I LLUSTRAT ION
BEN JENNINGS
PHOTOS
CONSERVACION PATAGONICA
TheYellowstone
ofSouth
AmericaAwaits
Youcanstill visit“before it’scool”
Callingallcampersand
conservationists,animal lovers
andadventurers:AtChile’s
PatagoniaPark,you’llspy
everything fromunrivaled
viewsoftheFuriosoPlateauand
CerroKristinetothe incredibly
rarehuemuldeer(thepark
ishome to10percentof the
world’spopulation).Thegrand
openingof thissoon-to-be-
650,000-acrepark in theheart
ofChacabucoValleywill likely
be in thenextcoupleofyears,
butwe’vegotgoodnews: It’s
alreadyopen to thepublic, so
geta jumponall those touristy
travelersnow. Seasonbegins
Oct. 1.
Patagoniapark.org
—A.K.
King foraDay
How topayproperhomage toStephenKing thismonth
LIKEALOTOFVISITORS
toEstes
Park,Colorado, thehighlightofmy
visit—besidesseeingmooseevery
timeI turnedaround—wasa trip
toTheStanleyHotel.Thehistoric
Stanleyhas theRockyMountains
as itsbackdropand looksoutover
thequaint towncenter.That’s
notwhy it’s famous, though.The
Stanley isbestknownas the
inspiration for theOverlookHotel
fromStephenKing’snovel-turned-
movie
TheShining
.
Asa longtime fanofKing—his
book
OnWriting:AMemoirof the
Craft
isoneof thebest
how-toguides forauthors—I
thoughtIshouldconstructwhat
Iwouldconsider thePerfect
StephenKingDay (PSKD),an
itinerary forpayingproperhomage
tothemasterofthemacabre.
THEREAREFIVETHINGSYOU
MUSTDOFORAPSKD
1.CELEBRATEONHALLOWEEN
,
for obvious reasons.
2. STAYATTHESTANLEY
HOTEL,
of course.
3. SITATTHECASCADES
WHISKEYBAR
inTheStanley. The
bar is long andhelped inspire the look
of thebar in theKubrickmovie.
4.ORDERAJACKTORRENCE
cocktail (from thebook
12Bottom
Bar
),madewithbourbon (1 oz.),
Advocaat (3oz.) andbitters (two
shakes).Advocaat iswhat is spilled all
over Jack (and intohis bourbon) in the
movie.
5.READKING’STWOWORKS
FROMTHISYEAR:
FindersKeepers
and
DrunkenFireworks
(audiobook
only).
—E.C.
POV
Thismonth
marks 25 years of
AmericanAirlines’
direct services to
Chile andArgentina.
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OCTOBER2015
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