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Skagway Alaska's Jewell Gardens – go forth and blow (glass, that is)

Skagway Alaska's Jewell Gardens – go forth and blow (glass, that is)

Classes like this are available around the world and I’ve done several.  This is a particularly nice one in Alaska...

News of the Good: A town where people pay-it-forward as a community

Reader’s Digest just picked the Nicest Place in America, and they chose Columbiana, Ohio. It’s a small town of around...

Skagway – Dog Sled Adventure

Skagway – Dog Sled Adventure When in Alaska during the summer, you can pay a fortune to be helicoptered out...

Southport, North Carolina – not just for movie sets

Southport is known for its historic areas and the fact that many movies and shows have been filmed there (Movies...

Critters of Yosemite/Sequoia National Parks areas

One of my favorite things to see when visiting natural areas is all the animals. The deer here clearly don’t...

Great news! Automatic refunds for some instances of flight delays/changes/etc

Check out this article: https://www.transportation.gov/briefing-room/biden-harris-administration-announces-final-rule-requiring-automatic-refunds-airline This new airline rule makes it that airlines have to refund you AUTOMATICALLY if they...

Chicago area peeps:  A corn maze with a bar and ax-throwing? Count me in.

Chicago area peeps: A corn maze with a bar and ax-throwing? Count me in.

Around Halloween, there is a corn maze in Chicago. And this is actually in the city of Chicago, not one...

Wisconsin’s Devil’s Lake State Park – beautiful, steep hikes and glorious views

Devil’s Lake State Park is in central Wisconsin north of Madison.  It is the largest state park in Wisconsin.  It...

ChicagoHenge, Manhattan Henge, etc

ChicagoHenge, Manhattan Henge, etc

In many modern cities, the streets are lined up in a grid pattern (some are specifically N-S and E-W, and...

National Parks in US and Canada

National Parks in the US and Canada aren’t as numerous as the UNESCO sites, but you’d still be hard pressed...