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• Take It With You: A smart idea for backpackers

Light travelers can usually fit their needs for a long weekend into a roomy day pack. The trouble is, most day packs are such caverns that everything slips down into a messy heap. Now veteran traveler and TV personality Rick Steves offers us a smart design.


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• Plan Ahead: Folk singers head west for fest

HELENA, Mont. – The National Folk Festival comes to Montana this summer, bringing the event's mix of "music, dance and tradition from across America" to historic Butte in Big Sky country.
• Nonstop Hops: Destination: Honolulu

Frequency from Sacramento: One flight daily on Hawaiian Airlines
• Reno area boasts a strong lineup of outdoor music this summer

The summer concert season is fast approaching, and most series have been finalized. Some major names are on tour, and ticket prices are steep for them. How does $200 sound for some of the top seats?


Alison Krauss and Robert Plant headline a June 28 show at Harveys Outdoor Arena in Stateline, Nev. Dave Martin / Associated Press

• Trips & Tours

Bill Swinney, an experienced traveler and photographer, will speak about his trip to Mount Everest Base Camp at a meeting of the No Reservations Travel Club. The free event takes place at 7 p.m. Monday in the Arcade Library Community Room, 2443 Marconi Ave., Sacramento. For more information: (916) 457-1426 or www.noreservationstravelclub. blogspot.com.
• Janet Fullwood: Katrina tour truly focuses eyes, heart

For 2 1/2 years, the world has been saturated with images and stories of the day New Orleans died. The photos of ruined neighborhoods and tales of human misery know no end. Yet news from the shattered city is pretty much relegated to the back pages these days.


More than 2 1/2 years after Hurricane Katrina savaged the Gulf Coast, New Orleans and communities around it show how bad the August 2005 storm was. A Gray Line tour takes visitors on a 60-mile circuit showing the damage – and the work by locals and volunteers from afar.

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