Weekend
Explorer Series Description
Join the adventure as Emmy awarded host Jeffrey Lehmann takes you to
incredibly scenic destinations throughout North America and the world
in the award winning Weekend Explorer television series. Each episode
features a unique destination and searches out that area’s best
kept secrets as well as exploring traditional landmarks. Experience the
new spirit of travel with the host, while learning about each destination
through his informative and humorous narrative that includes culture,
history, nature, and wildlife.
Episode
Descriptions
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Llama trek in the serene and beautiful Sierra de Cristo mountains, learn
about chili at the Santa Fe School of Cooking, mountain bike through
a ghost town along the Turquoise Trail, explore an ancient Pueblo Indian
ruin, horseback ride during a stunning sunset, learn about Georgia
O’Keefe, meet an up and coming artist, and relax in a unique
outdoor Japanese spa. Buy the video
Laughlin,
Nevada
Go house boating on Lake Mojave and enjoys the sport of water skiing.
Explorer the Colorado River on kayak, wave runner, and jet boat. Meet
Don Laughlin, the town’s namesake. Visit nearby Oatman, AZ where
wild burros roam the streets, explore a giant mine, take a stage on
old Wild West coach trails, and visits the London Bridge. Buy
the video
Santa Monica, California
Visit “America’s Beach” where the healthy lifestyle
for which Southern California is known was made famous. Surf with professional
surfer turned restaurateur, and then head to the local Farmer’s
Market. Roller blade along the beach with roller blading legend Debbie
Merrill, and watch 78 year old skateboarder Liz Bevington, the “Skateboarding
Momma”. Head to the beach made famous by Baywatch, and work out
at Muscle Beach with world renowned weightlifter Jack Le Lanne. Buy
the video
Animal Special
Join a crazy adventure to reunite a wild bear cub with its
family after the cub gets stuck in a bear-proof dumpster.
Visit numerous destinations and gain in-sight into the right
and wrong way to interact with animals, while on vacation.
Learn tips on how to spot wildlife, and visit some great
regional zoos. Buy the video
Whitefish,
Montana
Walk among the canopy of an old growth forest in a unique eco-tour, enjoy
world class cuisine at a historic lodge, kayak among the pristine Rocky
Mountains, fly fish on the longest wildest river in the U.S., mountain
bike to the top of Big Mountain to a scenic vista overlooking the Canadian
Rockies, and view mountain goats, moose, and bear in spectacular Glacier
National Park, and try the new sport of mountain scootering. Buy
the video
Hong
Kong – City of Life
Discover China’s most cosmopolitan city, and visit one of the tailor
shops for which the city is famous. Dance at a night club in the popular
Lan Kwai Fong district, explorer a quaint traditional fishing village,
hike in a beautiful lush jungle to a mountain top that features a gigantic
bronze Buddha, and see the unique and interesting Bird Market. Buy
the video
Hong
Kong – Dragons
Search
out the
mythical
dragons
for which
China’s
most
cosmopolitan
city
is known.
Look
for
the very
rare
wild
pink
dolphins
of Victoria
Harbor,
learn
about
the ancient
tradition
of tea,
visit
the
popular
Fish
Market
where
Koi fish
are
often
sold
for over
$40,000,
shop
in
the popular
Night
Market,
explore
a traditional
Chinese
apothecary,
and experience
the exciting
International
Dragon
Boat
Races. Buy
the video
Out Takes
Go behind the scenes to see some
of the funniest and most interesting
things to happen while shooting
the “Weekend Explorer” series
over the first 3 years. Learn
what being on a “Weekend
Explorer” shoot is really
like for the host, co-hostess,
and the crew. Join in the crazy
happenings that occur after hours
on-location as the series travels
to destinations across America
and abroad. Buy
the video
Conwy,
Wales
Tour this scenic country from a base in historic Conwy, a town that sits
within the protective walls of a majestic Medieval castle. Horseback
ride a mountain that overlooks the scenic Irish Sea, hike in a national
park with wild goats and a bizarre looking type of Seal, and visit
a local woolen mill that takes wool from the sheep’s back all
the way to tweed blazers. Buy the video
Windermere,
England
Visit the birthplace of Peter Rabbit and the other Betrix Potter characters
in this most English of countrysides. Sail on beautiful Lake Windamere,
work with endangered birds at the World Owl Trust, hike the dales with
the bizarre looking Highland Cattle, learn about the devilish tricks
of the real Tom Fool at Muncaster castle, and meet the “World’s
Biggest Liar” in beautiful Eskdale National Park. Buy
the video
Mammoth,
California
Search for bears and learn how residents coexist with the bears that live
in their city, horseback ride in the majestic snow covered Sierra mountains,
glide down the slopes of one of California's favorite ski resorts, fly
over majestic Yosemite National Park, mountain bike through the beautiful
