Tag: travel
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Finger Lakes Wine Tour on a Boat-New York
With over 100 wineries in the Finger Lakes, choosing a tasting, can be a daunting task. Instead of agonizing over choices, we let the Water To Wine Tour choose for us. We arrive at the Silver Strand Bed and Breakfast, the launching point for our Finger Lakes Wine Tour on a boat. The bed and…
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Visiting Watkins Glen State Park-New York
Anticipation is high as we arrive at Watkins Glen State Park. I’ve swooned many times over photos of the waterfalls. The pictures make it seem like something our of a fantasy novel. Upon entering, I only hope that reality is as glorious as the image seared in my mind. There are several trails at Watkins…
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Corning Museum of Glass-New York
I am terrified, as I enter Corning Museum of Glass. No, I’m not paragliding, or taking a helicopter flight, or riding in a small airplane. I am at my very first TBEX travel media conference. I know I am going to have to talk to people. Being an introvert, with a good measure of social…
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An Unexpected Flight-Anchorage, Alaska
I find that with travel, spontaneity often leads to fearlessness. It’s our final breakfast at Judy’s Touch of Class B&B in Anchorage, Alaska. Our mornings of smooth, strong coffee, homemade French Toast, and my favorite, reindeer sausage, has come to an end. “What time is your flight?” Jim asks. We explain that our flight isn’t…
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Glacier Walk and The Musk Ox Farm-Palmer-Alaska
A glacier walk has been on our adventure to-do list since our first bite from the travel bug. We didn’t know when or where, we just knew one day it would happen. As soon as the decision was made to visit Alaska, we knew this was it, we had to fit a glacier walk into…
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Eating Around Anchorage-Alaska
The finale of our Alaska adventure ends eating around Anchorage. With the most choices for places to eat, we are grateful for recommendations from locals and other travelers. Moose’s Tooth Touted as the best pizza in Alaska, make sure your phone’s battery is well charged when visiting Moose’s Tooth. Their popularity ensures a long wait,…
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Things to Do in Anchorage, Alaska
The Alaska Railroad train chugs into the Anchorage station. It’s the final destination of our Alaska adventure. We end in Anchorage with plans to check a major experience off of our bucket list, walk on a glacier. With two days book ending our glacier fun, we attempt to fit in as many things to do…
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We Eat A Lot of Alaska Ice Cream
In a place that’s generally known for being cold, when you think about Alaska, you don’t think Alaska. But with a zeal for local, natural, ingredients, and a boldness to mix up interesting flavors, Alaska’s Ice Cream scene is worthy of exploration. Coppa – Juneau Coppa is known for their use of local, seasonal, ingredients,…
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Staying at Denali Dome Home-Bed and Breakfast
It’s breakfast time at Denali Dome Home and we are bummed. Not at the breakfast, it has everything we could want. Not at our stay, as this unique bed and breakfast has been everything we hoped for. We’re bummed because we brought our shiny new National Parks Passport and we want All The Stamps. Unfortunately, during our…