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Sweet Home Alabama

      It all started four years ago. My entire world flipped upside down in the blink of an eye in June of 2010. This was the end of one book and the beginning of another as I trekked...

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A Not So Podunk Town

Texas is full of Podunk towns. On the hundred-mile plus stretches between more bustling cities, little towns dot the rural landscape, many equipped with not more than a questionable three pump gas station...

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My Favorite U.S. Virgin Islands Haunts

Long considered the playground of the tan, the fit and the wealthy, and host to too many toga parties and limbo contests, the U.S. Virgin Islands are saying good bye to hedonism -- and they're welcoming...

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The Little Things

Sometimes it takes traveling 600 plus miles away from home to be closer with the ones that you live with there. That is exactly what happened when my family decided to take a weeks vacation...

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Spine of the Earth: A Hike Through The Great Smokey Mountains

Sweat dripping down my back and feet crunching the dry earth, I pushed past tree boughs drooping in my path as I walked along the ridge of the Great Smokey Mountains on what has been referred to as...

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North Dakota Attractions

There are Badlands in both Dakotas, but the north can boast about its forbidding landscape, Pioneer Days celebrations and Theodore Roosevelt memorabilia.Find out what's the best in the West in...

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Percussion Ensemble trip to Austin, TX

The trip to Austin was exciting, funny, loud, emotional, and hot. After working our way to the top in Area, our Percussion Ensemble received the gold medal and the green light to advance to State....

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Portland, Heart of Oregon

Portland, Oregon -- the Pacific Northwest's hippest city -- is also its greenest, most friendly, and a fun place for a weekend away with the family. The show Portlandia also helped put...

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Pandas and Places You Only See in China!

 When my sister was living overseas in Hong Kong, I jumped at the opportunity to visit her and get a glimpse of what my culture was like.  As a fifth generation Chinese-American, I...

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