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June 25, 2009

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‘Minnesota nice’: St. Paul offers superb lodging, cuisine, architecture, museums
Waking on a sitting-still retired towboat as working tows moved big barges up and down stream connected me to the mighty Mississippi River in new ways during a weekend jaunt to St. Paul.

May 27, 2012 1 Photo
National Parks: Where to start? How to choose?
Anybody have a favorite National Park? Is that even possible with 397 of them, and new ones coming on line?

May 5, 2012 1 Photo
Adventures by Disney: Homes open to visitors in six continents
Wondering if a tried and tested adventure is wiser to choose than a brand-new one, especially taking the children and grands.
India without any of them, Nepal and Machu Picchu too, required only considering myself but now I’m embracing the notion of multiple generations exploring new cultures together in faraway lands.

April 22, 2012 1 Photo
Tempe: Access sunny Arizona
A desert in downtown. The fragile and famous Sonoran Desert. Aquarium inside a shopping mall. Paddle boarding on a city lake.
This is Tempe, Arizona where locations feel like connections, surprising ones.

April 15, 2012 1 Photo
Jefferson City, MO: emerging destination for SEC fans and others
An afternoon in the state penitentiary was my goal, choosing Jefferson City for a Missouri side trip.

April 11, 2012 1 Photo
New Disney ship launches
Children not required for a grand vacation on a Disney cruise. Really. I tried it. Alone, all by my grown-up self. Totally pleased with the results.
And surprised.

April 1, 2012 1 Photo
True/False Film Fest: A weekend of films and fine eating in Columbia, Mo.
A movie-watching vacation wrapped around fine dining, coffee houses, microbreweries, an ice creamery, some very fine art and at least a dozen live music venues is not too good to be true.
It is true, and I happened upon this film festival because it’s in the city of my college years — Columbia, Missouri.

March 25, 2012 1 Photo
Superstition Mountains: Desert tours, fresh farm foods
Bouncing in the Arizona desert on a jeep tour gave me more than fanny bruises; I ended up with a burning desire to return for the eight-hour version into the Superstition Mountains.
Apache Junction is the little town for launching this tour, and Rattlesnake Bill the Apache Trail Tours guide.

March 18, 2012 1 Photo
Reading: Do you need another reason... to go to the library?
What is there to do at the library?

March 11, 2012
Sunny Arizona: Four fun towns work as one
Chandler, Ariz., is my new favorite town. That’s partly because of its interesting neighbors but mostly how it blends art and science, fabulous food with games suitable to play at the table, big night skies and incredible weather.

March 4, 2012 1 Photo
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