Posts Tagged ‘road trip’

Travel Guides:A real sugar shack: POPS on Oklahoma’s Route 66

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Research destination guides, get inspirational world travel guide recommendations, see photos, videos, trip plans, and more here.Over 500 different kinds of soda (pssst….the staff told me to get the Dang! Butterscotch Root Beer.) Pick out a sampler six-pack (or more) of cold sodas. Great burgers in the diner. The shake that I got with my burger was spoon-thick. Ridiculously futuristic and cool architecture,

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World Travel:History class is in session at the Cherokee Strip Museum’s Rose Hill School

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An travel guide providing unbiased hotel reviews, destination guides, cruise reviews, flight information and much more.The teacher’s voice was clear and firm:  ”No, sir, I’m afraid that is incorrect. You may step down and take a seat.” It was a spelling bee in progress at the Rose Hill School, an historic one-room schoolhouse built in 1895, but now located behind the small

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Travel Information:Quick shot: Hoover Dam

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Providing up to date information on Travel guides and guidebooks, Travel advice, tips and destination information to give you the best possible ideas.The historic Hoover Dam on the Nevada/Arizona border really is massive and well worth the side trip from Las Vegas, where I was speaking at the BlogWorld and New Media Expo Tourism track. For heaven’s sake, though, go fairly early in the morning or the crowds and heat will simply

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Travel Tour:Savvy travel move: reserve now for Columbus Day weekend

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Research destination guides, get inspirational world travel guide recommendations, see photos, videos, trip plans, and more here.Most people will forget about it until the week before, but Columbus Day 2010 (October 11) is often a school holiday in the US and a great opportunity for a fun fall 3-day weekend getaway. Draw a map around your town with about a two-hour driving radius (flying with kids is usually

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World Travel Guide:I got yer beef right here in Fort Worth, cowboy

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Providing up to date information on Travel guides and guidebooks, Travel advice, tips and destination information to give you the best possible ideas.Sure, some would say that a steakhouse experience is wasted on young kids, but I think they need to learn what a really amazing steak tastes like (and it’s never too early to start.) The Cattlemen’s Steakhouse in Fort Worth‘s historic Stockyards District is one of

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World Travel Guide:Psyched to visit Lubbock, Texas. Really.

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Research destination guides, get inspirational world travel guide recommendations, see photos, videos, trip plans, and more here.Way back in 2006, I wrote a post on this blog entitled “Why the bleep would I want to go there?”
In it, I wrote about taking the kids to visit places that seem crummy, but really aren’t, and how you can’t have an opinion about seemingly crummy places unless

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Travel Guide:My top US road trip guidebooks (yes, books)

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Online Traveling Journal with Free Advice and Guides on Travel, Hotels, Bed and Breakfast, Lodging and more. Articles and tips on travel and travel accommodations.Although significant travel events have been a bit scarce around here lately, mine is a road-tripping family at heart.
Whenever it’s time to plan one, there are a few guidebooks that I turn to again and again, because they are well-edited, accurate and it’s easier to skim

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Travel Guide:3 weeks left until Labor Day

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An travel guide providing unbiased hotel reviews, destination guides, cruise reviews, flight information and much more.So, is it the “summer of suck” in your house like it has been in mine?
There have been all kinds of work-related opportunities and good news for the adults under our roof – extensive teacher training for my husband, speaking gigs for me, oldest daughter moving into

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Travel Guides:Is anyone camping out there?

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Research destination guides, get inspirational world travel guide recommendations, see photos, videos, trip plans, and more here.I was cleaning out the garage the other day and dusted off various pieces of travel gear plus our tent – it is in pristine condition because, well, we never use it.
The thought of camping with kids in the August heat in Texas is simply not appealing, unless we were to drive a bunch of [...]

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World Travel:Family travel in Montana: the 50 state series

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An travel guide providing unbiased hotel reviews, destination guides, cruise reviews, flight information and much more.We took a long hiatus while I worked on my social media for tourism startup, but every week or so until we run out of states, I’ll be posting about family-friendly vacation ideas, attractions and events in each one of the US states plus the territories, taking input mostly from

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