Planning summer vacation – the beach or the mountains? Hmmm – I can never decide, but what about both at the same time? Well, it is possible and I am not kidding. Within driving distance of many east coast and …
Category: North America
The More It Changes, The More It Stays the Same by Linda Ballou
I have been migrating from Los Angeles to Haines, the prettiest little town in Southeast Alaska, for the last 40 years. Like the arctic tern in its epic 25,000- mile round trip journey and the salmon’s primordial yearning to return …
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Edmonton, Alberta’s Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Village
ust East of this beautiful, capital city, with its many sky-scrapers and fascinating modern architecture, you’ll find a replica of an early Nineteenth Century town, which enables visitors to see the beginnings of Edmonton. The Ukrainian Cultural Heritage Center is …
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Alberta’s WonderLandscape
We traveled by RV all across Canada, primarily avoiding the cities and enjoying the beautiful landscape, people, mountains, rivers, National and Provencial Parks everywhere we went. Entering the province of Alberta from the East we passed through great grassy prairies, …
RV Camping in Manitoba by Bonnie and Bill Neely
Driving our RV across Manitoba, we scouted the highways north to south and east to west and saw pretty countryside changing to prairie and farm land with huge sky beautifully reflected in all the many lakes. It is a picturesque …
Calgary Stampede by Bonnie and Bill Neely
For nearly two weeks in July each year the city of Calgary turns Cowboy, with everyone dressing in Western clothes and feature many Western music bands throughout public places, even in the airport. The Calgary Stampede had become world famous …
CHARLOTTE: THE “RACY SIDE” OF NORTH CAROLINA
Just imagine whizzing around a mile-and-a-half race track at 165-170 miles per hour on the immense Lowe’s Motor Speedway. This is where the big boys of NASCAR fame, of course, do their racing . . . and where crowds of …
Celebrities & Hotels In Manhattan
The elevator doors opened and there he stood: tall (towering!), pierced, tattooed, and famous. Dennis Rodman. I tried to look jaded, and breezed past him with nary a glance, a la chic New Yorkers who are accustomed to notorious 6’7”celebrities …
Vacationing on the Patriot Trail by Christopher Ferraro
When time came to make a decision regarding our summer vacation several options came to mind; Europe always holds a special allure, but it is usually way too expensive in the summer. California sounded great. There’s lots to see but …
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I Left My Heart Outside San Francisco by Ron Kapon
At the age of eleven I made my first trip to San Francisco, meeting my aunt in Chicago and continuing by train ever westward. 60 years ago. I’ve been back at least 30 times since then, usually visiting Napa or …
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