Consumer Reports Ranks Cruise Lines

Above, Celebrity Cruises made the Consumer Reports list. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Like anything else, there are some things that are better than others. This axiom also applies to cruise lines. Some are better than others.

Consumer Reports has listed the best cruise lines. This was reported as a slideshow by Quartz. 

They start it with:

Cruises have bounced back since the pandemic, with a record 21.7 million Americans set to hit the seas this year, according to AAA.

But not all cruises offer the experience travelers are hoping for, and with scores of cruise lines operating, it can be hard to figure out which ones to book. Consumer Reports ranked the best cruise lines, offering three luxury options and three more affordable ones. It used the results of a survey with almost 19,000 respondents to make the list. Continue reading to see which made the list of the best ones and why.

To see which cruise lines are the best, go here. 

National Park Service Started With A Camping Trip

Above, the Eastern Sierras along Tioga Pass in Yosemite National Park. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

The start of the formation of the national park service began over 100 years ago when a president of the United States camped out with a well-known conservationist.

Quartz reported:

Picture the US president camping under the stars, huddled in blankets, sitting around a fire as a naturalist waxes poetic, explaining that Americans need the wilderness to retain their wonder and humility. But imagine this scene in black and white, or in sepia tone, because it happened long ago. 

In 1903, Theodore Roosevelt camped in the Sierra Nevada mountains with John Muir—father of the US National Park Service. “He met me with a couple of pack mules, as well as with riding mules for himself and myself, and a first-class packer and cook, and I spent a delightful three days and two nights with him,” Roosevelt recalled.

 Sounds like Roosevelt had a bully of a good time with Muir.

To read more, go here.