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Visit Burns Bog

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Visit Burns Bog

Nestled in the middle of the Lower Mainland in the heart of Delta is the largest raised peatland on the w ...

Nestled in the middle of the Lower Mainland in the heart of Delta is the largest raised peatland on the west coast of North America—Burns Bog. That is only a few of the accolades heaped on Burns Bog. ...

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Are Senior Drivers As At Risk As We Think?

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Are Senior Drivers As At Risk As We Think?

In a world where we are all living longer, a topic that keeps being discussed is whether there should be ...

In a world where we are all living longer, a topic that keeps being discussed is whether there should be stricter measures placed on senior drivers. The impression of a white-haired head peering over ...

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Elkhart Lake, WI: Summer the Way it Used to Be

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Elkhart Lake, WI: Summer the Way it Used to Be

Maybe you have memories of childhood vacations at summer resorts with the relaxed, carefree screen-door f ...

Maybe you have memories of childhood vacations at summer resorts with the relaxed, carefree screen-door feel of summer: fields of grass, a convivial dining room, a nice beach and long, lazy days to en ...

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Hike or Bike by Day, Cruise by Night

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Hike or Bike by Day, Cruise by Night

Peering down at the blue Danube from atop Budapest’s muscular Buda Castle, a World Heritage Site, I knew ...

Peering down at the blue Danube from atop Budapest’s muscular Buda Castle, a World Heritage Site, I knew this river cruise would be a superior experience to the last one I’d taken on the Rhine, Europe ...

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The Joy of Cruising Solo

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The Joy of Cruising Solo

“I was alone with a suitcase and a reservation. And days to live however I chose” – Alone Time: Four Seas ...

“I was alone with a suitcase and a reservation. And days to live however I chose” – Alone Time: Four Seasons, Four Cities, Stephanie Rosenbloom (2018) This was my first cruise experience as a nervous ...

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Try Cruising on Your Next Family Vacation

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Try Cruising on Your Next Family Vacation

“Dr. Seuss is on the loose!”, children, their parents and at least one grandmother (me) shout as we parad ...

“Dr. Seuss is on the loose!”, children, their parents and at least one grandmother (me) shout as we parade with the Cat in the Hat, Thing 1 and Thing 2, and Sam I Am from one end of Carnival Fantasy t ...

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Cruise Offers Insight Into Russian Culture

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Cruise Offers Insight Into Russian Culture

I am often asked what I liked best about a trip when I return home. Invariably I say the people. Most of ...

I am often asked what I liked best about a trip when I return home. Invariably I say the people. Most of the world’s population has the same priorities as I do: taking care of their families, cultivat ...

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Two Days in Venice

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Two Days in Venice

I sat with my friend, Cacinda, at a sidewalk café enjoying a Margherita pizza. The pizza was good, but my ...

I sat with my friend, Cacinda, at a sidewalk café enjoying a Margherita pizza. The pizza was good, but my surroundings were divine. Before me stood ancient buildings, including a church and apartment ...

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My Personal Olympian Experience

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My Personal Olympian Experience

Each step takes substantial energy, my legs starting to feel like lead. My stride’s more like a waddle – ...

Each step takes substantial energy, my legs starting to feel like lead. My stride’s more like a waddle – these snowshoes are men’s size and too big. Without poles (they’d disappeared this morning with ...

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A Very Strange Fisherman

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A Very Strange Fisherman

A one-hour horticultural tour in Maui changed the way I saw the tropical landscape. Joe Ahpuck, a Hawaiia ...

A one-hour horticultural tour in Maui changed the way I saw the tropical landscape. Joe Ahpuck, a Hawaiian fisherman known locally for his abundance of fishing derby awards, took a detour in high scho ...

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Australia’s Outback: Red Roads and Stickybeaks

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Australia’s Outback: Red Roads and Stickybeaks

“I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains … Her beauty and her terror - The wide brown land f ...

“I love a sunburnt country, A land of sweeping plains … Her beauty and her terror - The wide brown land for me!” My Country - Dorothea Mackellar (1904) “I have some bad news,” said Bongo. “That Underg ...

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A Moving Ceremony at the Memorial Chamber

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A Moving Ceremony at the Memorial Chamber

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky ...

“In Flanders fields the poppies blow Between the crosses, row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still bravely singing, fly Scarce heard amid the guns below.” These powerfully sad ...

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Fun on Fundy

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Fun on Fundy

During this visit to Canada's East Coast, I'm not surprised to find out that the Bay of Fundy is one of N ...

During this visit to Canada's East Coast, I'm not surprised to find out that the Bay of Fundy is one of North America's seven wonders. The 320-kilometre-long waterway divides the province of Nova Scot ...

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Hydra: Walking Past Monasteries and Marianne Right into Rebetiko

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Hydra: Walking Past Monasteries and Marianne Right into Rebetiko

It was the quintessential night on a Greek island: a vine-laden terrace bestrewn with blue and white chec ...

It was the quintessential night on a Greek island: a vine-laden terrace bestrewn with blue and white checkered tablecloths, platters of calamari and retsina issuing from the kitchen, waiters nimbly ne ...

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Sailing into Timeless Wonder

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Sailing into Timeless Wonder

A Mediterranean cruise offers an extraordinary overview of early civilizations. Adding extra days in the ...

A Mediterranean cruise offers an extraordinary overview of early civilizations. Adding extra days in the heart of Athens, our initial investigations feature the glorious temples of the Acropolis. And ...

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