Spring break The cold follows us 3 Mar 200911 May 2009 I had feared that Myrtle Beach would be another Niagara Falls or, worse, Wisconsin Dells. It’s actually more like Banff – touristy as all get out but enough natural beauty…
Spring break The devolution of a vacation 8 Mar 200811 May 2009 THURSDAY Remark to Melani that this is first vacation in years during which we did not eat at a diner. FRIDAY 7:30 a.m. Get up. Admire ocean. Shower. Admire rain…
Spring break Plantations 6 Mar 200811 May 2009 This morning on our way into Charleston, we met Zan the taxi driver. He played basketball for George Williams (is that right? The old Concordia) from 1973-75. He drove a…
Spring break Cadillac 5 Mar 200811 May 2009 We spent today in Charleston, researching a travel story I’m attempting to write and just doing some general sightseeing. It’s chilly now, but it was hot during the day and…
Spring break The metal tubes 4 Mar 200811 May 2009 I was wrong when I called it a bus with wings. It was a hallway with propellers. I did not like it: I was happy to see that our plane…
Spring break Spring break, no children 4 Mar 200811 May 2009 March 3, 10:30 p.m. Watching the lineup at the bus station, Melani says: "You know, you can always divide the people going to New York pretty clearly." "The hipsters and the…
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