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    <title>Travel News for Richmond Times-Dispatch</title>
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          <title>First day of holiday travel goes smoothly in Va.</title>
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RICHMOND, Va.&#8212;Thanksgiving holiday travelers were on a roll in Virginia yesterday. &#8220;It&#8217;s been a really quiet day,&#8220; said the Virginia Department of Transportation&#8217;s Britt Drewes. &#8220;Knock on wood [that] it lasts like that the entire weekend.&#8220; The travel organization AAA has projected that 1.5 million Virginians will be traveling 50 miles or more from home during the Thanksgiving weekend, most of them traveling by car.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:01:12 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Photographers capture glories of Virginia&#8217;s beauty</title>
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From the Chesapeake Bay on the Eastern Shore to Rhododendron Gap in the far western part of the state, photographers in the Scenic Virginia 2009 Viewshed Photo Competition captured the diversity and breathtaking vistas of Virginia&#8217;s landscape. &#8220;For the second year in a row, we were thrilled that photographers captured the depth and breadth of beauty that exists in our commonwealth,&#8220; said Scenic Virginia Executive Director Leighton Powell. &#8220;Imbued with deep, gorgeous colors, this year&#8217;s winning photos are spectacular&#8212;I&#8217;d even say dramatic. They celebrate the richness of Virginia&#8217;s beauty and remind us why we&#8217;re so lucky to call it our home.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01:55 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Your Best Shot: Rio&#8217;s famous beach</title>
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While in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, this summer, Cathy Surowka of Richmond took this photo of the Copacabana Beach and the famous black-and-white swirl sidewalk. Sugar Loaf Mountain is the large mountain to the right. &#8220;From the top of Sugar Loaf, you can see breathtaking views of this famous beach,&#8220; she said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01:27 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Gear and gadgets</title>
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GEAR &amp; GADGETS Be the life of the tailgate party with everything you need (but the food) to cook up a big feast before or after the game&#8212;or anywhere. Stashed inside a zippered 24-by-14-by-12-inch-deep nylon bag are a covered propane gas grill (including regulator); stainless-steel barbecue fork, knife, spatula and tongs; stainless-steel salt and pepper shakers; a cooking mitt; and a bottle opener. The foil-lined thermal compartment that stores the grill can be used separately as a cooler. An end panel holds two, 1-pound propane cylinders (not included). Now, who&#8217;s got the beer?           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Holiday travel numbers are expected to be up</title>
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Thanksgiving travel is expected to rebound from the recession this holiday, AAA says. The number of Virginians traveling by car, bus, train or airplane during the Thanksgiving holiday weekend is expected to increase about 3 percent over last year, the AAA travel organization said yesterday. In the state, about 1.5 million Virginians will be traveling 50 miles or more away from home Wednesday through Nov. 29.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:01:13 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Don&#8217;t overlook what Arlington has to offer</title>
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Because Arlington County sits across the Potomac River from Washington, many visitors bypass this eclectic corridor on their way to the nation&#8217;s capital. That&#8217;s an oversight you don&#8217;t want to make. Arlington offers everything from biking along the George Washington Parkway to salsa dancing in Clarendon, one of 11 urban villages that have sprung up around Arlington&#8217;s Metro stops.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:01:41 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Travel briefs</title>
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BOISE, Idaho - A human-rights memorial will receive a sapling grafted from the chestnut tree that grew outside the secret annex in Amsterdam where Holocaust victim Anne Frank hid from the Nazis. The 3-foot sapling is to be quarantined at a Boise tree nursery for two years before it&#8217;s planted at the Anne Frank Human Rights Memorial. The Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam, in cooperation with the Anne Frank Center USA in New York, took applications from dozens of U.S. institutions interested in getting a sapling from the 150-year-old chestnut tree.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:01:31 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Your Best Shot: Southwest beauty</title>
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Laura Goetz of Henrico County was vacationing in Arizona recently with a best friend from childhood. This scenic view was captured from a small hill on Upper Red Rock Loop in Sedona &#8220;as the light was beginning to change towards sunset,&#8220; she said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:01:29 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Gear and Gadgets</title>
