BEHOLD! The New and Improved Everything Everywhere!

If you are reading this in your RSS reader, please click to see what I am talking about. Back in 2009 I commissioned what I thought was a really cutting edge website. The designers I had picked jerked me around, left some gaping holes on the site which were later exploited by hackers, and it …

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Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

Shenandoah National Park, Virginia

The story behind Shenandoah National Park is an interesting one. In 1930’s, all of the great national parks in the US were out west, yet most of the population in the US was in the east. The park was created by taking the land of over 1,000 people by eminent domain, as almost all the …

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Cuyahoga Valley National Park, Ohio

Cuyahoga Valley is very different from most national parks. Unlike Hot Springs, it at least can be considered a park. While not an urban park per se, it is the most accessible of all the national parks in the US. Cuyahoga is far from being a wilderness area. Unlike most national parks, there are farms, …

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This Week in Travel – Episode 189

This week’s guests are Cody and Katie Stevenson from the brand new Big Rigs & Pancakes Podcast. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts This Week’s News: TSA Director Reassigned in Wake of Security Failures Carnival’s Ticket Contract Latest oddball cruise: ‘surprise sailing’ to secret ports What if flight attendants could reward passengers for good behavior? Picks of …

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