Thar’s a hurricane (or two) ‘a coming, which doesn’t bode well for anyone hitting the East Coast this Labor Day Weekend for one more splash in the ocean or dip in the pool before school begins and fall sets in. Hotel guests hunker down to ride out Earl As tourists flee Earl, surfers run the other way ‘My Name Is Earl’ puts cloud over Twitter-land Gulf, East Coast have distinct ...
There’s no time to be nervous. The children charge ahead up the 32-foot ladder, squeezing through a narrow, 12-foot tunnel, walking in toeholds carved into dusty sandstone. Imagine if you could only get into your office or house via toeholds carved into rock. Imagine cooking by tossing a hot rock into a waterproofed basket filled with stew fixings and grinding corn with a rock. Imagine living with your family in small stone rooms. Imagine no ...
Royal Gorge Bridge Since 1929, more than 23 million visitors and thousands of dogs have walked across Royal Gorge Bridge, the world’s highest suspension bridge in Canon City, Colo. For the adventure traveler, there’s nowhere else in the world you can be suspended higher, soar longer or travel steeper than by riding the Royal Rush Skycoaster situated in the park. There are kennels at the entrance to the park where you can safely leave your pet ...
The Fairmont Copley Plaza Boston Tel: 617 267 5300 Rooms begin at $229, plus $25 per pet per night; Canine Adventure package $269 5. Thelma & Louise, Guyana Toucanets JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort, Palm Desert, Calif. A tiny squawking is common in a hotel lobby, but usually, it’s over the bill. Not so at the 884-room JW Marriott Desert Springs Resort near Palm Springs , where Thelma and Louise, a pair of Guyana toucanets, lead the chorus of 13 birds who ...
COLOGNE, Germany — There’s nothing like having someone live with you for a year to forge a lifelong friendship. But you cannot just drop by for coffee when that person lives across the Atlantic Ocean. My husband and I hosted German au pairs for seven years to care for our three children. And from the moment we quit hiring au pairs, Duncan and I began plotting to get our children overseas to see them and learn ...
DALLAS — Fried food fans looking to feast at this year’s State Fair of Texas will have to bring an ID along with their appetite. Strange foods at say fairs From deep-fried pig ears to mealworm-covered candied apples, say fairs offer up some of America’s strangest food. Full story Pig wrestling nixed after porkers elude capture Hold on to your hearts: It’s deep-fried butter! Fair ...
Writes Bill Briggs: You jump, yelp and quake. You hug tighter and breathe harder. Then, you giggle it all away. The hormonal storm that cascades through your body before, during and after a frightfully fun moment is – as haunted house artist Timothy Haskell likes to say – “a beautiful pathos.” “It’s a complete journey from anticipation to anxiety to experiencing the fear and having the adrenaline rush to coming down afterward,” states Haskell, an Off-Broadway director whose latest ghostly ...
Matthew Lambert is on a mission. Making the 40-minute drive between his home in West Knoxville, Tenn., and the Dollywood theme park in Pigeon Forge a couple times a month, he needs to notch a few more rides on Thunderhead, the park’s 100-foot-high, 55-mph roller coaster. “I’m at 1,991 times,” he said. “I’ve got nine to go to make 2,000.” In fact, by the time you read this, he may very well be starting down ...
Finally, we are off! The 32-foot Winnebago RV is stocked with every variety of food from Costco, as well as toys, games, movies, pillows, sheets, towels, special “blankies,” and stuffed animals, along with two kids, 5 and 7, two parents and me. “The most awesome day of my life,” declares my 8-year-old cousin Ethan Sitzman who pronounces the RV “so much funner” than a road trip in the family SUV. I’ll say. Our ...
MORRISON, Colo. — Tiny Town is reopening but its train will not begin running until next week. The small train at the children’s amusement park west of Denver derailed Wednesday. State officials are investigating whether operator error is to blame. The say labor department states initial information indicates the engineer of the train at Tiny Town accelerated rather than braked on a turn. Agency spokeswoman Cher Haavind states the say is conducting a joint investigation ...