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Category Archives: Destinations
Destinations – Asheville: Sierra Nevada Brewing Co.’s eastern home to-be
Chicoans may find this post in my main blog (“Planes, Trains, and Running”) interesting. Click here to see the post.
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Car rental – Hertz now has a Fort Bragg location (and what that means for Chicoans)
Hertz now has a car rental office in Fort Bragg. The location is conveniently situated at the south end of downtown at the corner of Franklin and Chestnut in quarters it shares with Sport Chrysler Dodge. (The location is owned, … Continue reading
Destinations – Lassen Volcanic National Park’s Paradise Meadow
Every spring you can count on seeing articles in newspaper travel sections, AAA’s VIA magazine, Sunset, and other similar publications about how rugged and pretty Lassen National Park is, that the number of visitors is very small, and why you … Continue reading
Running – 2010 Mt. Ashland Hillclimb Run
Since 2001 I’ve made a trip to Ashland, Ore. at least once a year, usually more often. And somewhere over the years I became aware of a race that seemed challenging, to say the least: the Mt. Ashland Hillclimb Run. … Continue reading
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Tagged Ashland, half marathon, Mt. Ashland Hillclimb Run, Running, Standing Stone Brewing
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Destinations – Chicago, my kind of town
My partner Keith’s 40th high school reunion provided the reason for a recent 5-day trip to the Windy City, the Second City, the toddling town, the city of broad shoulders, all of which are names for the place otherwise known … Continue reading
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Tagged Chicago, Chicago Transit Authority, Chicago Water Taxi, CTA, Gino's East, Lou Malnati's, Metra, Millenium Park, Pancake House, Santiago Calatrava, Southwest Airlines, Zachary's
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Destinations – CityCenter in Las Vegas
Las Vegas is like an insect that sheds its skin every now and then, to become a shiny new creature. Granted, it doesn’t lose everything it had before, but when it embarks on a significant new direction sometimes even the … Continue reading
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Tagged Aria, CityCenter, Crystals, Las Vegas, Mandarin Oriental, Vdara
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Lodging – But where will my car sleep?
When you’re traveling to a big city do you take into account hotel parking charges? You should. We’ll take a look at San Francisco because it’s the Big City that most people in northern California regularly visit. But the lesson … Continue reading
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Tagged hotel, parking, San Francisco
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Destinations – three hikes in Lassen National Park
At first I was going to title this “Hiking in America’s Secret National Park” but then I thought that was baiting the hook too richly. But those of you who’ve been to Lassen National Park know what I mean. I’ve … Continue reading
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Tagged Brokeoff Mountain, hiking, Juniper Lake, Lassen, Lassen National Park
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Destinations – Mill Creek Resort
Ever had a place you really liked but were reluctant to tell other people about for fear it would become popular and then you would ultimately suffer? You know, reservations become hard to get, prices go up, and trendy-as-heck people … Continue reading
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Tagged Lassen, Lassen National Park, Mill Creek, Mill Creek Resort
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Alameda’s Crosstown Coffeehouse – an end and a beginning
My first impulse was to title this post “Requiem for a Coffeehouse” but I concluded that was both too somber and, I hope, not really accurate. Last autumn I mentioned the Crosstown Coffeehouse in the first of two posts about … Continue reading