The tall ships Lady Washington and Hawaiian Chieftain are in port in Morro Bay, California until December 18. Join correspondent Tom Wilmer aboard the Lady Washington for a visit with Captain J.B. Smith, 3 rd Mate Eric Dowell, and David Livingstone, chief mate aboard the Hawaiian Chieftain.

Federal firefighters based at Fort Hunter Liggett in Monterey County are trained to respond to a wide array of emergencies, including range, forest and structure fires, medical emergencies, aircraft incidents and mutual aid response to the surrounding region in Lockwood Valley. Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with firefighters Greg Fryer and Jason Hall.

For many artists, finding a way to earn a living is a proverbial struggle. Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with two artists who specialize in expressing their creativity with clay, and both have found divergent ways to make a viable living.

Sergio Cuadra spent 20 years honing the art and craft of winemaking in Chili before mastering hot-climate grape growing at Fall Creek Vineyards in the heart of the Highland Lakes region of Texas. Join correspondent Tom Wilmer for a chat with Cuadra.

Texas-based country and western musician John Arthur Martinez has written more than 700 songs, and produced 13 albums including his latest, " San Antonio Woman ." One of Martinez’s songs went cosmic—accompanying the crew of the Space Shuttle Atlantis.

The Highland Lakes region of the Texas Hill Country is less than an hour from Austin, but it’s a world apart.

Correspondent Tom Wilmer visits with Brian Neumann, Ph.D., a historian at the U.S. Army Center of Military History at Fort McNair in Washington D.C. Newmann talks about General Hunter Liggett, who was second-in-command of the Army’s World War 1 American Expeditionary Forces in Europe. Liggett was a visionary tactician who transformed field tactics that remain employed today. You are invited to subscribe to the Lowell Thomas Award-winning travel show podcast, Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer

The Palm Springs, California region is a collective of nine cities in the heart of a desert oasis. World-class golf, spas and countless annual cultural events attract visitors from around the world. Correspondent Molly Blaisdell takes us on a journey to some of the area's hidden treasures, including the new Rancho Mirage Observatory , a sound bath at Namaste Springs , Makerville and the Mod Mirage Walking Tour of classic mid-century architecture. Joyce Kiehl, director of communications at the

Join correspondent Tom Wilmer reporting from Lodi , California, where he visits with two-time James Beard Award-winning chef Bradley Ogden.

Correspondent Tom Wilmer reports from Monterey County's Fort Hunter Liggett, where he visits with Augusta Vargas, wife of Sergeant Garcia. Vargas talks about the rewarding aspects of life as an Army spouse and raising a family on a remote base.