Looking for an Old West experience that’s fun for the family? Then, head to Rawhide, if you’re in the Phoenix, Arizona area.
"Come and Get It" greets visitors at Rawhide's entrance
A sense of wonder is truly important when exploring the natural world. When you visit Kartchner Caverns, you will be amazed at how nature performs. A drive south of Tucson, Arizona leads you to an eye-opening display where colors and formations dazzle you underground.
Kartchner Caverns entrance
Remember when all you had to do was call for an airline reservation and some friendly person would talk to you?
Cost: Free
Then, as technology advanced you were given the option to book online OR, call that friendly reservation agent.
Cost: Free (for either service)
Fast forward to the year 2009. The following keywords are now in full force: (more…)
Everyone loves a day at the zoo! And one of the best zoos is the National Zoo in Washington, D.C. Get on your comfortable walking shoes and plan to spend a day visiting the animals with your human animal family, because the zoo is even more fun with kids.
There is often a newborn – animal, that is – that creates quite a stir.
The pandas are one of the prime attractions at the zoo. With everyone jockeying for position, it may be hard to get some great photos. It was fun watching the pandas, though, as they ate their bamboo and lumbered about. They are so big and fluffy that you have to remind yourself that they are bears, so I was glad of the separation from them.
There are three pandas to view these days and they are playful and fun to watch, but sometimes, not totally active. Hey, you wouldn’t want to move around a lot in the DC heat and humidity, either!
Playful Panda with Bamboo
What better way to celebrate USA’S birthday than a visit to Washington, DC!
Imagine standing in bone-chillingly freezing weather near a large, manmade lake (The famous Tidal Pool) with two impressive monuments across from you, just waiting for sunrise. That was the scenario for me several years ago in Washington, DC during the spring cherry blossom season.
Almost on a dare, I decided to try photography at sunrise since I’d always heard it was the best. Well, it was, but the cold was so numbing that I almost couldn’t get my fingers to push the camera shutter.
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Jefferson Memorial at Sunrise
When a group of upstart colonists decided they wanted self-governance back in the 1770s, there was a hotbed of activity in Boston, Massachusetts.
Names familiar to many American schoolchildren – Paul Revere, John Adams and others – resided in Boston or the nearby area.
Paul Revere statue
Boston, Massachusetts conjures up images of the fight for United States independence, history and old buildings. It’s all of that and much more. With the 4th of July this week, Boston seems a great place to celebrate the USA’s birth.
Quincy Market - where street performances happen often
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It’s time to hop a golf cart over to the birthplace of golf over 600 years ago, St. Andrews.
Actually, birthplace is not quite accurate. Golf in some form was probably played in another country before it came to Scotland, but hey, Scotland just had a better marketing department! (more…)
When I launched Travel Tips and Adventures about three months ago, I knew I would have lots of adventures and travels to share. I still do.
But, I would like to hear from other people who have destinations they think are worth sharing.
Please, send your experiences as attachments or in the body (English only please) to the comments section.
I will credit you as a Guest Columnist if you have written something that is entertaining and I can verify the information. (I also reserve the right to edit the piece for appropriate language, grammar, spelling and punctuation. I was an English teacher once upon a time.) 300-500 words is about the right length. (more…)
South Mountain Park, located in Phoenix, Arizona is the largest city park in the US. Especially on weekends, throngs of people spend time hiking and exploring the trails. (51 miles worth of trials, according to the City of Phoenix’s Web site.)
Certain perspectives are almost otherworldly as you can be hiking with no one around, yet you’ll see the City of Phoenix below, spread out as far as the eye can see!
View of Phoenix from South Mountain Park
