Category: travel
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BREWERY TRAIL – BLUE MOUNTAIN BREWERY
One of our favorite pastimes? Visiting craft breweries close to and far from home. Since we once homebrewed, we’re fascinated by what these local folks can do. Many of them began as living room brewers before expanding. When we visited Waynesboro, Virginia, this past summer, we stumbled upon one of the more unique establishments and…
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FALLING IN LOVE WITH PITTSBURGH
I fell in love twice during the summer of 2009. The first time I fell in love with the man who would become my husband. The second time I fell in love with Pittsburgh, the city he had called home for more than three decades. “You’re moving where?” family and friends asked when I announced…
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OUR URBAN OASIS
A Place of Calm in the Middle of Chaos We live on the southeast side of Tallahassee, but when we drive a mile from our home to a city park, it’s hard to believe we’re so close to an urban area with a population of 200,000. We call it Piney Z after the name of…
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ACADIA NATIONAL PARK – COASTAL MAINE
By P.C. Zick @pczick.bsky.social “Are you going to Acadia?” This question popped up at first mention of our impending trip to Maine. If it hadn’t been on the Road Scholar agenda, we might have had to cancel because any other answer, “but of course” would not satisfy the askers of the question. I understand the…
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LIGHTHOUSE PASSION SERIES – MORRIS ISLAND, CHARLESTON
By P.C. Zick – @pczick.bsky.social On a recent trip to Charleston, South Carolina, we kept hearing about the charming town of Folly Beach a short drive south of Charleston proper. Photo: Pineapple Fountain, Waterfront Park, Charleston, SC A colorful little beach community with the second longest boardwalk on the eastern coast, the Folly Beach Pier juts…
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WATCHING HOPE FADE FASTER THAN A HENNA TATTOO
By P.C. Zick – @pczick.bsky.social In 2004, I took a solo trip to Morocco where a friend was assigned to the consulate in Casablanca. I traveled around the country on my own, but in Casablanca I was invited into the private homes of several of my friend’s co-workers. This journey left an indelible mark on…
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SMALL TOWNS ROCK – GRAFTON AND PHILIPPI, WEST VIRGINIA
Photo: On the dam trail in Tygart Lake State Park By P.C. Zick – @pczick.bsky.social We stumbled upon a unique area in West Virginia. Each year we visit family in Blacksburg, Virginia, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The three hundred miles between them takes us through West Virginia and the New River Gorge, which we’ve visited several…
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ON THE ROAD – COASTAL MAINE AND ROAD SCHOLAR
By P.C. Zick – @pczick.bsky.social “Let’s go somewhere we’ve never been,” I suggested nearly a year ago to my husband. “I’ve never been to Maine,” he replied. I had been to Maine once for fifteen minutes when I’d visited Portsmouth, New Hampshire, decades ago. We drove over the border to buy live Maine lobsters than…
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DESSIE SMITH PRESCOTT – A WOMAN FOR THE AGES
By P.C. Zick – @pczick.bsky.social As a freelance writer, I’ve been fortunate enough to write about some interesting events and people. In a few instances, I’ve even had the privilege of interviewing a handful of famous or infamous folks. Dessie Smith Prescott could be categorized as both famous and infamous, and the interview with her…
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LIGHTHOUSE PASSION SERIES – CEDAR KEY
Perched atop one of the highest points on Florida’s west coast sits the state’s shortest lighthouse. The Cedar Keys Lighthouse, built in 1854, stands a mere 28-feet tall upon a 52-foot sand dune on Seahorse Key in the Cedar Keys National Wildlife Refuge in the Big Bend area of Florida. I’ve visited Seahorse Key several…
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