Earlier this month, before the Coronavirus stopped us from traveling beyond the comforts of home, I traveled to Honolulu, Hawaii on a business trip. Arriving on a weekend, I had made advance plans to visit the Pearl Harbor National Memorial, a…
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A Florida vacation conjures up images of surf and sun, but what if you’re not feeling beachy? Take a trip along Florida’s Gulf Coast, and you’ll be surprised how much there is to do that doesn’t involve sand. Here’s where…
Not sure about your family, but for mine there’s nothing that whispers “Perfection!” better than the blended sounds of ocean waves, rustling palm fronds, and live music carried on tropical breezes across a white-sand beach. The sunny southeast coast of…
I recently took a road trip with my 12-year-old son from Eugene, Oregon to Oakland, California to visit a friend. My friend needed a car, and I happened to have one I was no longer driving, so it seemed like…
“History is boring.” What parent hasn’t heard that lament from a child at least once? It’s what my kids said when they heard we were headed to Colonial Williamsburg, touted as a living history museum. Cue groans and protests from the backseat….
For the past several years I’ve attended a large convention in Las Vegas. As it happens, it’s always in January or early February, which means that the weather can be iffy—sometimes pleasant, sometimes freezing, sometimes rainy. And, the hotel pools…