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Pacing the bridge.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 12 August 2010
Back in my TV days, there was rarely a notice of any sort of week gone by where we didn’t hear something along the lines of “yep, barge hit the Highway 82 bridge at Greenville again.” Usually this was followed by the line “and the
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Restoring an Antebellum Wonder.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 11 August 2010
I’ve heard a good deal about the restoration at Lakeport Plantation over time. Have you? Maybe not. I tend to seek out these sort of things, though, so I can share them with you.
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Road Trip Visits Mark Twain in MO
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 28 July 2010
See where The Great American Road Trip 7-2010 has been in a larger map. The Great American Road Trip Destination: Missouri Book: Pudd’nhead Wilson by Mark Twain, in The Library of America Edition Mark Twain, who captured America like no other American writer, wandered the globe and lived abroad nearly as many years as he [...]This content is a post from: A Traveler's Library To comment on this post or search for related information, click on the link to A Traveler's Library
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Road Trip Travelers Meet Faulkner in Mississippi
Blog: A Traveler's Library - 7 July 2010
The Great American Road Trip Destination: Mississippi Author: William Faulkner THE CORN SHUCKER’S COUNTRY A Guest Post by Paul William Kaser To understand the world you must first understand a place like Mississippi.
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Why you should go to the Gulf Coast
Blog: Lonely Planet blog - 28 June 2010
I returned from my research trip to the Florida Gulf Coast a week ago, and walking its gorgeous white-sand beaches (and splashing in the blue water offshore) felt like something of a farewell to me, as I said in this video shot in Panama City Beach: Turns out, oil has splashed ashore some of these beaches [...]
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76-Second Travel Show: ‘How to be a hobo’
Blog: Lonely Planet blog - 27 April 2010
On a roadtrip across the USA’s thrilling (and often misunderstood) South recently, I had the pleasure of chit-chatting with hoboes around a campfire beside the Frisco steam engine that brought Franklin Roosevelt to Amory, Mississippi before WWII — the only active president to visit the one-time busy train hub, and the only honored Democrat in [...]
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76-Second Travel Show: 'Hobo Packing Tips'
Blog: REID ON TRAVEL - 27 April 2010
Episode #031F E A T U R I N G * 5 7 * B O N U S * S E C O N D SDid you know hoboes meet every August at a National Hobo Convention in Britt, Iowa and vote on a hobo king and queen? Some call this 'fauxbo' -- for more hobo outsiders than the real deal. For that you'll still find folks riding the rails on/off the Burlington line -- and at hobo gatherings like the one recently in Amory, Mississippi.
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To Infinity and Beyond.
Blog: Tie Dye Travels - 23 March 2010
Paula Deen’s buffet just goes on and on and on and on.I’ve had so many readers ask me about the gargantuan buffet over at Harrah’s Tunica, I figured it was worth a check-out.
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Solo travel, Cheap Eats and the Blues Highway
Blog: Solo Traveler - 24 February 2010
When I solo travel, I prefer to spend less on food and more on doing things. But I still like to eat well. Here are some recommendations for cheap and cheerful eating spots on the Blues highway. This is just a summary. To read the entire article, please click on the title above. If you enjoy this blog, please lend your support by forwarding this email to friends. Thanks, Janice
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Elvis’ 75th Birthday
Blog: Lonely Planet blog - 6 January 2010
The modern-day Presley Traveler will want to hit the road this year. Elvis’ 75th birthday is January 8 and events around the USA are planning on bigger cakes than usual. For starters, here are a few worthy clips to review along with the top Elvis (or ‘fake Elvis’) attractions around the country. YouTube videos worth seeing: Why [...]
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