Get outside this summer with Travel Post Monthly.

Inside, you'll find a relaxing sailing trip through Washington State's Pacific islands, a riveting ice expedition to the polar bears of the North, and a glimpse into Spanish history and Greek traditions (shocking as they may seem).

You'll also discover where in the U.S. you can peek inside a bald eagle's nest to see what's for dinner...

Enjoy!

Bonnie Caton
Editor, Travel Post Monthly

P.S. This is the last call for summertime stories here at Travel Post Monthly. If you've got a summer tale to tell, take a look at our writer's guidelines, here. We're also looking for autumn travel pieces and practical travel how-to.

• 360 Degrees of Eagles, Islands, and Waves: All Aboard S.V. Shawmanee
  My chilled glass of Pinot Grigio, carefully set on the starboard rail, barely shimmied as we silently sliced through Washington’s coastal waters in Bellingham Bay...


• Heading North -- To the Polar Bear
  The 25-year-old hull creaked in the ice. Expedition staff and passengers alike were spellbound. A gargantuan male polar bear stood, flat-footed, only a few feet beneath us on the Norwegian pack-ice...


• Heads Up in Corfu: Pottery Flies at Easter on the Greek Island
  The smell of lamb roasting on outdoor BBQ spits... streets filled with choirs, bands and religious processions... and clay pots falling from the sky. This is Orthodox Easter on the Greek island of Corfu...


• Peer into an Eagle's Nest at Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge
  The shars of the show -- the bald eagles -- have been getting national attention, thanks to a live Eagle Cam mounted on one of their nests. But be forewarned -- the nests aren’t always a cute and cuddly place...


• Stakes and Leg-irons in Toledo, Spain
  Take away the tourists and souvenir shops and you could easily be back in the glory days of Felipe II, whose haughty features sneer down from innumerable Velasquez canvases, surrounded by bejeweled Infantas, priests and court dwarfs...