Tag Archives: Travel

Misfits in Sedona.

Posted on April 15, 2023 by polloplayer

When I was mapping out our Grand Canyon trip, I spied Sedona to the southeast, conveniently not too far out of the way for returning to the Phoenix airport, and thought hey, why not tack on a few days? After … Continue reading →

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The Road to Enchantment: Sedona

Posted on April 8, 2023 by polloplayer

We took one last fond close-up at the Grand Canyon and then drove east, pleased to discover that the road spooned along the Canyon for miles, giving us many memorable last looks. Finally we began to wind south and then … Continue reading →

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Really, Truly, So Incredibly Grand!

Posted on April 1, 2023 by polloplayer

We’d probably gazed at it a dozen times from 33,000 feet above, each time with a firm declaration that “next year we have to go visit”. Decades later we still had not been to the Grand Canyon. If there was … Continue reading →

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On the road again.

Posted on March 25, 2023 by polloplayer

The CE is indisputably a man of great valor. But just as Superman had his kryptonite and Samson his fear of shears, I have but to utter four little words to strike terror into my husband’s heart: “I have an … Continue reading →

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Only one way to roll in Maine.

Posted on December 17, 2022 by polloplayer

You guessed it. Lobster roll! We checked in at Cape Elizabeth’s lovely Inn by the Sea and headed straight to their Sea Glass restaurant for dinner. Our first Maine lobster roll! But not our last… Next morning we took the … Continue reading →

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“Worst weather in the world”

Posted on December 10, 2022 by polloplayer

Well if that’s not a vacation draw, I don’t know what is. Who wouldn’t want to head straight for the “worst weather in the world”, right? If I had to plan all over again I think I would have routed … Continue reading →

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Solving for pie…

Posted on December 3, 2022 by polloplayer

The most pressing question on our road trips is not the calculation of distance from Point A to Point B, but from Point A to “WHERE DO WE HAVE LUNCH”? We said farewell to the Berkshires, heading east and then … Continue reading →

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Her House of Mirth.

Posted on November 26, 2022 by polloplayer

We have a thing for author pilgrimages. We tromped to Asheville, N.C. to visit Thomas Wolfe’s home (so central to his masterpiece Look Homeward, Angel); to Key West to visit Ernest Hemingway’s home and his six-toed cats (we also followed … Continue reading →

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Living the Gilded Age Dream.

Posted on November 19, 2022 by polloplayer

Those robber baron millionaires of the late nineteenth century left plenty of evidence of their beautiful excesses – there are the “cottages” at Newport, R.I., the Vanderbilt “Biltmore” monstrosity in Asheville, N.C., and any number of Manhattan mansions long since … Continue reading →

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A Thoreau-ly lovely afternoon.

Posted on November 12, 2022 by polloplayer

When I planned our trip, I pictured that Sunday stretching out endlessly before us. Surely we would take in every historical and natural amazement between Boston and our destination in the Berkshires. But somehow we had frittered away the morning…hey, … Continue reading →

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