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GEAR &amp; GADGETS Tired feet, take heart. Spare Souls have come to the rescue. The featherweight foldable flats slip on for relief from high heels, as airplane or hotel slippers, or as a comfy alternative for dining or dancing. Available in a range of colors and patterns, from satiny black to leopard print, the stretchy flats have waterproof, skid-resistant soles and bows for a dress-up look. They come in a matching wrist pouch (also with a bow) that can double as an evening purse.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:24:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>ButtonedUp: Preparing for stress&#45;free holiday travel</title>
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The holidays are upon us, which means tens of millions of Americans will soon be taking to the skies, rails and roads. An estimated 41 million people took a trip last Thanksgiving, even with record-high gas and fare prices. With airfare costs expected to be down between 10 percent and 25 percent, we may see up to 50 million people traveling this holiday season. If you&#8217;re planning on being one of them, you can avoid the stress and headaches by organizing your travel plans now - before the big crunch.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Soviet traces remain Moscow after U.S.S.R.&#8216;s demise</title>
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MOSCOW Tourists at the souvenir stands on the edge of Red Square smirk and chuckle as they buy T-shirts emblazoned with Lenin&#8217;s glowering visage and Soviet propaganda posters. But 20 years ago, the Soviet Union was no joke. For a history-minded visitor, Moscow may be one of the world&#8217;s most challenging destinations. In a city now full of consumer goods, one of the hardest things to find is a sense of how bleak life was under the hammer and sickle.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:01:25 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Tours of escape tunnels mark Berlin Wall history</title>
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BERLIN When the East German government built the Berlin Wall in 1961 to prevent its citizens from leaving, the regime failed to account for the ingenuity and creativity of those willing to risk anything to escape the communist system. While some flew over the barrier in hot air balloons, others sailed far around it across the Baltic Sea and still others snuck across, hidden in secret compartments in cars.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:01:15 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Your Best Shot: &#8216;Fire&#8217; and ice in Alaska</title>
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While on a trip to Alaska, Gary R. Zeevi of Manakin-Sabot was near Juneau when he saw this. &#8220;The view is of a field with &#8216;fireweed&#8217; in the foreground and the Mendenhall Glacier in the center of the background,&#8220; Zeevi said. &#8220;The glacier dominates the Juneau area and gives rise to a beautiful glacier lake.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:01:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Travel notes</title>
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WASHINGTON&#8212;Photographer Mark Sloan is known for his work documenting circus and sideshow history, and in &#8220;The Rarest of the Rare: Stories Behind the Treasures at the Harvard Museum of Natural History,&#8220; at the National Academy of Sciences, 2100 C St. NW, Washington, on view through Jan. 7, it shows. Sloan, who lives in Charleston, S.C., went behind the scenes at the Harvard museum, which houses 21 million specimens including ants, tusks, meteorites, bird eggs, mollusk shells and gorgeous jaguar, cheetah and zebra hides.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Little&#45;known airline fees that tug at your wallet</title>
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ATLANTA You can make waves after your next flight on Allegiant Air, but it&#8217;s going to cost you extra to check your boogie board. The Las Vegas-based airline charges a $50 fee to check the rectangular piece of foam used by bodyboarding enthusiasts. Bowling balls, skateboards, and bows and arrows also will cost you a fee to check on Allegiant.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:01:49 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Low&#45;cost airlines all a&#45;Twitter with customers</title>
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A Seattle woman tweets from an airport that JetBlue&#8217;s birthday present to her was forgetting to put her wheelchair on her flight. Seven minutes later, an airline official tweets back that the crew will work quickly to make things right. On a Facebook page used by Delta Air Lines, a traveler suggests Delta wrap its Wi-Fi fee into its ticket price rather than charge separately. The airline doesn&#8217;t respond. The page mainly promotes the airline, talks up new services and offers travelers tips on popular things to do in the cities Delta flies to, such as Las Vegas.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:01:22 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Franciscan Monastery showcases Holy Land in D.C.</title>
