It was as they were waiting for us. Almost as soon as we set foot on the historic Navajo Bridge at Glen Canyon National Recreation Area, the condors took to the air, stretching their wings to catch a ride on the afternoon thermals.

Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area in Washington state is moving to 100 percent reservations for all vehicle-accessible campgrounds. Because of this change, you will now able to reserve campsites right up to the day you arrive.

A national historic site on Prince Edward Island that celebrates author L.M. Montomery and her Anne of Green Gables book series has opened has opened for the season with a variety of plans for how to cope with COVID-19 challenges and crowds.

Dozens of intriguing wooden posts jut out of the aquamarine water by the historic CN Rail swing bridge in Atherley Narrows and in the distance alongside Shotgun Island. But they’re actually bridge footings and not the ancient Indigenous fish weirs that make this Ontario spot a national historic site. Those are buried in protective layers of silt here in the shallow waters where Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe meet. Standing on an old steel trestle structure from the railway era that overlooks the channel, I wish I could have visited either 5,000 years ago or a few years from now if an ambitious rethink of the area succeeds.