Category: Sheila projects
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. On July …
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 …
How can you efficiently travel the lower Lake Michigan coast to see as many sights as possible, in as little time as possible? My family and I wanted to …
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 …
Whatever you do in the Sierra Nevadas, drive a car with an engine and brakes that are both in good shape. The mountains will give that car a workout. …
(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 …
“Oh, they haven’t done that since before COVID started, and they’re trying to figure out how to get more funding for renovations, so the theater is closed.” Yes, that …
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 …
It’s taken me awhile to get back into the swing of doing a lot of travel, so I had to re-learn a few painful lessons about must have carry-on …
When a vacation rental goes wrong, like an Airbnb or Vrbo, what is missing that you DO get with a hotel? Accountability. My first experience with a vacation rental …
The capture of a World War Two German submarine, U-505, that was so clandestine, it was towed 2,500 nautical miles to a place where its secrets could be safely …
Yes, George Washington really did sleep here, and you can, too. The Robert Morris Inn, built in 1710 in Oxford, Maryland and operated as an inn since 1800, claims …