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I Waited 53 Years to Raft the Grand Canyon. It Was Worth Every Minute.
Some bucket list dreams take a lifetime Fifty-three years ago I stood at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Adventurers in rubber rafts floated into view, screaming in delight as they surged through the the Colorado River’s Hermit Creek Rapids. I remember thinking, "Someday I'm going to raft that river." This June, at age 77, I finally did. If you've…...
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Chandler is a very fast growing community of about 276,000 people in Arizona (2020 census), southeast of Phoenix and Tempe. Chandler is home to some of the largest and fanciest active adult and 55+communities. People move here for the dry climate and the beautiful desert mountains nearby. For many of the people who live here Chandler, one of the newer…...
Originally known as the Crossroads, Winnsboro, Texas is strategically located equidistant from Dallas, Shreveport, and Texarkana. Winnsboro is a charming small town surrounded by beautiful countryside. A Texas Main Street City, Winnsboro is restoring historic treasures. Multiple annual festivals are hosted in Winnsboro. These includes the Autumn Trails Festival, Texas Woodstock Festival, Class Car Cruise-In, and Biker Rally.Winnsboro has very…...
Fairhope, Alabama is one of the most unusual (and nicest) retirement communities anywhere. It was founded by 28 settlers from Iowa in November, 1894 as a utopian single tax colony by the "Fairhope Industrial Association". Their purpose in founding a new colony was to establish and conduct a cooperative model community, free from all forms of private monopoly. The Fairhope…...
