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Beaches & Coasts

Santa Monica California

March 27, 2022 Leave a Comment

Santa Monica California is a beachfront city in the western part of Los Angeles County. It is an easy day trip from Los Angeles via a 45-minute metro ride. Or, you can do what we did, drive there and spend the night. Not only is it a lovely city but it is also the end […]

Filed Under: Beaches & Coasts, Featured-City, Santa Monica Tagged With: Bergamot Station, Water Grill

Fort Myers Florida

February 27, 2022 Leave a Comment

Fort Meyers Florida is on Florida’s west coast. In addition to having many water/beach-based activities, it is the gateway to a stretch of islands including Sanibel and Captiva Islands. As we are not beach or water people, we can’t say that we particularly enjoy this area. But we periodically visit family in the area. Besides, […]

Filed Under: Activities, Beaches & Coasts, Dining, Featured-City, Florida, Fort Myers, Hiking, Key West, Museums, Naples, Nature & Hiking, Restaurants Tagged With: Edison and Ford Winter Estates, Everglades Air Boat Tours, Gordon River Greenery, Key West Express, Six Mile Cypress Slough, Swan River Seafood Restaurant, USS Nemo

Lizard Island Australia

December 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Another wonderful memory. Until we can travel again. We came to Australia’s Barrier Reef primarily to revisit one of the most memorial places and magical places we have ever visited: Lizard Island. To get there, we had to take a small plane from Cairns. Flying to Lizard Island What a hardship…to spend one hour trapped […]

Filed Under: Australia, Beaches & Coasts, Featured-City, Hotels, Lizard Island Tagged With: Cod Hole, Great Barrier Reef, Heron Island, Lizard Island, Wilson Island

Feeding Lizard Island Guests

November 17, 2016 Leave a Comment

At Lizard Island, in the Great Barrier Reef of Australia, the coral, fish, clams, and turtles all find a way of feeding themselves. Guests count on Lizard Island’s world-class chef, Mark Jenson, to feed us (all food and many wines are included in the daily rate). We were not disappointed. While menus changed on a […]

Filed Under: Activities, Australia, Beaches & Coasts, Destinations, Dining, Featured-City, Food & Wine, Great Barrier Reef, Lizard Island, Travel Tagged With: Great Barrier Reef

Lizard Island Australia

December 18, 2020 Leave a Comment

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Our day snorkeling trip to the outer part of the Great Barrier Reef from Port Douglas was great, but we came to Australia’s Barrier Reef primarily to revisit one of the most memorial places and magical places we have ever visited: Lizard Island. To get there, we had to take a small plane from Cairns. […]

Filed Under: Australia, Beaches & Coasts, Featured-City, Hotels, Lizard Island Tagged With: Cod Hole, Great Barrier Reef, Heron Island, Lizard Island, Wilson Island

A Return to Monhegan Island Maine

November 15, 2021 Leave a Comment

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Updated 2021 Monhegan Island is a roughly one-square-mile island in Maine is about nine miles off of the Maine coast. It is a rustic artist and tourist paradise with beautiful views and hiking trails that climb most of the 200-foot bluffs that overlook the ocean. While one can stay on the island, we generally go […]

Filed Under: Beaches & Coasts, Featured-City, Featured-Trips, Maine, Mohegan Island, Nature & Hiking, Sightseeing Tagged With: Maine, nature

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