This summer, L.L. Bean wants to help you feel great out there with

gear tips and advice for heading outdoors and exploring all the

possibilities of the season. Here's a game-changing tip for the beach.

Bring a fitted sheet.

As nice as a nap in the sun is, the sheet isn't for making up the bed.

It's a smart way to keep sand off your beach towels,

since the corners of a fitted sheet naturally left. way to keep sand off your beach towels.

Since the corners of a fitted sheet naturally lift,

all you need to do is add weighted objects to each corner

and you'll have a nifty pocket of space you can hang out in, sand free.

For more fun ideas, easy how-tus, and inspiring stories,

visit L.L.Bine.com.

Guide. real travel conjures up many images from the glamour of the Orient Express to the grit of the Transcontinental Railroad.

While many people take a train to work every day, train travel still continues to

spark the imagination for many, waiting in anticipation at a station for the sight of a

cold-plumed locomotive or a sleek electric train.

For those of us who love national parks and center our vacations around them and also love trains. It is possible to

travel to national parks by railroad. Certainly not all parks, but some major destinations for sure. Amtrak offers National Park Vacation

packages that include train travel combined with tours covering Rocky Mountain Archesches, and Canyonlands, National Parks.

A company called Vacations by Rail provides similar service to Glacier, Yellowstone, Grand

Teton, Arches, and canyonlands.

But many National Park enthusiasts aren't looking for a vacation tour fitting into an itinerary

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