Bill McMillon

OPEN SOME NEW DOORS IN YOUR LIFE: Having spent the past seven years volunteer travelling around the world for my vacations, I can honestly attest to the fact that this extremely helpful reference book was my starting point for research into the culturally-enriching, service-oriented travel experiences which have changed my life. Provided inside this handy book are the names of the volunteer organizations which arrange and organize the travel, listings of the type of volunteer work and skills show more required and all of the necessary logistics. (Actually the only skill often required is a desire to serve and to learn.)The second half of the book contains numerous brief volunteer journals where the reader can obtain a clearer picture of how this type of travel impacts the recipients of the service work and more importantly perhaps how these deeply moving and life-altering experiences greatly enhance the life of the volunteer. I have met people of all ages and from all walks of life on these incredible journeys. If you have a bit of adventure in your blood and a desire to serve and especially to learn from another culture's experience...investigate this book...it may open some brand new doors in your life. show less

I bought this book for me and my daughter when we went camping to Pt. Reyes. It gives you places and wild life you can observe based on the time of year and location. Its a great reference. We were able to observe the monarch butterflies migrating as they stopped over in Bolinas.

A decent guide to finding birding spots in Arizona. I don't think I used it much, though, as I prefer the Wildlife Viewing Guides series.

softcover; an underwhelming and not-recommended location guide; 45 birding spots contain locations not deemed of much interest by local AZ birders; little or no directions provided for many locations and maps are very generalized; many of the 120 range maps are markedly wrong (e.g., Mountain Plover, Mississippi Kite, Rosy Finch); some birds misidentified in the photos (e.g., pp54, 88, 104); 30 mediocre quality b&w photos of birds contain mundane species (e.g., Common Raven, Mourning Dove, show more Killdeer, American Robin, Red-tailed Hawk, Northern Cardinal, Great Horned Owl) show less