Smoky Virginia beach
I’m just back from Virginia Beach where the smoky air made me flee even the gorgeous beach. More than 4,000 acres of the Great Dismal Swamp on the North Carolina-Virginia border are...
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alberta or Mars
At times it seems I’ve come to Mars instead of Alberta, in Western Canada. I’d been to Calgary, Edmonton, Banff and Lake Louise before and thought I knew the province. But the...
Dinosaurs rule Drumheller
I held a 50 million year old dinosaur bone in my hand yesterday. To think of being able to actually touch something that old boggles my mind. Collector Steve Wolchina grew up...
Dinosaurs in alberta
The Canadian province of Alberta beckons me this week, specifically the CanadianBadlands, east of Calgary. Eons ago it was the final resting place for dinosaurs,which continue to be studied, excavated and preserved....
future of travel
Strategizing for the future of travel is part of the reason I’m here in Amarillo with the Midwest Travel Writers Association. The high price of gas, both for autos and aircraft, is...
amarillo texas: strange place
Perhaps it’s the vast reserves of helium stored underground. Or maybe it’s the 100-degree May temperatures and constant 50 mph winds that send whirling clouds of yellow dust swirling across the empty...
Coming home from France
Coming home this time of year is a delight! Blooming rhododendrons frame my house, the irises are in bloom and soon my front door will be framed in a blue cloud of...
90 minutes in paris
We arrived back at Paris Charles deGaulle Airport (CDG) at 3 p.m. to accommodate a travel writer colleague who had a late afternoon flight to Berlin. Writers invited on press trips often...
Gardens in center of France
The marshes surrounding the small city of Bourges formed a barrier that protected early Celt and later Roman settlements from invasion. The vast marshlands inspired fear and superstition since those who entered...
goats of loire
Perhaps it’s the country girl in my heritage, but I loved our visit to a Loire farm where goat cheese was made. The city folks among our group of writers stuck their...
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