Category: ADVENTURES
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THE LOST GIRLS
“The guidebook says this this is Charleton Lake,” I yell ahead to my mom and sister. “Let’s take our break here.” My mom and sister shout back their agreement. Smiles are sparse today. We’ve been scratching our heads for 5 miles over the snow-covered trail, orienting ourselves by constantly consulting our guidebook, topographic maps, and…
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SPIRITUAL OASIS FOR ONE? YES, PLEASE!
This tiny Mexican seacoast town turned our writer’s burned out funk into a inspired mind set. Follow along as she rediscovers wonder in the simple things.
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CHECKLIST FOR INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL
I was 16 years old when I first crossed the Atlantic. Headed to Florence, Italy, I visited my sister studying abroad there. It was marvelous. My sister planned my entire time, as she’d been there for the past few months. She toured my dad and I around with ease, relaying the knowledge that she’d learned…
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A CONVERSATION WITH TINA WONG
Tina Wong is a hospital administrator by day, and a food-and-travel photographer-blogger by night. This New Yorker finds a way to feed her soul–and her work-a-day self–by exploring her creative side. We asked Tina to be our first profile for Second Chance Travels. Be sure to follow Tina’s website and social media channels. You can…
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THE FIRE AND ICE WITHIN
A slant of light pours through a flannel-like cloud, spotlighting an iceberg the size of a Mac truck. Its crusty opaque edges surround a grizzled cerulean face wrinkled with lines of gray ash. Floating in a silent lake, the ice moves among thousands of other frozen chunks of varying size, some stretching out like a…
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BUCKING OUT OF TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS
You may have been to a rodeo before, and that’s good. Here’s one that will buck you out of your comfort zone: the Angola Prison Rodeo. Yes, prison. Why would you want to go to a prison? Well, curiosity for one reason. I’d never been on a prison ground before. And this one, the largest prison in…
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THE GREENBRIER ABOVE WATER
I recently spent three days at the fabled Greenbrier Hotel. The showers ran cold, the elevators were out, and I wound up sitting on the hallway floor eating a soggy salad from a takeout container and drinking red wine from a paper cup. Yet I learned more about hospitality from my stay than I have…
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THE GREENBRIER ABOVE WATER
I recently spent three days at the fabled Greenbrier Hotel. The showers ran cold, the elevators were out, and I wound up sitting on the hallway floor eating a soggy salad from a takeout container and drinking red wine from a paper cup. Yet I learned more about hospitality from my stay than I have…