Three Days in Anchorage
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With a backdrop of the Chugach Mountains, the waters of the Cook Inlet at its doorstep and 21.5 hours of daylight, we were looking forward to exploring Anchorage, Alaska’s largest city.
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Discovering the Lost City Museum - Overton Nevada
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One thing always leads to another with us. I wrote a blog about our shrinking Lake Mead and learned about St. Thomas, the ghost town that had emerged again when Lake Mead’s level drastically declined. As a result, we decided to visit St. Thomas. While at the ghost town, we learned about the Old Arrowhead Trail, the first all-weather autoroute from Salt Lake City to Los Angeles. A section of it (~6 miles) travels through Valley of Fire State Park, so we decided to find it. While researching the trail, I learned about The Lost City Museum in Overton and then… yup, a visit to the museum was on our radar.
Read MoreMaggie L. Walker National Historic Site
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While we were in Richmond visiting Brennan and Hannah this past December, we visited the Maggie L. Walker National Historic Site. Like us, our kids enjoy National Park sites. Also like us, and maybe like you, we had no idea who Maggie L. Walker was and why she would merit a national historic site dedicated to her. We were interested in finding out.
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