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On a Christian pilgrimage with her church group, Kristin Toorop looks up to Calvary, and her eyes open wide. She listens as tour guide Gloria Harrington tells the story of where Christ was crucified, with Mary Magdalene kneeling at his feet. &#8220;I&#8217;m sure you recognize the scene of Jesus on the cross, between two thieves,&#8220; Harrington says, before leading the group to take a closer look. &#8220;Let&#8217;s go up to Calvary.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:01:20 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Whale&#45;watching time</title>
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It&#8217;s getting colder, which means it&#8217;s almost time for the humpback and fin whales to return to Virginia Beach. The Virginia Aquarium &amp; Marine Science Center offers 2-to-2&#189;-hour whale-watching boat trips from late December through mid-March. Each winter, the acrobatic humpback and fin whales can be seen diving, breaching, spyhopping and lobtailing off the coast. These massive creatures can weigh up to 70 tons, range up to 79 feet long and consume 1&#189; tons of food each day.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:01:04 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Your Best Shot: Celebrating Queen&#8217;s Day</title>
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&#8220;When planning for our spring trip to Europe, I decided that a visit to Holland to see the tulips in bloom definitely had to be included in our itinerary,&#8220; said Karen Raab of Henrico County. &#8220;My husband and daughter were thrilled to hear that the annual Queen&#8217;s Day festival would coincide with our trip dates and insisted that we make time to attend the event.&#8220;           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2009 00:01:03 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Colonial Williamsburg to offer Liberty Pass discounts</title>
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Starting Sunday, Colonial Williamsburg will offer discounts on purchases of four or more of its annual Liberty Passes. The discounted Liberty Passes also will be valid for as long as 14 months, so visitors can use them during this holiday season&#8217;s festivities, such as Colonial Williamsburg&#8217;s Grand Illumination on Dec. 6, as well as during all of 2010.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Local cemetery tours</title>
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Valentine Richmond History Center offers walking tours of Hollywood Cemetery on Mondays through Saturdays from 10 to 11:30 a.m. through Oct. 31. The cost is $10; $5 for members. For reservations, call (804) 649-0711.  Blandford Cemetery in Petersburg offers a walking tour that highlights some of the monuments and burial sites near Blandford Church as part of the church tour. Hourlong Halloween tours will be offered on Oct. 31 starting at 6 p.m. The cost is $7. For reservations, call (804) 733-2396.            ]]></description>
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          <title>Check out these famous cemeteries</title>
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Even if you don&#8217;t believe in ghosts, walking through a graveyard can be a little spooky - especially in autumn as the trees lose their leaves, flowers wither away and light fades in the late afternoon. But cemeteries can make fascinating destinations. Sometimes a few words on a tombstone can suggest a whole life story; sometimes you can find a famous name, a beautiful work of art, or landscaping worthy of a botanical garden.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Exchange rates</title>
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EXCHANGE RATES As of Oct. 21, 2009, one U.S.  dollar equals: Australia (Dollar).........................1.0804 Brazil (Real).........................1.7508 Britain (Pound).........................0.6019 Canada (Dollar).........................1.0492 China (Yuan).........................6.8302 Denmark (Krone).........................4.9702 Euro*.........................0.6674 Hong Kong (Dollar).........................7.7501 Israel (Shekel).........................3.7000 Japan (Yen).........................91.04 Mexico (Peso).........................12.9570 New Zealand (Dollar)...............1.3280 Singapore (Dollar).........................1.3928 South Africa (Rand).........................7.4183 Sweden (Krona).........................6.8681 Switzerland (Franc).........................1.0077 Thailand (Baht).........................33.44 Turkey (NewLira).........................1.4622 Venezuela (BolivarFuer)............2.1470           ]]></description>
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          <title>Your Best Shot: A tribute to the past</title>
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Bruce A. Yoder of Richmond was in California with his wife when he traveled to the Darioush Winery. &#8220;My wife, Deborah Love, serves on a national advisory board . . . that meets in Napa Valley, Calif., every August. I have the day to travel and take photos. This stately structure with its magnificent pillars and calming fountains was irresistible,&#8220; Yoder said. The Darioush Winery in Napa Valley is modeled after the ancient city of Persepolis in Iran. Darioush is a temple to wine, hospitality and founder Darioush Khaledi&#8217;s Persian roots, Yoder said.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:01:42 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Utah&#8217;s dinosaur bones</title>
