Category Archives: Destination Spotlight

Photo essay of a particular place.

Ohiopyle State Park Located in southwestern Pennsylvania, roughly an hour south of Pittsburgh, Ohiopyle State Park is an outdoor paradise for active types. Long distant hikers can tackle the 70 mile Laurel Highlands Trail to Conemaugh Gorge. Mountain bikers can fly down rugged technical terrain on challenging singletrack. Cyclists can pedal the Great Allengheny Passage […]

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Sitting on a long dock extending over Caddo Lake, I’m listening to music on my phone. Actually, just one song. The Eagles’ old hit, Seven Bridges Road. (Listen here.) The moving melody of their acapella harmonies give me chills. Somehow it fits this haunting landscape. Like the person featured in the song, I, too, had […]

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Visit Dunfermline…and walk in the shadows of royalty.   Once upon a time, in the Kingdom of Fife, people visited Dunfermline to see the king.          Or, more frequently, the queen. THIS is where Kings & Queens ruled and raised heirs for future thrones. And where monarchs built their palace inside Scotland’s […]

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Part 2 Our hiking adventure continues on Scotland’s Fife Coastal Path…a long distance trail meandering along scenic shores curving around the North Sea. It passes through 29 picturesque villages on the eastern coast, stretching 117 miles between Kincardine and Newburgh, across from Dundee.   My daughter and I spent 4 days hiking and exploring sights […]

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Traveling to Scotland and looking for hiking recommendations? The Isle of Skye and the Scottish Highlands tend to get all the glory. Yes, those rugged mountain peaks and bizarre formations rightfully deserve the praise and should be explored. But…what if you’re in the mood for a more leisurely pace? Perhaps an inn-to-inn trail along a […]

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