I should have seen it right there on my boarding pass, 4-Ss in the upper left-hand corner of my boarding pass. But I completely overlooked the SSSS printed boldly on my ticket. But even if I had seen it, I wouldn’t have known what it meant. Therefore, what should have…
Snow and natural beauty may be reason enough to visit the Laurel Highlands. And if it is, then I timed this trip perfectly. There was a common refrain heard over and over again during my visit to the Laurel Highlands: “we are having a real Pennsylvania winter. This is what…
Unless you are a Penn State Football fan or an outdoors adventurist, central Pennsylvania, and more specifically Happy Valley may not be the first place to come to mind for a long weekend or weeklong getaway. However, visitors may be surprised to find out that there are so many things…
After a week of perfect autumn weather, the mercury plummeted to a bitter 22 degrees. But my goal for the day was to kayak among the Ghost Fleet of Mallows Bay. And secondary to that was attendance at the dedication of a section of the Potomac River as a National…
We all experience times when we are unable to travel. But now with so many cities and states initiating “lock downs” or “shelter in place” orders or whatever name you would like to attach; isolation is sure to set in for some of us. We are all likely to feel…
Travel bloggers are hurting right now. Since all this coronavirus stuff hit the news a few weeks ago and with the stock market tanking, traffic to our websites has all but dried up. Here’s why that should matter to you. Many travel bloggers like me are not hobbyist. Some of…
Because I have an auto-immune disease (MS) and I also have elderly people in my life who I love dearly, I’ve been shouting from the social media rooftops about considering who you may infect if you choose to travel. I’ve told no one that they shouldn’t travel. I have simply…
Over the past couple weeks I have tried to avoid weighing in on the Coronavirus (COVID-19) hysteria. After all, I am not a medical professional and I am anything but a germaphobe or an alarmist. As a matter of fact I’m probably just the opposite. However, this past weekend I…