and serene Sierra wilderness, take an exciting off-road vehicle tour,
wonder at beautiful yet dangerous thermal springs and soak in relaxing
natural hot springs. Buy the video
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Eastern
Sierras, California
Hike to a High Sierra lake on the trail to the highest peak in the continuous
United States, explore the Alabama Hills the site of famous movies staring
John Wayne, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and many others, go bouldering in the
incredible Buttermilks, learn about the mistaken internment of Japanese-Americans
at Manzanar during World War II, kayak through the geological spires of
mystic Mono Lake, fish for trout in a High Sierra lake, and discover the
secrets to surviving in the wild west at the ghost town of Bodie. Buy
the video
Kanab,
Utah
Repel into and then swim in scenic slot canyons of Zion National Park,
ride a mule into the mystical red spires of Bryce Canyon, fly over stunningly
beautiful tributaries on the way to the Colorado River, hike the Coral
Pink Sand Dunes, and learn how Hollywood saved this city. Buy
the video
Ruidoso,
New Mexico
Feel the rush on a Harley motorcycle following in the path of notorious
outlaw Billy the Kid, ride horses up beautiful mountain slopes to an overlook
of southern New Mexico's deserts, Frolic in the sand dunes of gigantic
White Sands National Monument, try your luck striking it rich panning
for gold, mountain bike on a scenic trail, and bet on your favorite horse
at famous Ruidoso Downs. Buy the video
Seward,
Alaska
Ride a train into the very heart of Alaska's wilderness, dog sled with
a competitor of the world famous Ididatrod, ride horses into a beautiful
high mountain pass, get rocked by waves as large chunks of ice calve into
the ocean, play with a giant Steller sea lion, whitewater raft in a glacier
fed river, watch the acrobatic puffin, and enjoy the incredible scenery
of Alaska. Buy the video
Homer,
Alaska
Catch unbelievably large halibut, kayak among the awesome bald eagle,
take a helicopter to explore a glacier, dig for clams, watch waves of
salmon as they swim upstream to spawn, canoe with beautiful snow white
swans, and watch a brilliant red sunset over a smoldering volcano. Buy
the video
Elk
Meadows, Utah
Ride a snowboard through 3 feet of fresh "champagne" powder,
snowshoe into the high country, feel the rush snowmobiling over jumps,
learn how to avoid being caught in a deadly back country avalanche, and
take a helicopter over scenic Bryce Canyon. Buy the
video
Carlsbad,
New Mexico
Explore the world famous "Carlsbad Caverns", experience the
spectacle as thousands of bats leave the cave complex at dusk, jet ski
on a lake as lightning rolls across the scenic New Mexican desert, ride
a paddlewheel on the Pecos River, rock climb at Sitting Bull Falls, and
mountain bike through the beautiful desert countryside. Buy
the video
Catalina
Island, California
Duck at night to avoid flying fish in one of the world's most unique tours,
zodiac to the rugged backside of this wild island, take a four wheel drive
tour to see bison, the endangered Catalina Island fox, and beautiful sea
coves, kayak to an isolated valley for a nature walk, and dive a breath
taking underwater preserve. Buy the video
San
Diego, California
Raise a sail on the tall ship Star of India, scuba dive with sea lions
off the Coronado Islands, Horseback ride on a historic California Rancho,
Mountain Bike through beautiful Cleveland National Forest, hike Mission
Trails park and learn about the native Kumeyaay indians, go barnstorming
in a real 1920's bi-plane, and learn about the most famous barnstormer
of them all Charles Lindbergh. Buy the video
Eureka,
California
Mountain bike ride to spectacular Fern Canyon, help make a yoke for Paul
Bunyan's oxen, whitewater raft below the Trinity Alps, horseback ride
on giant Moonstone beach, kayak to visit harbor seals in fertile Humboldt
Bay, stalk Bigfoot and visit the Bigfoot Museum, and hike among the resplendent
California redwoods. Buy the video
La
Jolla, California
Paraglide over red clay cliffs with beautiful vistas of the Pacific Ocean,
hike among the rare Torrey Pine tree, skin dive with the huge orange Garibaldi
fish, kayak in mystical sea caves, sunbathe with seals, visit beautiful
beaches, and learn the secret hidden in the basement of the local shell
shop. Buy the video
Season's Highlights
This episode features a number of new activities and points of interest
in the areas visited throughout the year; Follow Steve Searles as he is
called on to evict bears out of houses as snow starts to fall in Mammoth
Lakes, rock climb in scenic Zion National park, and explore undiscovered
indian relics in the Southwest. This show also includes a number of out
takes as the host and cameramen crash on mountain bikes and get sucked
into whitewater rapids giving the audience a feel for how the Weekend
Explorer series is actually created.
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