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Local legend has it that cowboys, sheep herders and trappers long knew about the huge fossilized bones that regularly surfaced from the ancient rock underlying Utah&#8217;s dinosaur country. But not until steel magnate Andrew Carnegie learned of the bones did Vernal and the surrounding Ashley Valley get the nation&#8217;s attention 100 years ago. Now Vernal, a Western outpost whose wide streets are lined with energy, mining and agricultural businesses, makes a business of its bones. It&#8217;s home to a large dinosaur museum and is the base for a National Park Service site at a bone quarry Carnegie established in 1909.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 00:01:31 EST</pubDate>
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          <title>Travel Briefs</title>
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The Virginia War Memorial has organized a 10-day trip to England and France to honor the &#8220;greatest generation&#8221; of World War II. The trip will run from March 30 to April 8 and will start in London at Winston Churchill&#8217;s War Cabinet Rooms, proceed to Portsmouth, then Normandy, and conclude in Paris. For more details and an itinerary, go to www. vawarmemorial.org.           ]]></description>
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          <title>Telescope and views make mountaintop resort unique</title>
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It&#8217;s the views. Always the views. The scenic vistas that golfers, hunters, fishermen and others participating in the mountaintop experience that is Primland Resort are spectacular. Golfers on the first green of the award-winning Highlands Course stare at the Pinnacles of Dan. The Pinnacles stare back. On a clear day, you can see the North Carolina cities of Winston-Salem and Greensboro while smacking golf balls on the driving range. All over the golf course there are places where you stand awestruck by what you see, and I&#8217;m not talking about the three-tiered green on the par-5 13th hole.           ]]></description>
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Visitors to the Virginia Air &amp; Space Center can explore the universe and the search for life beyond our planet through &#8220;Alien Earth,&#8220; a traveling exhibit that will open Oct. 23. Through hands-on activities and multimedia components, guest can see how scientists use instruments in space and how galaxies, stars and planets are formed. Visitors will get a chance to create their own solar system and explore the birth of a star and its life cycle. They also will learn methods that scientists use to search for planets and the stars that they orbit.           ]]></description>
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Dick Crews of Chesterfield County saw this albino male deer in his backyard in the Salisbury subdivision in Midlothian. There are four albino deer in the area, one male and three females, Crews said. &#8220;The offspring of these deer are a natural brown.&#8220; Submit photos: Send your photo to Your Best Shot, Travel, Richmond Times-Dispatch, P.O. Box 85333, Richmond, VA 23293. Include your name, address, phone, e-mail and brief info about the scene. Photos also can be e-mailed to pclay@timesdispatch.com. If e-mailed, please use Your Best Shot in the subject field.           ]]></description>
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Less than a month after getting its license to offer gambling, the historic Greenbrier resort has opened the Tavern Casino, an onsite facility for guests with table games including blackjack, three-card poker and roulette. Slot machines will be added this month, followed by a full-scale casino opening in April. The casino will offer nearly 40 table games and 320 slot machines.           ]]></description>
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Betty Wright of Deltaville captured this view of Horseshoe Bend, where the Colorado River makes a meandering bend near Page, Ariz., in the Glen Canyon National Recreation Area. She said it&#8217;s &#8220;a short hike, but worth it!&#8220;&nbsp;  Submit photos: Send your photo to Your Best Shot, Travel, Richmond Times-Dispatch, P.O. Box 85333, Richmond, VA 23293. Include your name, address, phone, e-mail and brief info about the scene. Photos also can be e-mailed to pclay@timesdispatch.com. If e-mailed, please use Your Best Shot in the subject field.           ]]></description>
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HOUGHTON, Mich.&#8212;Applications are being accepted for the artist-in-residence program at Isle Royale National Park. The program is open to professional artists whose work can be inspired by the park&#8217;s character. The selected artist will be provided with a cabin and canoe to use while on the island. The program runs from mid-June to September and each residency is two to three weeks.           ]]></description>
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GEAR &amp; GADGETS Elmo&#8217;s Tickle Hands are a pair of big red fluffy four-fingered gloves that provide an extra pair of hands (sort of) to help little ones entertain themselves wherever they roam. One of the two gloves bears an Elmo face; pushing the nose activates a battery-powered mechanism that sets the glove vibrating and giggling as Elmo leads kids in the Tickle Hand Groove dance, then instructs them to &#8220;tickle someone.&#8220; Included DVD teaches the dance, step by step. The Tickle Hands make for a fun group activity, though probably not on a public conveyance or anywhere quiet is appreciated. Recommended for children ages 18 months to 4 years.&#8212;Judi Dash           ]]></description>
