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A San Diego Serenade

If you have ever wanted to tour Southern California’s legendary beaches, but want to dodge the traffic, hustle and bustle of the LA area, think about a beach rental or the many bed breakfasts in San Diego. The city named for the 15th-Century Saint Didacus is the gateway to Baja as well as home to an amazing amount of tourist attractions and points of historic importance, such as Balboa Park, and world class golf.  The surrounding area read more

I Fish You Would Visit Me In California

The diversity of California in terms of geography, climate, culture and region is well known but the Golden State offers a widespread assortment of fishing experiences for the fanatical angler as well. From clear mountain streams and lakes in the High Sierra to Pacific deep sea fishing off the southern coast, fishermen of all stripes are going to find it all on their California fishing retreat. Select from inviting California bed breakfasts in on read more

Witness A Desert Dawn

It appeared improbable 125 years ago when an attorney from San Francisco named J.G. McCallum decided to trade his home in the refreshing, damp, misty Bay Area for a new one in the Mojave Desert, but the communities of Palm Springs and neighboring Palm Desert are two of the most loved and fastest developing regions in Southern California today.  Home to desert golf courses and convenient to historic Death Valley, Palm Springs and Palm Desert read more

Lets Get Away From It All In Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania means “Penn’s Woodland,” and if the suggestion of staying in a private Pennsylvania cabin rental in wooded hill country sounds interesting to you, then a trip in the Keystone State is meant for you. But there is a good deal more to this historic and scenic region than the abundant rural countryside. In fact, the perfect destination to begin your tour of Pennsylvania might be to see Philadelphia, long considered the read more

Down With The Ship In St. Augustine

It is not accurate to dub St. Augustine, Florida as America’s oldest town. Native American mound cities in the Upper Midwest and the Anasazi Pueblo cities of southwestern Colorado predate St. Augustine by several hundred years, as do Mexico City and the ancient Mayan city of Tikal further south. However, St. Augustine was the first permanent, declared European community in what is at present the United States, established only a little more read more

Come To Cabo Once In A Whale

The Baja Peninsula stretches southward from the border of California for nearly 800 miles before culminating at Cabo San Lucas and is separated from the rest of Mexico by the Sea of Cortez. Despite its reputation as a arid, barren desert, it is in reality a very diverse territory with several distinctive ecosystems ranging from Mediterranean to moderate woodlands in the mountain ranges. It is also adjacent to a number of the most recognized saltw read more

Summer Breezes Blow Me To North Carolina

North Carolina beaches are not specifically recognized for surfing and that may be a good thing, since your standard North Carolina beach vacation is likely to be less crowded. Besides that, North Carolina’s beaches and coastal islands present a great deal more than than just swimming and surfing. On the other hand, if you are really into surfing North Carolina, one of the more legendary beach vacations has the suggestive name of  Bloc read more

Bring Your Mama And Papa To California

It is said that there are nearly as many elements to California as there are people who live there. While this may be a tad of an overstatement, the fact is that California is a very unique place with something for each person including lovely wine tours of several of the world’s best viticulture regions. The Napa Valley is as close to old Tuscany and Provence as you are liable to come across in the United States.  North of this locale read more