Ojai is a beautiful resort town in the mountains near Santa Barbara.  The population is over 7,000. Ojai has a small town community feel (everyone seemed to know everyone), home to several vineyards/wineries, 15 miles or so from Ventura beaches, adjacent to thousands of acres of state and federal protected land (Los Padres Nat'l Forest), and miles of flat, paved…...

Lanzarote is a Spanish island and the easternmost of the autonomous Canary Islands, in the Atlantic Ocean. The island is approximately 125 km off the coast of Africa and 1,000 km from the Iberian Peninsula. It is the fourth largest of the islands. Most of the inhabitants are of Spanish decent. This island has been named as an interesting and low cost…...

Carmel is a small and rapidly growing city of about 101,000 residents in central Indiana. It is an affluent suburb of Indianapolis with a well deserved reputation as a town that celebrates the arts as well as biking and fitness.  The Carmel Art & Design District (photos above courtesy of Wikipedia and Tysto) attracts retirees as well as other aged…...

Columbus, Georgia, is the second largest city in the state, and the county seat of Muscogee County, with a population of 202,824, (2013 census). It is located 100 miles southwest of Atlanta, and sits directly across the Chattahoochee River from Phenix City, Alabama. Columbus is a historical town, dating back to the Civil War, and is is one of the…...