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If you’re gearing up to travel and you haven’t visited the southwestern region of the U.S., it might be a good time to consider it. Whether you’re picking one spot, or you’d like to take a long-distance motorcycle trip or road trip, the southwestern part of the country has amazing scenery unlike anything else in the world. The following are some scenic places in the southwest you might think about adding to your itinerary. Antelope Canyon Antelope Canyon is in Arizona. You can walk through the sandstone walls of the canyon, which were formed by erosion from flash flooding primarily. The slot canyon includes five sections that are on the Navajo Reservation. These include Upper Antelope Canyon, Rattle Snake Canyon, Owl Canyon, Lower Antelope Canyon, and Mountain Sheep Canyon. Antelope Canyon is one of the most popular spots in the country for photographers, thanks to the stunning orange and red tones. There are unlimited lighting changes and angles, so you can get images that no one...

The new Alfa Romeo Tonale has gone on sale in Ireland at a starting price of €49,995, writes Brian Byrne. The compact crossover is available with mild-hybrid and plug-in hybrid powertrains, and in two grades along with a ‘Speciale’ extra launch version.  All versions are automatic, with outputs of 160hp and 280hp respectively, the latter being AWD thanks to the electric motor on the rear axle.  The PHEV includes a 15.5kWh battery thats some 36pc bigger than that used in the Jeep Compass PHEV, to which the Tonale is closely related. The car kicks off the new Irish distribution by Gowan Auto, based in a purpose-built HQ at City West, Dublin. Currently there are three Alfa Romeo dealerships, in Dublin, Cork and Waterford. Plans are to increase this to a network of eight. Two other models are currently available, the Giulia large sedan and the Stelvio SUV which sits above the Tonale.

Renault has carried out a big re-styling of its long-popular Clio, and added a full hybrid powertrain, writes Brian Byrne. Very sharp and techy changes to the front and rear will make the latest version quite a standout on the road, and there are also substantial upgrades to the interior including a new Alpine-level trim option. The car also carries the latest design of the Renault logo. The new 145hp E-Tech hybrid can operates for up to 80pc of the time in electric mode in town driving, according to Renault. More details closer to launch. The Clio nameplate was launched in 1990 and since then some 16 million units have been sold. 

Author Joss Ware, an electrifying new voice in paranormal romance, has readers fascinated and asking for more with the first book in the Awakening Heroes series, Beyond the Night . In this story : When Dr. Elliott Drake wakes from a mysterious fifty-year sleep, he finds the world as he knew it is gone forever. His only ally is the mysterious Jade, a woman who has seen enough to know to trust no one–until Elliott. Now they must work together to survive in this dark new world that will that them beyond danger…beyond desire…and lead them to the light of a new day. MOTHER NATURE FOR THE WIN by Joss Ware Two years ago, I started working on a series of paranormal romances set in a post-apocalyptic world. As I imagined what that world would look like, I did research to see what would happen if the majority of the human race was destroyed during a series of cataclysmic events. I’d always had the impression that a post-apocalyptic world would be a sort of Mad Max and the Thund...