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RVing the Bourbon Trail
Sitting on our back porch looking at the sherbet-colored sky above our Texas home a few nights ago, I was reminded of our family RV adventure along the Kentucky Bourbon…
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RVing in Anastasia Island
Pristine. That’s the first word that comes to mind as I stare out across the broad expanse of white sand that stretches north to the horizon. Biking this unspoiled Atlantic…
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Shore Acres Oregon in Winter
Thundering 25-foot white-frothed breakers crash into the rugged rock formations below the cliff I’m standing atop sending an exploding spray of saltwater a hundred feet high. The powerful impact from…
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RVing in Key West
There are dozens of reasons to visit Key West, Florida, among them palm trees, turquoise water and unparalleled sunsets. But not for me. I came in search of Hemingway. The…
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Camping in the Ozarks at Echo Bluff State Park
For generations, children made their way from cities and suburbs to find respite and recreation in the rural hills of the Ozark Mountains. From 1929 to 1986, a slice of…
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Roadtripping through Vermont and New Hampshire
When I began planning our first visit to Vermont and New Hampshire, I heard the same thing from everyone who’d ever set foot in either state: “It’s beautiful; you’ll love…
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Land Between the Lakes Camping in Tennessee and Kentucky
Steam rose in shimmering columns from the blacktop, as dark-gray clouds slid across the sky, carrying the summer squall east. The sun’s rays edged across the parking lot, then brightened…
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RVing in Salt Lake City
In 1987, my husband, Jim, and I came to Utah for the first time to mountain bike. We fell in love with the state and have returned at least once…
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Normandy Farms Family Camping
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RV Camping in Nevada Canyon Country
Our first glimpse of the Ruby Mountains as we approached them from Elko, Nevada, wasn’t particularly impressive. For a range that stretches 80 miles, it seemed to rise rather unspectacularly…