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YOUR BEST SHOT Enjoying the natural beauty &#8220;My wife and I visited Costa Rica for nine days in May,&#8220; said William H. Jones III of Midlothian. &#8220;One of our favorite places was the Springs Resort &amp; Spa in Arenal. The picture is from one of their 18 pools looking at the most active volcano in Central America.&#8220;&nbsp;  Submit photos: Send your photo to Your Best Shot, Travel, Richmond Times-Dispatch, P.O. Box 85333, Richmond, VA 23293. Include your name, address, phone, e-mail and brief info about the scene. Photos can be e-mailed to pclay@timesdispatch.com. If e-mailed, please use Your Best Shot in the subject field.            ]]></description>
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The wilderness and beauty of Montana Ellen J. Wolf and her husband went on a hiking vacation in Glacier National Park in Montana in June. She said they had not planned to hike in the Two Medicine area, but they were so eager, they &#8220;changed into our hiking clothes in the car, and for our first hike of the trip climbed 2,500 feet in 3 miles up the rugged scree on the side of the mountain,&#8220; the Richmond resident said. &#8220;About halfway up, we were rewarded with this view of Two Medicine Lake and Rising Wolf Mountain.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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The kids are back in school, and travel is likely the last thing on your mind. But it&#8217;s never too early to start scouting the best of those holiday airfare deals&#8212;which are now becoming more widespread and plentiful. Post-Labor Day sales are popping up among many major carriers, and at least one fare watcher thinks early might be the best time to buy. Before the fall, procrastination seemed to pay off: People were buying tickets later, and airlines were jumping to get fare sales in for last-minute deals. But as the economy improves and airlines can better predict passenger numbers, cheap near-term fares are going to be harder to come by, Travelzoo Senior Editor Gabe Saglie said.           ]]></description>
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If you want to see the White House decorated for Christmas in the first year of the Barack Obama administration, you might already be too late. Christmas is one of the more popular times to tour the home of the president. With requests accepted up to six months in advance, tour slots fill fast. The White House puts the tour list together on a first-come, first-served basis, and you won&#8217;t know whether you have tickets until about three weeks before the tour.           ]]></description>
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Experience some of Virginia&#8217;s leading vintners during the 13th annual Neptune Fall Wine Festival from noon to 5 p.m. next Saturday and Sunday. Virginia wines coupled with gourmet food, live music and specialty vendors are the order of the day against an oceanfront backdrop. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the gate and include a commemorative wine glass and tastings.           ]]></description>
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Mike Green of Richmond visited Yellowstone National Park with his wife, daughter and son in June. One stop in the park was the Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone River.           ]]></description>
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You&#8217;re tired, hungry, have a cranky baby on your lap and all you want to do is get off the plane, but you can&#8217;t because it has been on the tarmac for hours waiting to take off. While such delays are rare, they can be more common because of fewer flights to get you to your destination if your flight is canceled. A six-hour delay with 47 people aboard a small Continental Express plane at a Minnesota airport recently is the extreme. In June, the most recent month for which data is available, there were 278 tarmac delays of three hours or more. That was the most this year but still only .05 percent of the total number of scheduled flights that month.           ]]></description>
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MOMBASA, Kenya Matt Reinhardt didn&#8217;t know what to do when his company asked him to take two weeks of unpaid vacation to cut costs. His first thought was to head to the beach. The Midlothian resident thought maybe he would travel to Mexico with his wife, Dina, twins Libby and Reed, 3, and son Owen, 4. But this was an unexpected vacation, and Reinhardt wanted to do something meaningful.           ]]></description>
