It will cost you more to dock your boat or camp at Boca Chita and Elliott keys at Biscayne National Park under a proposal now open for public comment.

Having explored parts of Pecos National Historical Park in New Mexico in daylight, I can only imagine how fascinating it must be under moonlight and starlight. And were it not 650 miles away, I would make plans to experience Pecos Pueblo under the light of a full moon, or during a star gazer's event with telescopes and binoculars.

Soon after taking my first good look at the barren and alien orange landscape of the Tablelands, I held a heavy chunk of rusty-looking peridotite in my hands and tried to absorb its global significance.

Tropical Cyclone Sixteen's path prompted storm warnings along coastal North Carolina and led to closures at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial in North Carolina.