I had read the warnings and they go something like this: If you visit California’s Napa/Sonoma wine country, do not try to visit too many wineries in one day. Choose two or three and stick to the ...
It’s summer and lots of families are headed for amusement parks, but if you have a special needs child, these places can be intimidating, frustrating, scary and inconvenient for the whole family. ...
My friend Patty and I stood on the precipice of the first of five platforms of Catalina Island’s Zip Line Eco Tour. “Suicidal,” Patty mumbled more than once as we waited our turn to step into thin...
The Greatest Generation and some older boomers are probably the last demographic groups to really remember the Fred Harvey empire, which eventually encompassed 26 hotels (some are still operating o...
When it comes to gadgets, I ride the slow-to-accept-technology train. Maybe it’s because I’m too busy already and who needs another thing that comes with a 50-page instruction booklet? And when it...
Wanted: College graduates and native English speakers between 21 and 55 years old who would like to get paid to live in a foreign country. Benefits include free housing, salary, paid vacation and m...
Apologies to those who love to spend their vacations on cruise ships, but I’m not the cruisin’ kind. My dear father-in-law was. I always knew this, but had lost count of the number of cruises he’d...
I confess: I suffer from suitcase anxiety. As often as I have to pack, I still think about it for days, then put it off until the very last minute so I’ll be forced to make decisions — like what t...
We stood a few yards from the Glory Hole at the abandoned Vulture Mine just south of Wickenburg, Ariz., and tried to imagine what had happened there in 1923 and why. Seven miners and a dozen mules ...
Got ghosts? Wickenburg, Ariz., does and lots of them, to hear Heather Taylor, aka Heather Hassayampa, tell it. This ghost guide extraordinaire fascinates visitors with her stories and legends abo...
Here’s a chance to travel up and back — up in the air in a B-17 bomber and back in time to an era when 19- and 20-year-old pilots had the destiny of the free world riding on the success of their mi...
Veteran travelers are the best sources of travel information and tips, and I’ve been collecting them for awhile from family, friends, magazines and strangers in the next seat. So I offer here what ...
You haven’t seen Palm Springs until you’ve seen it through the eyes of Robert Imber, the city’s mid-century architecture guru who has probably forgotten more about the subject than any other mortal...
Airport security has been the recent topic of conversation among the traveling public, thanks to a Nigerian passenger with explosives hidden in his underwear on a flight bound for Detroit on Christ...