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Debbie Krupp of Chester was able to capture this photo of ospreys nesting in the Outer Banks. &#8220;The birds hatched, and I was so disappointed that I didn&#8217;t have my camera. Two weeks later when visiting the same location, I was very surprised to see the birds still in their nest, and luckily I had my camera this time.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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GEAR &amp; GADGETS The designers at Lug make sturdy little collapsible coolers, vinyl totes and other storage bags in bright colors with quilted fabric accents and fun shapes. They&#8217;re sized to be mixed and matched for picnics and other outings. My favorites are the Clearview transparent totes and zippered envelopes. These make for efficient compartmentalization while letting you see what&#8217;s inside each of the bags. Add one of the brightly colored quilted Freight Box Lunch Cube coolers (not transparent, but thermally sound), and you&#8217;re ready to head for the hills or a park bench.&#8212;Judi Dash           ]]></description>
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http://www.lifeandscience.org or (919) 220-5429.  Open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Saturday; noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Closed on Mondays Sept. 14 to Dec. 21.  Adults, $12.50; 65 and older, $10.50; children 3-12, $9.50.            ]]></description>
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DURHAM, N.C. The 18-foot-long Parasaurolophus is friendly and patient, allowing children to climb its back, sit on its tail and pat its bumpy, coral-colored skin. But walk along the tree-lined path, and the evil 30-foot-long Albertosaurus lies in wait. The relative of Tyrannosaurus rex is ready to pounce&#8212;but will its next meal be the meat of the Edmontonia, with its head down as it tries to protect itself, or the young Styracosaurus across the path that seems to have wandered away from its herd?           ]]></description>
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BEECH MOUNTAIN, N.C. Looking for something different to do on Labor Day weekend? Go fly a kite. The seventh annual Mile High Kite Festival will be held in the meadows at the top of Beech Mountain, the highest destination in the North Carolina mountains. The free event gives children of all ages an opportunity to fly a kite at an altitude of 1 mile above sea level.           ]]></description>
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Just beyond the bustle of the World&#8217;s Fastest Half-Mile Track at Bristol Motor Speedway, you won&#8217;t need to look far to find an outdoor wonderland&#8212;and great historical attractions. Northeast Tennessee and Southwest Virginia boast mile-high mountains, wild rivers, waterfalls, scenic overlooks, lakeside beaches and wondrous views. Here&#8217;s a primer for places to see:           ]]></description>
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Venezuela should be a tourist mecca. It boasts the world&#8217;s highest waterfall, snowcapped Andean mountain peaks and white-sand beaches dotting one of the longest coastlines in the Caribbean. But hurdles to easy, carefree travel - such as fly-by-night tour operators, lack of qualified guides and mediocre accommodations in many remote regions - keep many potential visitors away, leaving some of Latin America&#8217;s most diverse natural beauty for the most adventuresome.           ]]></description>
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&#8220;A 3.2-mile hike through Mount Rainier National Park will get you this view of Mount Rainier on a sunny day,&#8220; June Windmuller of Glen Allen wrote in an e-mail. &#8220;I was in luck on Friday, July 3, when I took this picture. As you can imagine, people from all over Washington flock to Mount Rainier on days like this.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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The walk down a hill at the St. Joseph Institute ends at the Forest Chapel, nestled in the woods between two streams. Only the sounds of chirping birds and a breeze blowing through leaves pierce the silence. It&#8217;s a serene setting where co-owner Michael Campbell hopes visitors experience a spiritual reawakening&#8212;regardless of whether one is seeking a religious retreat or a personal wellness break.           ]]></description>
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Sarasota and the circus became forever linked more than 70 years ago when John Ringling decided to move the headquarters of his &#8220;Greatest Show on Earth&#8221; to the lovely Gulf Coast city where he spent his winters. &#8220;No announcement ever made in Florida has meant more to the state as a whole,&#8220; gushed the Sarasota Herald on March 23, 1927. News of Ringling&#8217;s decision to transfer the show&#8217;s winter quarters from Bridgeport, Conn., the newspaper said, created a &#8220;jubilant air&#8221; in town.           ]]></description>
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S. Keith Barker of Henrico County was at Longwood Gardens in the Brandywine Valley of Pennsylvania when he shot this photo. &#8220;Our family discovered Longwood by chance back in the 1980s coming back from Boston. Ranked as one of the Top 10 gardens in the world, it&#8217;s easy to see why once you visit,&#8220; Barker wrote in his e-mail. &#8220;Last August on a trip back from New England we stopped in. By the time we got to the lily pond, it became very cloudy, setting off a &#8216;shooting frenzy&#8217; among the photographers around the lily pond.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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Taylor Earnhardt has never been frightened on a roller coaster. &#8220;I&#8217;m still looking for the one that scares me,&#8220; said the 20-year-old daughter of the late race-car driver Dale Earnhardt Sr., the original intimidator. However, she said at Kings Dominion yesterday, &#8220;this might be the one to do it.&#8220; The Hanover County amusement park unveiled plans for its $25 million Intimidator 305, the &#8220;biggest, baddest and meanest&#8221; roller coaster on the East Coast.           ]]></description>
