Dec 2nd, 2012 at 4:00PM: Recently, major cruise lines have been taking popular features of new ships and adding them to older vessels, giving them a new life as a relevant travel option. Onboard dining and entertainment features on today's newest ships are a big hit on older ships, at one time the latest and greatest of all passenger vessels. One cruise line though, is going a different direction and looking back in time ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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New Cruise Ship Adds Old Ship Feature
Dec 2nd, 2012 at 4:00PM: Recently, major cruise lines have been taking popular features of new ships and adding them to older vessels, giving them a new life as a relevant travel option. Onboard dining and entertainment features on today's newest ships are a big hit on older ships, at one time the latest and greatest of all passenger vessels. One cruise line though, is going a different direction and looking back in time ...The Southern Road: 6 Tips For A Car Plant Tour
Sep 10th, 2012 at 1:00PM: I just love visiting factories. After finishing my Southern Road trip, I've now been to 99. I went on my first plant tour when I was 8 years old, and my family went to visit Ford's Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan.
Like me, you can visit many of the car plants that have been built in the South over the past 20 years. (See here for a list – and companies are adding tours all the time.) ...The Southern Road: Traveling Through The New Industrial America
Sep 4th, 2012 at 10:00AM:
If you're not from the American South, you probably have an image of it in your head. It might have squealing pickup trucks and Daisy Dukes. Or hoop skirts and cotton plantations from "Gone With The Wind." Maybe the streetcars of New Orleans, or the twang of Paula Deen.
What if I told you that the American South has become a land of opportunity, where people no longer have to leave home to ...Stand up paddling the length of the Mississippi River
Jul 19th, 2011 at 8:00AM: At more than 2400 miles in length, the mighty Mississippi is one of the longest rivers in North America. The iconic waterway, which has become an indelible part of American folklore, stretches from northern Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico, passing through the heart of the nation in the process. Over the years, the muddy waters of the Mississippi have been explored by every kind of watercraft from ...Trail rides and wagon trains converge in Houston to kick off world's largest rodeo
Mar 2nd, 2011 at 12:30PM:
In a salute to the Old West, 13 trail rides and wagon trains--some coming from 336 miles away--have converged to mark the start of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, which runs through March 20th. The world's largest exhibition and rodeo entertainment show was developed to "encourage and promote the breeding, raising, and marketing of better livestock and farm products at public fairs and to ...Civil War secret message decoded
Dec 26th, 2010 at 9:30AM:
A coded message sent to the beleaguered Confederate commander of Vicksburg has been cracked, the BBC reports.
The Museum of the Confederacy in Richmond has had the message in its collection for more than a century. It had never tried to decipher the code of seemingly random letters until this year, when they sent it off to retired CIA codebreaker David Gaddy. While Gaddy is trained to ...Could you live in Portland?
Oct 20th, 2010 at 11:00AM:
There will be a moment during your visit to Portland, Oregon when you'll have an epiphany. Maybe it won't happen during your blissful stroll through one the city's giant public parks, your nostrils fresh with the scent of pine trees and clean air. And it might not hit you during your $3 lunch at one of Portland's plentiful food carts, your taste buds humming to a savory, cheesy mac n' cheese ...Illinois man works 50 jobs in 50 states
Oct 13th, 2009 at 12:00PM:
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Looking to spice up your work routine? Want to travel the country but don't have the cash to go without a job for an extended period of time? Take a page from Daniel Seddiqui's playbook. Quit your job and contract yourself out to 50 different employers in 50 states over ...Riverboat gambling along the Ohio, Missouri and Mississippi
Dec 7th, 2007 at 11:00AM: Martha's post on gambling hot spots made me think of gambling boats that head away from shore to give passengers time to make or lose money. It seems a bit romantic--rolling the dice while rolling on the river.
Several states allow travelers to indulge in trying out Lady Luck, and each state's riverboat cruise experience varies due to the state's laws. You might be on a historic style boat that ...Motoring the Deep South
Sep 22nd, 2006 at 10:00AM: Sticking with my recent motorcycling theme, I wanted to plug another ride-of-a-lifetime. You're not limited to exotic, foreign locales for motorcycling adventures. Fantastic times can be had right in the ole U.S.of A., by renting a bike from Eaglerider.
Obviously, I don't recommend this for those with no motorcycling experience (especially not a 88+ cubic inch H-D), but Eaglerider is a franchise ...Mississippi Gulf Coast Casinos Reopen
Aug 28th, 2006 at 3:24PM: With the Katrina anniversary I find a lot of the focus will probably go towards the damage in New Orleans, but we mustn't forget about the neighboring states that suffered from the storm as well. Alabama, Mississippi, yeah - remember those guys? Some of us do and for casino fanatics that thought their vacations to the Gulf Coast would be forever changed, think again. The Miami Herald has a piece ...
