Tag: travel
Whenever friends visit the Austin area, they ask me for tips on where to go. Unfortunately, I’m often a rather useless source of information because I live about twenty …
If you like to dive deep into history and culture as a part of the travel experience, then there is program that may be perfect for you – the …
No, it is not all flat cornfields. Not in this part of Nebraska. I drove northward from Colorado via the wide-open vistas of the Pawnee National Grassland, when suddenly …
Before Stonehenge, and before the first pyramid was build in Egypt, humans were building Louisiana mounds and living in what is now the U.S. Deep South. Before the Parthenon …
Even though I am not much of a morning person, one of the things I most enjoy on a trip is finding a terrific local breakfast place. It’s been …
It was 16 years ago this week that we launched the multi-author Perceptive Travel Blog, with a focus on quirky places and stories that you won’t find anywhere else. …
Icons at the Airport is a series of occasional posts about items at airports that connect an arriving traveler with the town or city and its personality. Okay, let’s …
A polished, futuristic “Silver Streak” of a train, the Pioneer Zephyr sits right near the entry lobby of Chicago’s MSI (Museum of Science and Industry) and is an irresistible …
As the granddaughter of a railroad man, it pains me that my grandmother Miss Edith had more rural Texas transportation options in the 1920’s than I do now. Train …
One of the features of a hotel chain is that guests will know what to expect, from the lobby to the room to the breakfast waffle maker. That can …
(Part of the Austin Rocks series of posts by a local about things to do and see in Austin, Texas) If you are in the Austin, Texas area during November and …
The next time you have a special occasion or anniversary, look into available lodging at one of your state parks. I’d had an enjoyable stay at Quartz Mountain Lodge …