/or river recreation in Durango on the Animas River; Buena Vista and Salida, both on the Arkansas River; and Glenwood Springs on the Colorado and Roaring Fork Rivers. The Forks, ME It’s ideal for people who like outdoor activities. A beautiful hiking path, the Two Moors Way, follows the river for a while but if you are a bit more adventurous, you could sign up for a whitewater kayaking tour as the river has some challenging rapids. This river is the third longest river in the UK. Rising on Biddulph Moor in Staffordshire, it meanders through the Midlands before emptying out between Hull and Immingham on the North Sea coast. There’s also a cultural revolution taking place in Fuling. Much of its history has eroded over time, and some of it is lost forever. However, increasingly more people want to preserve this history and cultural landmarks such as underwater museums are in their infancy. When a landmark at Baiheliang known for its carved fish disappears because of the flood at Three Gorges Dam, the people can’t do anything about it at first because there’s not enough money. However, cultural investment in China improves with each passing year, and it’s not long before plans are in place to restore and preserve these carvings, which are over 1200 years old.

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If you’re driving, St Goar is on the B9 road that runs alongside the river from Koblenz to Bingen. The A61 autobahn (motorway) also passes nearby. Marlene Chamberlain of Booklist concluded that "This is a colorful memoir from a Peace Corps volunteer who came away with more understanding of the Chinese than any foreign traveler has a right to expect." [5] See also [ edit ] World-class fishing, rafting with unmatched beauty. Plenty of family gathering & picnic locations. Pristinely clear water and pine-fresh air. Nearby points of interest for history buffs, geologists, naturalists, and archeologists.”River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze is a 2001 book by Peter Hessler. It documents his Peace Corps teaching assignment at Fuling Teachers College in Fuling, Sichuan, which started in 1996 and lasted for two years; Fuling is now part of Chongqing municipality. [1] Style [ edit ] In the 18th century, Roquemaure was the centre of attempts to regulate the production of wine in the area and it was here that the term “ Côtes du Rhône” was coined. In 1835 work began on the construction of a bridge over the river at Roquemaure, as there was no crossing between Avignon and the bridge at Pont-Saint-Esprit. The bridge was destroyed by an American aircraft in August 1944. A chain ferry was operated across the river until the current bridge opened in 1959. Its story revolves around the transportation of goods on the river, and barging is a tradition which continues to this day in the village. People from St-Étienne-des-Sorts are known as Stephanois, and built traditional boats called “sapines”, which only needed three or four crew. The villagers made use of the natural resources found in and around the town, transporting the trunks of poplars and other trees up to the sawmills of Avignon, as well as stones taken from quarries, which were used to reinforce the riverbanks. This commerce reached its peak in the early 1880s, when up to 20 boats a day would leave for Avignon, crewed by the men and boys from the village. Never is Hessler's complex China, or his book, anything less than magnificent...An intimate, humorous, true-to-life portrait of modern China.

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