The Dream List: The Florida Keys
The US has its own bit of Caribbean paradise in the Florida Keys. While most of the focus is on Key West, with its slightly counter-culture take on life, the other keys seem to offer Read More …
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Photo Thursday: Lake Wabana in Winter
I haven’t had a chance to get up to northern Minnesota in the winter for awhile, so brought out a few photos taken some years ago on Lake Wabana near Grand Rapids, Minnesota. To me, Read More …
Memorable Moments: Dads and Daughters Day in the Desert, Arizona, 2001
For years my Dad had four-wheel drive vehicles that never, ever were driven beyond a maintained road, so when I was in Arizona with my girlfriend, we arranged for our Dads to join us for Read More …
Looking back: Memorable travel moments
I promised to share 50 of my most memorable travel moments. But life interfered. . . These memories aren’t presented in any particular order. Nor do they carry a particular theme or lesson or emotion Read More …
Leaf Peeping Along the Chain of Lakes in Minneapolis
Fall is the perfect time for a little drive into the country to enjoy the leave’s final brilliant show. Of course, if you are in the Twin Cities area, you don’t need to head out Read More …
Into the Wayback Machine: The Dari-ette in Saint Paul
The Dari-ette closed. An unexpected luncheon date at work this summer brought me to the Dari-ette in Saint Paul’s Dayton’s Bluff neighborhood. This is truly a Wayback Machine experience. I’m sure there were places like Read More …
Best Freeway Bakery Stop: The Clearwater Travel Plaza
If you are heading west out of the Twin Cities (Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Minnesota) on Interstate 94, make a stop at the Clearwater Travel Plaza. While it may look like just another overgrown highway Read More …
When Night Falls on the Midway at the Minnesota State Fair
I love the Minnesota State Fair at any time of day, but I’m particularly fond of the Midway at night. What a fabulous, surreal end to summer! The Minnesota State Fair closes out the summer Read More …
Photo Thursday: Wood End Lighthouse in Provincetown
I’ve been traveling this week, spending time with friends around Cape Cod and in the Boston area in Massachusetts. While you wait for the full story to be posted, here is a hint of what Read More …
Summer in Provincetown
Provincetown is at the very end of the Cape. It is an out-of-the-way place that has long attracted a mix of artists, loners, and outsiders of various sorts. That history gives it a racy, artsy Read More …