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Airport TSA…security, or control?

Written on 17 Feb, 2010 at 16:10 in Travel | viewed 81 views times | 0 Comments

The intrusions on our privacy when we attempt to board an airplane are a good example of the way that the government arranges circumstances that enable them to take away our Constitutional rights with little to no resistance. They are... (Continue reading)

Weekend road trips

Written on 17 Feb, 2010 at 15:58 in Travel | viewed 20 views times | 0 Comments

When you work hard for a living throughout the week like most of us, you tend to put some hand-to-mouth chores on the back burner and plan to take care of them over the weekend. This is natural, and it... (Continue reading)

Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo getting ready for test flights ahead of space tourism

Written on 8 Dec, 2009 at 15:54 in Travel | viewed 49 views times | 0 Comments

Virgin Galactic’s sub-orbital space plane, the SpaceShipTwo, is preparing for test flights – and Richard Branson’s company hopes it will be taking tourists into space by 2012. For a mere $200,000, wealthy funseekers will be able to enjoy a few... (Continue reading)

Raise a glass to ‘beer country’

Written on 3 Nov, 2009 at 21:17 in Travel | viewed 53 views times | 0 Comments
Raise a glass to ‘beer country’

(CNN) — When it comes to taking spirited vacations, wandering a vineyard falls flat in the face of handcrafted brew. With more than 1,500 breweries across the United States, beer is not just a drink — it’s a destination. “What’s... (Continue reading)

Get locals’ lei of the land in Oahu, Hawaii

Written on 3 Nov, 2009 at 21:15 in Travel | viewed 49 views times | 0 Comments
Get locals’ lei of the land in Oahu, Hawaii

CNN) — With Hawaii’s impossibly perfect temperatures and enviable scenery, it’s easy to forget that there’s life off the beach. But with Hawaii celebrating its 50th anniversary as a state, it’s definitely time to look past Oahu’s Waikiki Beach and... (Continue reading)

Boating adventures in Alaska’s Glacier Bay

Written on 3 Nov, 2009 at 21:12 in Featured, Travel | viewed 66 views times | 0 Comments
Boating adventures in Alaska’s Glacier Bay

(Tribune Media Services) — Try maneuvering a kayak through icebergs — big ones, small ones, ones that look like alligators and flat-topped bergs that could spell trouble because they are mostly underwater. Just 250 years ago, this area was all... (Continue reading)

Freewheeling Through Holland

Written on 3 Nov, 2009 at 19:49 in Travel | viewed 57 views times | 0 Comments
Freewheeling Through Holland

Most people talk about Holland, but in fact this is not the official name. The official name is The Netherlands. The term Holland comes from the province North Holland and South Holland. Amsterdam, Holland’s capital and one of the most... (Continue reading)

Canadian circus guru makes journey into space

Written on 3 Nov, 2009 at 19:40 in Travel | viewed 67 views times | 0 Comments

Canadian billionaire and circus tycoon Guy Laliberte on Wednesday blasted off in a Russian spaceship to become the world’s seventh space tourist. The 50-year-old former fire-breather and founder of the Montreal-based Cirque du Soleil is accompanied by two other astronauts.... (Continue reading)

Colo.’s Loveland Ski Area first to open for season

Written on 3 Nov, 2009 at 18:50 in Travel | viewed 46 views times | 0 Comments

Loveland Ski Area is announcing its earliest opening day in 40 years. The ski area about 50 miles west of Denver will open for the season at 9 a.m. Wednesday, making it the first ski area in Colorado to open... (Continue reading)

Spooky lighthouses, from Oregon to Florida

Written on 3 Nov, 2009 at 18:48 in Travel | viewed 64 views times | 0 Comments

No such thing as ghosts, right? But a lonely lighthouse can look a little spooky on a foggy coastline above the pounding waves. The October issue of Coastal Living magazine describes six lighthouses with haunted legends. They are: _Heceta Head... (Continue reading)

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