Author: Kileen Prather
Journey with Kileen – to the South Pacific!
NOTE: This article is the first in a series by AFL Travel Blogger Kileen Prather who will share her recent exploits to the South Pacific. Kileen’s helpful hints and words of travel wisdom are always deeply appreciated! I like to cruise in January for my own personal vacation. There are two reasons for this. First, the week after New Year’s is th...Read More
Journey with Kileen to “Mysterious” Easter Island
One of the most remote islands on Earth in the middle of the South Pacific, half way between Chile and Tahiti, is Easter Island. I had a chance to visit this island last winter. It is a paradise of hills and extinct volcanoes covered in grasslands and formed by massive volcanic eruptions. Naturally it was uninhabited for millions of years. This is...Read More
Arkansas (the Ozarks) & a Splash of Branson Music
Here’s a great little trip you can take, especially to see the fall foliage in the Ozark Mountains, but also good in late spring or during the summer. The Ozark Mountains in Arkansas beckon you. I wrote once about Mountain View, a mountain music and crafts center mecca but this area is also great to visit. Let me tell you a little about the Hot...Read More
Rocky Mountain National Park
I have been doing tours in Colorado for years but for some reason have never been to Rocky Mountain National Park. The park is only a 2-hour drive from Denver but it is to the north and we don’t usually go that direction. However, we have recently changed one of our tours to include this park and I was really excited to get a chance to vis...Read More
Journey with Kileen: The Lighthouses of North Carolina
I recently wrote an article on the Oregon Lighthouses so I thought I would do something on the Atlantic Ocean. The problem is you could write a book if you started talking about the East Coast lighthouses so I decided to concentrate on one important area in North Carolina. Cape Hatteras National Seashore has a lot to offer. It extends more than sev...Read More
Journey with Kileen: The Oregon Coast’s Spectaclar Lighthouses!
Last summer I did a tour of the Pacific coast from California to Tillamook, Oregon. We stopped at two lighthouses but if you are traveling by auto it would be fun to see all nine of the surviving lighthouse stations since they have been added to the National Register of Historic Places. Seven of the lighthouses are available to visit during the su...Read More
Journey with Kileen to Mount St. Helens
While traveling the Pacific Coast last summer we went inland to Portland, Oregon and then up I-5 towards Seattle. On our journey we stopped in the Mount St. Helens area. Mount St. Helens, 8364 feet high, is in the Cascade Mountain Range in southern Washington. There are several volcanoes in this range with four alone in Washington State. Up by th...Read More
Journey with Kileen: West Virginia
With Fall just around the corner here is a great place to visit during that time of the year. I was once playing a trivia game and the question was, What state is called The Mountain State? Naturally I started thinking Wyoming or Colorado, but I was wrong. The correct answer which shocked me was¦West Virginia. The state is nestled in the Appalac...Read More
Journey with Kileen to the Canadian Rockies, Part 2
In Part 1 I talked about a recent tour to the province of Alberta in Canada with the highlight being the 103rd Calgary Stampede which takes place every year in July. Dubbed “The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth” it is similar to our state fairs. It also includes a world famous rodeo where the toughest Wild West cowboys and cowgirls show off their s...Read More
Journey With Kileen to The Canadian Rockies and Calgary Stampede, Part 1
Last summer I did a tour to the province of Alberta in Canada with the highlight being the 103rd Calgary Stampede which takes place every year in July. Dubbed “The Greatest Outdoor Show on Earth” it is similar to our state fairs. It also includes a world famous rodeo where the toughest Wild West cowboys and cowgirls show off their skills. We took ...Read More
Journey With Kileen to New Orleans – “The Big Easy”
With the new year, Lent will be coming and that means one thing in the South–Mardi Gras. And the biggest one happens in New Orleans. Recently my company developed a new tour that goes to New Orleans. I have been to that city many times and it’s a fun place to visit, especially if you like to eat and drink. You will find bowls filled to the rim wi...Read More
Journey with Kileen: Memphis! Love the Music, Love the Food!
When you think Memphis, hopefully you think music and food. Of course there is so much more but the city is world famous for Rock N’ Roll, Soul, and Blues music, as well as Barbeque, especially ribs. Memphis is one of the few cities in the US that even has awesome food at their airport! The city has a population of just under 655,000 making it the ...Read More