A number of years ago my wife’s niece got married in Paris. It was in May so I was unable to go, but she and my daughter went. They arrived a week ahead of the wedding to have the opportunity to tour Paris, and tour they did. I got reports each night about the churches, museums or other places they had visited and how tired they were after walking all day. They tried to see it all. A few years…
Discovering Washington’s Dry Side: Tri-Cities
When most people think of Washington, they think of Seattle, the Space Needle, and Mt. Rainier. Washington is far more than that, however. The Cascade Mountains divide the state into two distinctive regions. To the west is the rainy, cloudy region that most people associate with Washington. To the east one finds a much drier area which is hotter in the summer and often colder in the winter. Through this eastern region flows the mighty Columbia River. In the southern…
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Finding the Right Hotel
When I was kid, and my family would travel, we would jump into the car and start driving to wherever we were going. If we needed to spend the night somewhere along the way, we would look around for the nearest motel with a vacancy, and that’s where we would stay. No planning was involved, but that’s not the case today. I may spend hours trying to find the perfect hotel for us to stay in when we travel. With…