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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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Browns Mills is a town of about 11,000 in south central NJ. It is south of Fort Dix and McGuire AFB in Pemberton Township. It is a fairly remote area. Picture of Big Pine Lake and Picture of Business District along country route 530 courtesy of Wikipedia and Mr. Matte, Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0/...
Cancun is a new and major resort city in southeastern Mexico on the Yucatan Peninsula. The population has grown rapidly to over 600,000. The city began as a tourism project in 1974 as an Integrally Planned Center, a pioneer of FONATUR (Fondo Nacional de Fomento al Turismo, National Fund for Tourism Development). Since then, it has undergone a comprehensive transformation from…...
Essex, Connecticut, is small and quaint town in Middlesex County, and is actually made up of three separate villages which includes Essex Village, Centerbrook, and Ivoryton, with a total population of about 6,600 residents. Located along the Connecticut River, it is one of the few American towns to be attacked by a foreign power which occurred during the War of…...
The good life awaits 55+ adults who choose the Northern Neck, Virginia as their retirement community. Situated between the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers, with the Cheseapeake on the east, this area has both rural charm and instant access to the water. The Northern Neck is the northernmost of three peninsulas (traditionally called "necks" in Virginia) on the western shore of…...
