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You could use Twitter or Facebook to ask friends for hiking and biking recommendations - but then you'd have to wait for a response. Check in with Trails.SierraClub.org to find a trail or share a favorite of your own.

What's hot: "Find a Trail" does just what it says, but it can be much easier to browse this site (which is still being developed) by states instead of getting specific in my keyword search. Search California trails and you'll get 195 results, including Aliso Creek Trail and Bikeway in south Orange County, Big Bend Trail in Laguna Beach and Bridge to Nowhere in Angeles National Forest.

What's not: Although the site says online members (free to join) are adding "groups" every day, there aren't yet many to choose from. You can search by keyword on the "groups" page, but because the list isn't long, I used the category section on the left nav bar of the same "groups" page. Outdoor Interests and National Parks had the most to choose from.

Old coffee

Don't expect soy lattes or Internet access for your laptop, but your next visit to Colonial Williamsburg could include a stop in a coffeehouse.

Visitors will be able to experience an 18th century-style coffeehouse when R. Charlton's Coffeehouse opens Friday on Duke of Gloucester Street at the historic site.

Free coffee, tea and hot chocolate inspired by 18th-century recipes will be served in demitasse cups at R. Charlton's. Costumed re-enactors will discuss with visitors how the consumption of these drinks related to colonial society, hospitality and political issues of the day, including trade and taxes.

Some pieces from the coffeehouse had been repurposed inside the Victorian home, and thousands of artifacts were unearthed at the site, enabling historians and artisans to reproduce for R. Charlton's the look of everything from furniture to coffee cups. Shingles, nails and even paint were handcrafted by workers from Historic Trades, an interpretive department at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation.

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