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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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Newtown is a very small town of about 1,800 people in western Connecticut, just east of Danbury on I 84. Many of Newtown's residents are commuters to NYC, White Plains, Stamford, or Hartford. Photo of Sculpture by Anna Hyatt Huntington of Mother Bear and Cubs at the entrance to Huntington State Park, courtesy of Wikipedia in the public domain; photo…...
Jacksonville was one of the first gold mining towns in the state of Oregon. Although the gold has long played out, its legacy is a town of great beauty and history. TheJacksonville Historic District is now a U.S. National Historic Landmark. This town of 2,800, a few miles west of Medford in the Rogue Valley, attracts affluent people who tend…...
Alamo is a rapidly growing town of about 17,000 on the southernmost tip of Texas, just west of Brownsville. It has nothing to do with and is far away from the Alamo mission in San Antonio. About 3/4 of the population is Hispanic, but many retirees live near here, attracted by the climate and proximity to the Gulf. The…...
Farallon is a new and rapidly developing area on the coast south of Panama City and Coronado Beach. It is located in the province of Cocle, which has other well known beaches including Santa Clara and Rio Hato, and tourist activity has increased in recent years. The province had a population of 233,708 habitants in 2010. Two important infrastructure developments…...
