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Beaches

Avoiding Comparisons Best Way to Visit Charleston

By Hope S. Philbrick
In one episode of Seinfeld, Elaine befriends three guys similar to Jerry, George and Kramer except they’re much nicer and well mannered. The eerie coincidences convince her she’s stepped into a “Bizzaro World.” At first she’s enamored with the cleaner crew; by the end she grows bored with them and returns to [...]

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Golf + Mother Nature = Kiawah Island, South Carolina

Story and photos by Lynn DeBruin
Night was falling and a full moon rising when we stumbled into a man in back of the hotel wielding a pair of scissors. Fortunately for us, he was only in search of fresh sprigs of rosemary from the hotel garden.
That’s when we fully realized why the Sanctuary at Kiawah [...]

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Shoulder Season Cruising Makes the Mediterranean a Great Value

Story and photos by Lynn DeBruin
Just a few months earlier I had sworn that the next time I visited Venice, it’d be with a guy. But here I stood, in arguably the most romantic city in the world, with two girlfriends at my side. Was I crazy? Some would think. But shoulder season travel offered [...]

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Camping Connection – When the Twinkling Lights Are City Lights

By Bill Steiden
One of the big draws for most who go camping is a change in surroundings from our workaday urban or suburban world. We want to see trees, streams, fields, mountains – something other than cars and concrete to break the routine of our lives.
Yet a pair of unique camping destinations, one in the [...]

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Camping Connection – The Very First National Seashore

Story and photos by Bill Steiden
A little less than fifty years ago, a bridge opened across the Outer Banks’ Oregon Inlet, connecting North Carolina’s Roanoke and Hatteras islands. That could have been the ruination of the most pristine coastline in the Southeast.
Just as on many of Florida’s barrier islands, easy automotive access threatened to sow [...]

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Camping Connection – A New England Experience Where?

By Bill Steiden
A rocky-shored island with granite cliffs and gravelly beaches in a northern clime, surrounded by sailboat-studded blue waters; a summer resort set in a Victorian village, accessible by ferry and steeped in history.
Martha’s Vineyard, right?
Actually, Ohio.
South Bass Island is part of a chain extending from Ohio’s Marblehead Peninsula to Ontario’s Point Pelee that [...]

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Old Saybrook and the Connecticut River

By Cindy Murphy-Tofig
History is everywhere in Connecticut. The southern New England state is home to the nation’s oldest public art museum – the Wadsworth Atheneum, in Hartford – as well as a university that’s a good bit older than the nation – Yale, founded in 1701.
But to get your history mixed with a little [...]

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Water Parks + Lowcountry Cuisine = Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

By Hope S. Philbrick
Mama always said that you shouldn’t get into the pool until at least a half-hour after eating. Adhering to such a schedule can be difficult, especially on a hot sunny day when cool blue water beckons. Resisting the temptation to eat and swim in short succession is especially challenging in Myrtle Beach, [...]

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Tybee Island: Savannah’s Sandy Eclectic Neighbor

Story and photos by Hope S. Philbrick
Despite having lived in Georgia for over ten years, I recently visited Tybee Island, about a four-hour drive from where I live in Atlanta, for the very first time. Upon arriving I realized two things: I should have visited much sooner and I’ll definitely come back.
Located only eighteen [...]

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A Vacation to San Diego Has Something for Everyone

By Bobby L. Hickman
What do you think of when you hear the words “San Diego”? The famous zoo? Seaworld? The Padres and Chargers? The naval station? The nearby Mexican border town of Tijuana? Those are common answers – but California’s second-largest city offers much more, including wineries, cuisine, culture, beachfront accommodations and lots of history.
History [...]

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