Tag: travel
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Quick Escape
Come to think of it,don’t we all need a quick escape? Our friends Chris and Christie have three boys. Brennan and Marshall were in middle and high school and Connor was an infant when we began regular weekend trips to coastal Alabama. Our first trip was prompted by an exchange-student program that Brennan’s school participated…
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Heroism in Kilbaha
Come to think of it, everyone wants a hero in the family tree Admit it! You want a hero in your family tree. Someone “out where the lightning splits the sea, … a streetwise Hercules to fight the rising odds,” at least according to Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, who belted out “Holding Out for a…
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Listening to Strength
Come to think of it, uncommon strength is often born under duress. Somewhere on Generals Highway, above the breath-defying switchbacks that rise more than 2,000 feet into Sequoia National Park from Hospital Rock, and beyond the intersection of Big Trees Trail and Little Deer Creek, I was overwhelmed by the massive dignity of a singular…