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Exploring Arizona’s Ancient Dwellings

After driving several miles south on Interstate 17 in central Arizona, it occurred to me that I wasn’t going to make it to the Montezuma Castle National Monument. There were no signs directing me to it from where I got on the highway at Camp Verde, so I didn’t know where to go. I felt […]

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Learning About History at Utah’s Historic Wendover Airfield

When I was at the bookstore last, I picked up a copy of The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes. It is apparently the authoritative book on the events and people surrounding the invention of the atomic bomb and its use. After a recent trip to Utah, of all places – standing where […]

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A Drive Through the Petrified Forest National Park

Stopped at the exit to Arizona’s Petrified Forest National Park, the ranger in the booth asked me how I liked my visit. I answered instantly. But all day long I had been thinking about what someone else had told me before my trip. They said the park is a waste of time and there’s nothing […]

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Treat Yourself with Valet Airport Parking in the UK

When Nothing But the Best Will Do Why Not Valet Airport Parking?   Sometimes you need to pull out all of the stops and really treat yourself. One of these occasions is if you are taking the trip of a lifetime that will create fantastic memories for the rest of your life. Take a cruise […]

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A Walking Tour of Dresden

A damp clung to my bones. It was mid-afternoon and the morning’s fog stuck in the air as a fine grey mist. I took refuge in a hotel close to the famed Frauenkirche – a restored version of its grand predecessor destroyed in the Allied firebombing of Dresden at the end of World War II. […]

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A Day at the Science Museum of Minnesota

I have my favorite regular haunts I must visit everytime I go home to Minnesota. The majority of them are restaurants unavailable to me in Colorado, but there are a few touristy locations I enjoy frequenting. The Science Museum of Minnesota is not one of them. But I found myself there, nonetheless, one afternoon over […]

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