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Category Archives: Travel
We Travel With Dignity, So We Won’t Fly in the USA
The federal government’s airport security procedures leave travelers with the choice of a virtual strip search in a full body scanner with dangerous radiation or a very hands-on pat down that touches breasts and genitals. This security theater is ineffective … Continue reading
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Crossing Borders in the USA, Canada and Mexico
According to the Buffalo News, “gruff and unpleasant security officers” are hurting the Niagara Falls tourist industry, so many Canadians are staying on their side of the border. Mary and I experienced the same problem last month when we returned … Continue reading
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Our Summer in the San Francisco Bay Area
Mary and I passed the summer in the San Francisco Bay and Sacramento River Delta areas. We met there, married, and moved out of the area to Colorado in 1996 to enjoy a bigger house and higher standard of living. … Continue reading
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A Train Trip in California
After our adventure with the TSA airport thugs at the Mexican border, we embarked on an alternative: my dream of riding Amtrak with Mary from Emeryville, California to Denver in an Amtrak sleeper berth. I made the trip in an … Continue reading
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Interview: Tripeezy Founder Paige Brown
Paige Brown of Austin, Texas was one of the first recipients of a $40,000 grant by the Start-Up Chile program. She arrived last December in Santiago to develop her Tripeezy travel software business, and recently returned to the USA: Tripeezy … Continue reading
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Government Ransacks Luggage and Assaults Miss USA
We flew from Panama to Tijuana to avoid USA airports, but Mexicana Airlines and the USA government foiled our plans. We connected through Mexico City and the airline left my luggage there while we flew to Tijuana. We rode to … Continue reading
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Adventures and Pictures from Boquete, Panama
We uploaded two galleries from Boquete, Panama, near the Costa Rican border. The first is of the botanical garden by the river downtown, and the second is from a drive around the area and an excursion we made to Boquete … Continue reading
La Hacienda in Santiago, Panama
We poorly planned a trip to Boquete, Panama by renting a car in Panama City rather than flying to David, the city an hour drive away from Boquete. If you’re going to Boquete, or sailing in the Las Bocas islands … Continue reading
Killer Beetles Attack Trees on California Golf Course
A group of merciless beetles murdered every tree on the Sea Pines Golf Resort in Los Osos, California, at the south end of Morro Bay, halfway between Los Angeles and San Francisco. The resort is planning to create 7 wood … Continue reading
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Notes and Photos from Argentine Patagonia
We passed 8 weeks in Argentina, half in Patagonia enjoying the mountain lake scenery. Besides, Chile expels us every 90 days and Argentina is pleased to accept our money. We made a slideshow of some of the sights. Patagonia is … Continue reading