As I said in my last article, this is the time of year people are planning vacations. Some look for summer vacations and others look at September/October tours when the kids are back in school. If you are looking at ... more

This is the time of the year when people start thinking about booking summer and fall vacations. If you don’t book early, some tour companies run out of space, especially within the national parks. Many big tour companies reserve rooms ... more

It's almost Cherry Blossom time, although with all this warm weather, it is sure to be early this year.  I thought a look at Washington, DC might be in order.
Some people go on vacation to relax and others want to ... more

There are two special occasions to visit San Antonio: either Christmas on the River Walk or in April for Fiesta.  Both times are great.  In September they start stringing the Christmas lights in the trees on the two mile horseshoe ... more

Well it's the Caribbean cruise season and one of my favorite places (although it is not located in the Caribbean, but rather, the Atlantic Ocean) is---Nassau!
You can stop on a cruise ship for a few hours or you can fly ... more

Where is the most perfect place to live?
Headlines last summer said "Half the country wilts under unrelenting heat."
I couldn't help but wonder if there is "the" perfect place to live in the US. I know Northerners like going south in ... more

Very late September / early October is a great time to visit New England. Due to the distance from north to south, there is no way to see all the leaves at peak. But if you go during the above ... more

The four deepest lakes in the US are Lake Chelan in the Cascade mountains of Washington; Lake Tahoe up in the mountains from Reno, NV; Crater Lake in Oregon; and finally in the Midwest, Lake Superior, one of the Great ... more

What a trip this is!  Start with a flight, bus or car to the mile high city of Denver.  That is where Colorado gets vertical.  Did you know the Colorado Rockies have 56 out of the 91 mountain peaks over ... more

I have to say this is my favorite type of vacation. Since I am in hotels over one hundred nights a year, when I go on vacation, I like to unpack once but keep moving.  And that is exactly what ... more

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Yellowstone, the granddaddy of the national parks… As you enter from the south entrance, on the right hand side of the road amid tall canyons is the Lewis River.  It is amazing how the scenery changes when inside the park.  ... more

Some people like the ocean and beach; others like to travel to the mountains.  Some go by car, train, plane, or cruise ship.  No matter how you get there, going on vacation is something almost everyone looks forward to.
Last week ... more