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A WWW Guide to Hosteling Culture, Itineraries and Services

This WWW Page is prepared and presented by Gene Barnett, co-owner and co-houseparent (with my wife) of the Avenue of the Giants/Eel River Redwoods Hostel, located on the swimmer-friendly Eel River in Leggett California, 185 miles north of San Francisco, in
Giant Redwoods Country.

But this is not a commercial for my hostel. It's a newsletter about hostels in general, with pointers to other hosteling resources as well.

To save on-line time and keep these articles for future reading and use, you can have them e-mailed to yourself. Be sure to go all the way down to the "Electronic Communications About this Page" article, near the end.

Feature Articles

"Hostel-Hopping the Pacific Northwest." A travelog of my visit to 14 hostels between San Francisco and the West Coast of British Columbia, Canada.
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"Cycling the Pacific Northwest (Seattle to San Francisco)." Link to Go Hosteling's web page on cycling the West Coast (either bicycling or motorcycling). What to see, where to stay, how to travel safely.
"Wild, Weird, Wacky and Wonderful Tourist Traps of Leggett Valley California
Gene Barnett's Personal Picks Of all the hostels on the Pacific Coast, here are my personal favorites ... the ones *I* would stay in, if *I* were hosteling up the coast, from San Diego to Victoria Canada.

Hostels Associations

"Hostels, Hostel Organizations and Affiliations" ... Knowing about a wide range of hostels and hostel organizations and affiliations, large and small, and even hostels with no affiliations at all, empowers you with the most complete list hosteling options available to you, that you might plan your travels around what you want to do rather than limiting yourself rather than around what any particular organization offers you.
On-line listing of 50 hostels belonging to American Assoc of Independent Hostels, also known as "Rucksackers"
On-line listing of all 35 hostels belonging to The Pacific Rim Hosteling Network, including transportation and other service providers.
"American and Canadian Hostels in the Northern Rockies" ... A complete listing of 20 hostels, regardless of affiliation, in the Alberta, Eastern B.C., Idaho, Montana and Eastern Washington

Descriptions of Individual Hostels

A description of Avenue of the Giants/Eel River Redwoods Hostel
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- Main lodge at Avenue of the Giants hostel
- The "common room" in our hostel
- Free-Bike rack at Avenue of the Giants hostel
- The night-time office in our pub Click here for a coupon for a free "adult beverage" in the pub at Avenue of the Giants Hostel"
- Our hammock
Click here for a description of the Historic Hotel Melrose Hostel, Grand Junction Colorado.

Hosteling Culture

Hosteling for Newbies. A brief of the history, culture and advantages of hostelling as a way of travel
"How to Find Hostels" Lists of books, handbooks and Internet sources of thousands of hostels around the world.

Miscellaneous

Travel Planning Tips for north of San Francisco.
A note to Travel Writers: You can "scoop" your competition.

Good links to other outdoors and travel pages ...

Dianne Greer's Labor of Love, the Great Outdoors Recreation Page (GORP)
Brian Lucas' extraordinary Recreation Travel Library
Darren Overby's Internet World-Wide Hostel Guide
The Walking and Volksmarch Index page covers non-competitive walking events and clubs in the USA and Canada
The Walking and Volksmarch Hiking Page has many links to walking and hiking organizations, trails, events, resources.

Electronic Communications about this Web Page

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Press here to send me e-mail -- comments or submissions of your own articles for consideration and inclusion on this page.
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