Anniversaries are funny things. They seem to come around faster than imagined. I have visited Tennessee’s Great Smoky Mountains three times.(www.greatsmoky.com) Once was on our last family vacation, while I was in high school; once about 15 years ago; and …
Category: USA
Friendly Ghosts Meet Romantic Couples in Napa Inn by Emma Krasov
Photography by Yuri Krasov A “French room” in Napa Inn was furnished with a bed of royal height; antique armchairs with silk upholstery; a small tapestry, china and statuettes. On an aged dainty bureau, fit for writing letters by hand, …
Read More "Friendly Ghosts Meet Romantic Couples in Napa Inn by Emma Krasov"
Fun on a Budget: 9 Ways to Cut Costs by Dana Caplowe
Summer is wrapping up, and for many people this signals a much deserved and much anticipated end of summer vacation before the weather turns chilly and the leaves begin to fall. But it’s no secret that the current recession has …
Read More "Fun on a Budget: 9 Ways to Cut Costs by Dana Caplowe"
Channel Islands National Park and Marine Reserve by Bonnie and Bill Neely
The Channel Islands, belong to Nature and YOU because 250,000 acres are National Park and and 1,252 nautical miles are a Marine Santuary, to protect the fragile environment which contains animals, birds, and plants found nowhere else on earth. The …
Read More "Channel Islands National Park and Marine Reserve by Bonnie and Bill Neely"
From Sea to Shining Sea … By Train by Jim Loomis
The original idea was to take a long-distance train ride. But as my fingers traced the various routes on a map of Amtrak’s nationwide system, I suddenly realized it’s possible to literally travel around the entire country, connecting from one …
Read More "From Sea to Shining Sea … By Train by Jim Loomis"
Camping In The 1920’s
(Editor’s note: This delightful camping recollection is written as told to Real Travel Adventures by our 92 year old traveler.) It was the early 1920’s and I was only about seven years old when my parents decided we’d take …
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 …
Read More "Vacationing on the Patriot Trail by Christopher Ferraro"
A Road Less Taken by Jason Shaiman
US Highway #1, conceived of in 1926, serves as the only uninterrupted route along the Atlantic Coast of the United States stretching from the Canadian border to the tip of Florida. Although today I-95 is the primary travel route along …
Driving Across The U.S. In 1936 by Nelle Burgess
OLD LINCOLN HIGHWAY Editor’s note: The year 2006 celebrates the 50th anniversary of the federal law that began the USA’s vast Interstate Highway System. This year, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of United States Federal Highways, a motorcade …
Read More "Driving Across The U.S. In 1936 by Nelle Burgess"
RAIL ROADIE by Kate Hopkins
In my former life I was a jaded, air-only traveler, disdainful of other transportation modes. That attitude changed when I became a rail roadie, taking Amtrak cross-country from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Seattle, Washington. In my search for cheap adventure, …
Real Travel Adventures 