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Oconee County, SC – 7 Great Reasons to Visit
At the 2017 Society of American Travel Writers conference in Portland, Oregon I had the pleasure of meeting with Ken Sloan, tourism rep for Oconee County, South Carolina. He showed me enough about the county and was so genuine in his belief about its rightful place as a top tourist destination, that I decided to […]
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Spirit Culinary Excursions & Chef Shirley Lang
One of the great benefits of being a travel writer is that you sometimes get, for free, experiences that others are willing to shell out serious money to participate in. Such was the case at the recent TMAC conference in Victoria when I got to spend a day on a Pacific Ocean Dining Immersion put […]
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Brookgreen Gardens – A Sculptural Masterpiece
It was over twenty years ago that Alison and I first visited Brookgreen Gardens in Murrell’s Inlet, just south of Myrtle Beach. We did it more by chance than planning as we were headed south on U.S.17 for our annual sojourn to Sanibel, Florida and came across this impressive sculpture at the entrance and decided […]
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Jamestown Settlement – History Comes Alive
You might be tempted to think that the phrase “Where History Comes Alive” is just a bit overused in the context of historical recreations and to a certain extent that is true. But those concerns definitely don’t apply to Jamestown Settlement where historical accuracy, knowledgable re-enactors and a great location on the James River really […]
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Wildwater Rafting on the Chattooga River
Alison and I are in Oconee County, South Carolina at the invitation of Ken Sloan, the county’s director of everything related to tourism and man, does he have a great product to showcase. Oconee is the state’s westernmost county and the highest in elevation. When most people think of visiting South Carolina the first things […]
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National Constitution Center in Philadelphia
This is the third of four posts I am writing about Alison’s and my visit to the great city of Philadelphia, which has long been on our ‘must do more than drive by’ list for years. The first was on Longwood Gardens which anyone with the remotest interest in horticulture must visit at least once in […]
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Embera Indigenous Village, Panama
My visit to Panama continues with a completely different experience from the half crossing of the Panama Canal which was an example of hyper modernity with the largest ships in the world moving massive amounts of products from one continent to another. In this post I go in the opposite direction. The interaction between the […]
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Huntington Beach State Park
When most people think of going to Myrtle Beach, they are planning to play golf, sun bathe and swim on the Strand and enjoy some great seafood or barbecue. But let’s face it, at the height of tourist season Myrtle Beach can be pretty crowded, hectic and to be honest, a bit over commercialized. There […]
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Disney Magnolia Course – Not Mickey Mouse
I first played the Disney Magnolia Golf Course almost forty-two years ago to the day when I returned to play it last week. On the first occasion I was there with three other friends celebrating our graduation from law school. When I returned it was to celebrate my retirement from active practice. Won’t you join […]
From the road
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April 20th, 2023
I’ve had a bad case of writer’s block since getting back from Southeast Asia, but I did finish this post on the fan… https://t.co/HoJjP4jeha
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April 12th, 2023
One of the main reasons to visit the Galapagos is to see the giant tortoises. This latest post explains where you c… https://t.co/mQ8PWha8j3
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April 11th, 2023
Spring is very late this year so it’s nice to see the crocuses finally show up. https://t.co/7HD6wvsEJ6
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April 9th, 2023
Sunday morning is a good time to reflect back on another Sunday in Reading, England which I wrote about here:… https://t.co/EJ4Is2NSqz