Travel
Traveltizers: Door County, Wis., Where Keeping Healthy Means Eating Pie
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- Written by Andrea Gross Andrea Gross
The little girl behind me giggles, a deep, throaty “tee-hee-hee.” The woman next to me catches my eye, and we start laughing too. “Heather, sshh,” says the girl’s mother.
Traveltizers: Eating Good in the Home of Breaking Bad
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- Written by Andrea Gross Andrea Gross
I’m standing on the observation deck atop Sandia Mountain, surrounded by sky that, in days gone by, I’d have said was the color of turquoise. Thus I’d have paid homage to the Native American culture of Albuquerque, some 5,000 feet below me.
Traveltizers: Makin’ Music in Macon
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- Written by Andrea Gross Andrea Gross
“Music is in more than the air; it’s in the town’s DNA,” says my friend when I tell her I’m headed for Macon, Georgia. I soon find that she’s right.
Traveltizers: Santa Fe’s Summer Markets
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I think I’m at a bazaar in India, a market in Mexico, a village in Africa. People in bright traditional garb are weaving baskets, beading necklaces, stitching scarves.
Savvy Senior: RV Travel Tips in the Summer of COVID
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- Written by Jim Miller Jim Miller
Dear Savvy Senior,
Can you write a column on RV travel for novices? My husband and I have been cooped up all spring and summer because of the coronavirus and would like to take a trip using a rented RV, but we could use some tips and want to be safe.
– Recently Retired
Traveltizers: Lost and Found in Rural America
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- Written by Andrea Gross Andrea Gross
I was looking for cows when I saw my first barn quilt.
Traveling Overseas is Only Dangerous Until You Get There
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For some people, worries about crime and terrorism are enough to rule out travel outside the U.S.
Traveltizers: Days of Wine and Flowers
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- Written by Andrea Gross Andrea Gross
I find a patch of green and begin to unpack our picnic basket.
Traveltizers: An Unlikely Place for Miracles
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- Written by Andrea Gross Andrea Gross
Alabama is not a place where I normally expect to find miracles. Bushes may burn, but angels don’t appear from the flames. Flowers are abundant, but they don’t rain from the sky.