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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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Founded by Henry Flagler to provide a luxury destination for his railroad, Palm Beach proper is one of the wealthiest and prettiest communities in the world. It lies on the Atlantic Ocean just above Miami and straddles the Intercoastal Waterway. Fancy shops and elegant estates abound in the beautiful downtown. Enormous estates go along the ocean and the Intracoastal. If…...
Weslaco is a rapidly growing town in extreme southern Texas west of Brownsville in the Rio Grande Valley. The 2014 population was about 38,000, about 80% of which is Hispanic. The area is popular with retirees because of the warm winters and proximity to the Gulf of Mexico. Weslaco is a college town with several schools of higher learning including…...
Even if you haven’t ever visited the Big Apple you probably have an idea what it’s like from movies and TV shows. New York, New York is a great retirement community if you love culture and a bustling scene. New York City (8,000,000 people) is made up of 5 boroughs, plus suburbs. Manhattan is of course the most famous and…...
Southfield is a busy suburb of Detroit that is now part of the office market for corporate Detroit. There are 5 golden skyscrapers with over a million sq.ft. of office space. The population, which has declined in recent years, is just over 75,000. The city has a wonderful library. The Civic Center was expanded in 1971 to include a…...
