I was wearing an oversized white cowboy hat, boots, three sizes too big, two pistols, and nothing else. The woman I was with refused to take me to the fair till I put some clothes on. I stomped my foot …
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Roughing It In Luxury at Zion Mountain Resort by Bonnie and Bill Neely
We wanted to visit the National Parks in southern Utah, so we flew into the closest airport, Las Vegas McCarran International. We rented a car for the desert drive and found it fascinatingly barren along Highway 15 until we passed …
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Come, Experience Montana’s Wide Open Spaces
Montana Majesties: Montana is a vast and varied state of mountains, canyons, river valleys, forests and caverns. It’s the 4th largest state in the nation but with our popularion under 1 million, it’s actually the sixth least-populated state. Ah… there …
City Mouse-Country Mouse: Backyard Travels in San Diego by Howard Hian
The charming City Mouse-Country Mouse tale by Aesop tells the story of two cousins from very different neighborhoods who visit each other and, as a result, gain appreciation for their own homes. Aesop’s fables were first written in the mid-sixth …
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The Muslim Fishermen of Phang Nga by Antonio Graceffo
The four Muslim provinces of southern Thailand Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala, and Satun have made international headlines in recent years do to an extremist insurgency which has left hundreds dead. The bad press emanating from the south has left the rest …
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Visiting Thailand’s Monkeys & Bats Part Two
I spent the entire day trying to get out of Chiang Mai. All flights booked. All trains full, buses too. Finally I chose to go 3rd class, leaving at 6:30am to go for twelve hours to Lopburi (south toward Bangkok) …
Redding’s Not-So-Hidden Jewel
Driving along I-5 near Redding, California, you wouldn’t guess that a glistening jewel lies just west along the Sacramento River. Nestled in Turtle Bay Exploration Park, the Sundial pedestrian bridge was completed in 2004 and connects the two sections of …
Help Choose His Adventure by Jeremy David
Have you ever read those “Choose Your Own Adventure” books? Jeremy David is living one. In August he is hopping on a plane to Europe, and from there you are in control. Tell him where to go and what to …
Twelfth Night at the Utah Shakespearean Festival by Linda Lane
In Cedar City, UT, two blocks from the The Iron Gate Inn, a charming bed and breakfast where I am staying, I spotted Southern Utah University, headquarters for the Tony award winning Utah Shakespearean Festival that is currently running from …
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Cedar City, Utah’s Best Holiday Location
We have spent several weeks in different seasons in Utah, a state with so many beautiful places to experience and such varied and fascinating. It is a state focused on strong families and has one of the lowest crime rates …
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