Category: Cities/Towns
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Viva Las Vegas Mini-Vacation with Kids
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, May 2006 Our friends decided to get married in Las Vegas, and in all seriousness they had a wonderful traditional ceremony set in a beautiful outdoor area. We found ourselves with some free time though, and we had to figure out how to entertain two small children in a venue that…
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Travels in Mississippi
Pascagoula, Natchez, Vicksburg & Jackson (May 2005) Our 2005 trip to Mississippi started along the Gulf Coast. From there we traveled up the Natchez Trace to Natchez, Vicksburg, and Jackson. Airboat Ride Our first adventure involved an airboat ride at an alligator farm outside of Pascagoula. We thought the little guy might be overwhelmed by…
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Fayette Historic State Park
Delta County; Michigan’s Upper Peninsula (September 2000) We drove along scenic shoreline through Michigan’s Upper Peninsula between Manistique and Escanaba on U.S. Route 2. It to just a short detour down Lake Michigan’s Garden Peninsula to reach the Fayette Historic State Park and its lovingly preserved ghost town (map). Fayette once housed 500 residents in…
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Bermuda Shorts, Part 5 (St. George )
We spent our first three days in and around the Town of St. George and the surrounding parish of the same name. Bermuda didn’t have many actual towns per se. Hamilton seemed more like a small city. On the other hand, St. George actually felt like a town. Everywhere else just sort of sprawled across…
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Bermuda Shorts, Part 2 (Shoreline Scenery )
Shorelines defined Bermuda, with no single spot on the archipelago more than a half-mile away from water. Throw in a bunch of hills and it seemed almost impossible to find a place without a spectacular view. This amazing scenery seemed like a fitting topic for the second article in this series now that I’ve gotten…
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Savannah
Chatham County, Georgia, USA (July 2006) Savannah is a beautiful city full of charm and graceful age. We came to town for a wedding and stopped by to meet the prospective bride and groom the evening before the big event (I’m not going to put their name on the Internet but they know who they…
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A Winter Day at the Beach
Rehoboth Beach, Sussex Co., Delaware, USA (Photos from 2004, video from 2008) Sometimes we just have to get out of the house and do something during the middle of winter. It felt like we’d been trapped inside for months and we were starting to get a little stir-crazy. Regular readers will know that we don’t…
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San Diego Zoo and Safari Park
San Diego, California (2005) If you’ve been reading these travel pages you know our little guy loves animals. Naturally in San Diego we had to go to the famous San Diego Zoo and its affiliated Safari Park. The zoo was great (map), but the Safari Park had smaller crowds and more open space so that…
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La Jolla Coast
San Diego County, California (2005) Next we went to La Jolla with some of our family who live in the area that were kind enough to act as tour guides. We wandered down to the Ellen Browning Scripps Park along the Pacific shoreline (map). The southwestern corner led to the crescent shaped Children’s Pool, also…
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LA With a Toddler
Los Angeles, California (June 2004) Our little guy first touched the Pacific Ocean near the Santa Monica Pier (map). Dad got to carry him right next to the water and then run back when the waves came. Nobody else was around on this quiet morning with perfect weather. All was fine with the world. Third…