From the many providers of airboat tours in the area near Everglades National Park we chose The Original Everglades Airboat Tours at Everglades City, Florida, because it advertises the fully narrated ride with the guide. This was a WONDERFUL experience…
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The tiger shark passed over my head. We made eye contact until my attention was caught by the sting ray gliding by my side. Nothing unusual, perhaps, for a scuba diver, but I don’t dive. In fact, I wasn’t even…
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Of the fifty travel blogs FAB Senior Travel published in 2015, here are our top five favorites. Follow the links to discover more about each destination. #5 Thessaloniki, Greece – a favorite flight destination entry point for travelers visiting Greece. No,…
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Each year I try and do something unique on my birthday and this year, my 50th, was no different, except for the fact…this was different. My partner, Alberto, and I chose to sail with Star Clippers Cruises through the Leeward…
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A year ago the Maine Tourist office held a media showcase highlighting the cities and products that made Maine famous. After eating five types of lobster, I spoke to Robert Witkowski, who handles the media for Portland, about visiting his…
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Our grandson has been an avid NASCAR fan since he was three years old. When Bill was tired of playing on the floor he put him in his lap saying, “Let’s watch the cars go around. Which one will we…
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St. Croix is the largest of the U.S. Virgin Islands and has fewer tourists than her busy neighbors St. Thomas and St. John. Besides the usual pleasantries of Island paradises like snorkeling in translucent waters, spying on tropical fishes…
Continue readingMary Frances Leach Radius (July 15, 1919-November 20, 2015) devoted to her family, her belief in the power of education, and the tenets of our great country, passed away peacefully in her sleep this morning. She has requested to be…
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We had the great fun of being at Texas Motor Speedway for Jeff Gordon’s Last Rodeo…his final race at TMS before retiring this year. And what an event! TMS had signs everywhere honoring Gordon, who had won the previous week…
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My husband, daughter and I recently had the occasion of being in Los Angeles together and when I asked, “Rachel, what would you like to do”? Her reply was, “I want to visit Universal Studios”. Jay (husband) and I have…
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Lots happening with the Mountain Gorillas. One day after FAB’s publicaton of Fyllis Hockman’s blog, Trekking Mountain Gorillas in Uganda, NPR published Alexandra Starr’s, Congolese Activists Honored for Fighting Oil Exploration in Virunga National Park. In her article, Ms. Starr…
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The eight of us huddled together, warned repeatedly to stay close and keep quiet. A soft cough escaped from one of our party and the guide looked immediately askance. Coughing and sneezing were very much frowned upon. If you’re scraped…
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Austin Texas has lots of cool stuff…UT, tallest state capitol, Barton Springs, worst traffic (OK that’s not so cool) and Trucklandia. Truck…what? Trucklandia, the largest food truck festival in the world, opened their trailer windows and handed out samples of…
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Queens, the largest of NYC’s five boroughs by size, is home to over 2.3 million people, which would make it the fourth largest city in the U.S. if it were not part of NYC. Queens’ melting pot boasts a brew of…
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To many people, Monticello and Charlottesville, Virginia are synonymous. Indeed, even more than his famous home, the presence of Thomas Jefferson, the Man, can be felt throughout the quiet college town, about a three-hour drive from Washington, D.C. For any…
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By contrast to most tours, we went on our own to Spain and chose not to spend time in the largest cities of Madrid and Barcelona but to tour the historic sites of fabled ancient cities of Toledo, Granada, and…
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When I first saw Jason deCaires Taylor’s sculpture, The Rising Tide, I was godsmacked! For all you Yanks out there, godsmacked is British slang. To translate into the American lexicon, it means astounded. The way the sculptures seemingly rise up…
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The drive through the Trossachs National Park along Lake Lomond is beautiful with hills rolling in light green grass, and many of them had thick forests of evergreens and deciduous trees. This is picturesque countryside. We stopped along the way…
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Sure, we are all now accustomed to hotel rooms admonishing us to leave the towels on the rack so they can be reused. And occasionally, we come across two waste baskets in the room, one for recycling paper. And we…
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I was contacted a few months ago by the PR firm representing Nova Star Cruises, a large car and passenger cruise ferry that was scheduled to begin service between Portland, Maine & Yarmouth, Nova Scotia on June 1st. Was I…
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