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Recently, I went with my husband on a trip to New York City.   Usually, I am not happy about the prospect of being among millions of people .  In fact, I tend to avoid crowds and tight spaces like the plague.  But there is something about New York that transcends all of that.  New York [...]

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Jerome, Jerome, where the Tourists Roam

Jerome is a Ghost town in Arizona, or nearly a ghost town since it currently embraces about four hundred and fifty permanent residents. We decided to pass through there on our way to Prescott where we hoped to get some retail therapy.
The town itself is an interesting piece of engineering with many of the [...]

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The Grand, Grand Canyon

How does one describe the Grand Canyon? I have been trying to come up with something original to say about it but the only thing that comes to mind is the well used (sometimes nauseatingly so) word, awesome. Yes, the Grand Canyon is AWESOME!
We arrived at the South Rim of the [...]

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Going Uptown

Okay, so I’ve told you about Sedona the Beautiful. Now, I’m going to let you in on the seamier side of this picturesque city, known to the locals as Uptown Sedona. This is where we tourists gather in search of tangible proof that we were here. And this is where local [...]

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Red Rocks Really do Rock!

Today we spent our time exploring our immediate surroundings here in beautiful Sedona. For those of you who are sick of winter, I’m going to rub it in a little and say that the skies are clear and the temperatures mild and so it was pleasant to walk around, listen and observe the landscape. [...]

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Magical Mystical Sedona

Sedona, quite a magical place all in all. We arrived on March 1st to begin our month long stay. The house that we have rented is quite special too. There are windows everywhere, each one offering a different angle and view of the red rock topography. There is a solarium and [...]

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California Dreamin’

Aaah! Laguna Beach. We have been here now for a day and a half. My husband arranged for us to stay at the Inn at Laguna Beach. It’s expensive, this one, and certainly beats the Motel 6’s I stayed in during my last trip down the California coast. But oh, it [...]

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Yes Sur, Big Sur!

The day started with rain flooding the parking lot of our hotel in Carmel. In fact, our brakes got wet going through a particularly deep pool causing them to complain rather like a wounded elephant each time the brake pedal was depressed. I was a bit depressed myself until we got going and [...]

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Playing in the Monterey Peninsula

I saw a mother sea otter today, swimming on her back with her baby riding happily on her belly. What a sight. I was sitting in the Fish Hopper restaurant in Cannery Row in Monterey. It overlooks Monterey Bay and takes full advantage of a pretty spectacular view . We had a [...]

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On The Road Again

I’m getting ready to go on another trip. It’s a long one this time, about a month and a half, and we are driving.
Actually, it is a very exciting prospect. We are going to drive down the coast of California. We’ll stay in Carmel; drive over Big Sur, visiting Hearst Castle; and [...]

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