Thursday, October 18, 2012

Lots to do in Kentucky’s Red River Gorge

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I drag myself into Hemlock Lodge, at Kentucky’s Natural Bridge State Park, with a direct aim for the water fountain. After a hardy guzzle...
Friday, June 08, 2012

Hooking fish and other things in Georgia

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On Memorial Day, waters in the creek showed whitecaps due to Tropical Storm Beryl moving in. Mark and I fished from the dock. We were at Dad...
Thursday, February 16, 2012

Even Lie-around Beach Vacations Have Their Hazards

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“We’re going to Cuba,” Service tells me as we zip along in our Hobie Cat sailboat, the Jamaican coast appearing smaller by the minute. “I do...
Monday, January 09, 2012

The Memphis Barbecue Festival: fun, food, drinks and drunkenness

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Most of the booths at the Memphis Barbecue Festival are pretty extravagantly decorated: bright colors, big letters, faux columns and facade...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Catching fish and a suntan off the Georgia coast

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“Is it a stingray?” my husband, Mark, asked as I was pulling up my catch. Stingrays have a distinctive pull.   I’ve mentioned in an earlier ...
Thursday, September 15, 2011

The Establishment of an American Village

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In the 1840s failed crops and foul weather left Glarus, Switzerland, in tough times. Desperate to help their people survive, the Swiss gover...
Wednesday, July 06, 2011

An Indiana Jones experience in an underwater cave: Part II

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Mark and I are in Belize in a group of eight being led through Actun Tunichil Muknal, known better as the ATM. It’s an underwater cave. On t...

An Indiana Jones experience in an underwater cave: Part I

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Through the hourglass-shaped entrance, lushly dripping with vines and moss, we clearly see the cave’s second story. We also note how clear ...