Archive for the 'Travel' Category
When people go on vacation, they tend to believe they are getting their best deal, when they have shopped different hotels and different venues and found the best advertised price. If you think this way, let me tell you now - in no uncertain terms - you are spending more money than you should have [...]
December 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Travel | No Comments
When one speaks of the Brown Castle it is normal to think immediately of Portofino, however few know that the castle in Paraggi also belonged to the Browns. Timothy Yeats Brown, originally of a Scotch family, following the romantic footsteps of the poets Byron and Shelly, came to Italy, to Portovenere where he lived on [...]
December 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Travel | No Comments
When you go to Connecticut you could go to Mystic Seaport to see shallow sunlit seas to dark and deep ocean at the Mystic Aquarium/Institute for Exploration. It will certainly change your views of ocean life.
The story of America’s ocean can be heard at Mystic Seaport, a marine museum. It is located on the 40 [...]
December 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Travel | No Comments
Wanna see descriptions of a few major tourist attractions and events in Calgary? Most of this good stuff occurs in the summer in Calgary. Canada has some great outdoor activities during this time and these ones can be found right in Calgary, Alberta, or very close to this city of a million.
Next time you travel [...]
December 3rd, 2008 | Posted in Travel | No Comments
Make no mistake about it; Breckenridge is a ski and snowboard town.
Winter reigns supreme here and it’s easy to see why once the snow fills the mountain and Breckenridge’s four peaks glisten in the almost-daily sunlight. Of course, summer is no joke either as the town fills with festivals and visitors who can’t get enough [...]
December 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Travel | No Comments
Colorado is home to many endangered species and critical habitat for the likes of the peregrine falcon, bald eagles, Colorado pike minnow and razorback sucker. Ranger Talks are provided in the Summer months and there are nice book stores around here for visitors.
The Ghost Town Museum takes you back 200 years and you can journey [...]
December 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Travel | No Comments
Vacation time may be several months away, and you may be starting to think about where and what might be the perfect vacation this year - the beach, golf resort, SCUBA diving, skiing, maybe just sight seeing? And you think about places you have been - and the problems you have had. You cannot forget [...]
December 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Travel | No Comments
You’ve decided it’s is time for a family vacation, but you’re having a hard time narrowing down your options. You want to go to a beach resort, your spouse would like to go to the mountains, and the children are dying to go anywhere that isn’t here. But how do you choose where to go? [...]
December 2nd, 2008 | Posted in Travel | No Comments
MacMorgan Ranch Outfitters offers night guided pack trail rides in fully trained Morgan Horses. It offers Camp Facility, Swimming, Fishing, Canoeing on rented Boats and Chuck Wagon Steak Dinners.
Trail rides are through the Ranch and the Mena and Albert Pike Recreational areas of the Ouachita National Forest.
Hot Springs National Park is famous for 47 thermal [...]
December 1st, 2008 | Posted in Travel | No Comments
Few tourists enjoying the romance of Venice, Italy, can resist a ride in a gondola. The gondolier and gondola have become, for millions of tourists, the very symbols of Venice.
1. The Venice gondola is made from nearly 300 pieces of wood.
Not all the same wood either. A genuine Venetian gondola is built with seasoned mahogany, [...]
December 1st, 2008 | Posted in Travel | No Comments