Tag: vacation
member name: Warren Keating
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July 14, 2007 03:18 PM EDT --
I’m the type of person that values experiences above all else. I’m much more likely to spend money on a fine meal or a box at the ballet than a new car or new clothes. When we planned our trip . . .
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July 22, 2008 12:08 PM EDT --
Our first stop today was Tucumcari, New Mexico whose main street is one of the best examples old 66 with many of the themed facades of the 50’s-era hotels still intact. They used Tucumcari to come up with . . .
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July 23, 2008 01:48 AM EDT --
Today, on our cross-country odyssey, we had to jam down the road as soon as we left Clinton Oklahoma to reach Hot Springs, Arkansas before nightfall. My wife, who is a real estate investor, wanted to spend . . .
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July 24, 2008 01:25 AM EDT --
Today, we got a break from driving, and spent the day and night in Hot Springs.
The first thing we did was drove to the historic district and had breakfast at the Continental Pancake and Waffle . . .
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July 30, 2008 11:45 PM EDT --
We got out of Houston early and hauled into San Antonio at lunch time. Our daughter had seen a picture of the Riverwalk in a magazine and wanted to go there, so we redirected our whole trip home from the . . .
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February 11, 2008 12:54 AM EST --
Many of you have responded to some of my posts about train travel with curiosity about the experience, expressing a desire to take your next vacation by rail. For those of you considering taking an overnight . . .
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July 28, 2008 02:35 PM EDT --
I've fallen behind on the blogging, due to lack of wireless internet access. I've stayed a couple of days in Jackson, Ms., and drove to Baton Rouge where I got to meet the legendary Ron B. He's . . .
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July 29, 2008 11:20 AM EDT --
We arrived in New Orleans on Sunday and had dinner with our longtime friend Tracy at the Rib Room in the lobby of our hotel, the Royal Orleans. My spit-fired shrimp was great, and we all enjoyed starting . . .
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August 01, 2008 01:06 AM EDT --
After two weeks on the road, we've got a couple of stops left as we head back to Los Angeles, although we're not sure what they are until we get there.
Today, we raced up the hill from San . . .
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September 25, 2008 11:03 AM EDT --
A couple of weeks ago, I was fortunate to be included in a group of journalists that were invited to visit the Rhone/Alpes Region to review/photograph some of their golf courses. It was a short trip, Sunday . . .
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March 17, 2009 12:31 PM EDT --
It was January 1st, and I was desperate for a good idea to celebrate my wife’s “big” (translation: any whole number) birthday. She always came up with these great ideas to celebrate mine – surprise party . . .
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August 17, 2009 01:25 PM EDT --
After a refreshing night at the lovely Hampton Inn in Ft. Smith surrounded, we drove the back roads into Hot Springs. Along the way, we stopped at a Barbecue joint for pork chops and pulled beef sandwiches . . .
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February 08, 2008 04:19 PM EST --
As we pass through Ventura, views of the Southern California Coast reveal themselves to us with a bang. On some parts of the route, the train tracks get closer to the ocean than you could get on foot. . . .
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February 08, 2008 10:47 PM EST --
In the hour that we had between reaching our destination and catching the train home, we quickly found an espresso bar in San Luis Obispo, so we could hurriedly upload the blog entries from our northbound . . .
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July 29, 2008 11:22 PM EDT --
We left New Orleans after a fabulous lunch at the Rib Room in the Royal Orleans Hotel. The fried oyster salad was divine and made leaving one of our favorite cities even that much harder, but we made our . . .
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August 02, 2008 01:16 AM EDT --
After watching hundreds of thousands of bats leave the huge cave entrance at dusk, we drove back to our hotel to find some loud drunken cowboys loitering below our room. Our overnight in the City of Carlsbad . . .
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August 12, 2009 03:32 PM EDT --
Meteor Crater
Come on, this is the quintessential “world’s largest ball of twine” roadside attraction, isn’t it? Or is it? To keep the peace with my nostalgic wife and antsy . . .
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February 06, 2008 09:31 AM EST --
I'll be uploading photos and blog entries all day Friday, February 8th, from the Amtrak Surfliner, riding the rails up the dramatic Central California Coast, sharing my photos of the incredible views . . .
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February 08, 2008 04:13 PM EST --
"Wowww…," my daughter exclaimed as we went through the canyons after the Chatsworth stop. We haven't even gotten to the scenic part and the view from our Amtrak car is already delighting . . .
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February 08, 2008 04:27 PM EST --
There is still more incredible scenery from every window. We brought all of this "stuff" to entertain my daughter, but she's happy to be climbing around the train, visiting the café . . .
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