Category: Travel
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Between
The line between comfort and despair …. good fortune and tragedy … is often much more tenuous that we care to acknowledge. One of the gato of Puerto Rico sitting in the doorway of the classic Hotel El Convento, between a life of luxury and its life on the street, reminded us of this sometimes…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: Extra, Extra
The Room of the Segnatura in the Vatican Museums contains amazing 16th-century works by Raphael. The School of Athens was one of my favorites. I think it is because of the “extra” person in the scene. Raphael painted a self-portrait in the lower right-hand corner of the fresco – he is the one in the…
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Top 10 Reasons Duluth is the Best Place to Live
As the last week of voting takes place in Outside magazine’s “Best Place to Live” contest, with Provo, Utah and Duluth, Minnesota going head-to-head in the final round (vote daily at voteduluth.com!), I thought I would share my Top 10 reasons why Duluth, Minnesota is the Best Town and deserves your vote. Let’s begin: 1. The excitement…
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Sand Dunes in the Mountains
I gave you a glimpse of the Great Sand Dunes National Park in the post for this week’s photo challenge. It is worth revisiting in more detail, starting with the sunrise at San Luis State Park, just outside the dunes. The San Luis campground was the ideal launching pad for a day trip to the…
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Weekly Photo Challenge: On Top
Returning to another great road trip memory for this week’s challenge: my son standing on top of a sand dune at Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve in Colorado. Check back tomorrow for more photos from this interesting National Park, and the greater perspective and context of these dunes. Ciao! ~ Kat This post…
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