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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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Downers Grove is a Chicago suburb with a population of about 50,000. It has a vital downtown with many shops and restaurants which attract tourists from the Chicago area. It hosts numerous festivals throughout the year. The Orange Lyman Home is purported to have been a stop on the Underground Railway. Picture of Tivoli Theater 2009 courtesy of Wikipedia and…...
Approximately 75 miles north of cabo San Lucas on the Baha peninsula of Mexico lies the seacoast town of Tados Santos. While the casual visitor might never suspect that anyone from the USA would be retired here, they would be mistaken. There are several clues that might help explain the presence of these gringos. One is the Hotel California, a…...
Medford is a small community located below Mt. Holly. The population is about 24,000 (2020 census), and the median household income is about $143,000. Located in the Delaware Valley, it is part of the Philadelphia-Reading, Camden area, and about 35 miles from Philadelphia. Photo of Pine Barrens courtesy of Wikipedia and Famartin, photo of downtown Medford, taken along southbound Main…...
Frisco, located in Collin and Denton counties in Texas, is a bedroom community for those who work in the Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex. It was considered the fastest-growing city in the country from 2000 to 2009, and had a population of about 161,000 in 2017. Due to its growth the city built Frisco Square, a mixed-use development that has become the…...