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Hal Tyler of Richmond was at Presquile National Wildlife Refuge, a 1,329-acre island in the James River near Hopewell, when he captured this image. &#8220;This osprey swooped by, having just picked up his catch from the James River, heading to his nest,&#8220; Tyler said.&nbsp;             ]]></description>
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EXCHANGE RATES As of Aug. 12, 2009, one U.S. dollar equals: Australia (Dollar).........................1.2093 Brazil (Real).........................1.8382 Britain (Pound).........................0.6060 Canada (Dollar).........................1.0962 China (Yuan).........................6.8378 Denmark (Krone).........................5.2466 Euro*.........................0.7048 Hong Kong (Dollar).........................7.7508 Israel (Shekel).........................3.8315 Japan (Yen).........................96.13 Mexico (Peso).........................13.0325 New Zealand (Dollar).........................1.4965 Singapore (Dollar).........................1.4461 South Africa (Rand).........................8.1037 Sweden (Krona).........................7.2359 Switzerland (Franc).........................1.0764 Thailand (Baht).........................34.08 Turkey (NewLira).........................1.4971 Venezuela (BolivarFuer)..............2.1470           ]]></description>
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THURMAN, N.Y. The hikers strolled down the rock slab into Crane Mountain Pond, its surface lightly rippling on an overcast summer afternoon in the lower Adirondacks. &#8220;When in Rome, right?&#8220; Emily Winslow said. The 23-year-old Manhattan native had slipped out of hiking shoes, sweat pants and damp T-shirt into a swimsuit. She waded in. &#8220;Oh, it&#8217;s cold.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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The Butterfly Society of Virginia will host Butterfly Festival 2009 on Sept. 26 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Hampton Roads Agricultural Research and Extension Center in Virginia Beach. The festival is free and will feature speakers, walks in the butterfly garden, a tent filled with local butterflies, and crafts, including tips for raising a caterpillar. Butterfly-related books, novelties and plants to attract butterflies will be available for purchase.           ]]></description>
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What&#8217;s your favorite thing to do in the Richmond area? That&#8217;s what we asked local residents recently. Their responses are included in this year&#8217;s Discover Richmond, a full-color, glossy magazine coming this Sunday, August 16, inside The Times-Dispatch.            ]]></description>
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Getting there: Fly to Athens, or the tourist islands of Santorini and Milos. Ferries or boats sail to Folegandros from the mainland port of Piraeus (near Athens), Santorini, Milos and many other Greek islands. Check boat and ferry schedules at http://www.gtp.gr or http://www.danae.gr. &nbsp; Accommodations: Ampelos Resort, http://www.ampelosresort.com or 011-30-22860-41544. Rates vary by season.            ]]></description>
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FOLEGANDROS, Greece Imagine a place isolated enough that dissidents of the state are sent into exile there. Now, make that place so intoxicating that some exiles choose to settle there. That&#8217;s Folegandros, a rugged Greek island in the Aegean Sea. It is smaller, harder to reach and virtually unknown compared to many other Greek islands&#8212;think Crete, Mykonos and Santorini&#8212;that draw tourists from around the world. It is harder to pronounce, too (foe-LAY-gan-dross), and doesn&#8217;t boast any major ruins.           ]]></description>
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A few tips on getting the most from the devices: Watch the introduction and tutorial. It takes a few minutes to access a strong GPS signal, so don&#8217;t try to start the tour right away. Make sure you have the antenna up. Use the &#8220;Hold&#8221; button to save battery power while you&#8217;re not on the trail. Information: Shenandoah National Park: (540) 999-3500, http://www.nps.gov/shen.           ]]></description>
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For details, call (757) 412-9734 or visit http://www.segwayhr.com.           ]]></description>
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VIRGINIA BEACH Hoofing it through a state park can get you blisters and aching muscles. At First Landing State Park in Virginia Beach, the going gets easier when you see the changing landscape&#8212;woods, swamp, boardwalk, wildflowers and beach&#8212;from a Segway Personal Transporter. Segway of Hampton Roads uses the electric personal transporters to give 90-minute guided tours of the 2,900-acre state park and its osprey trail. It also offers tours in the historic Freemason area in downtown Norfolk and off season at the Virginia Beach oceanfront.           ]]></description>
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EXCHANGE RATES As of Aug. 5, 2009, one U.S. dollar equals: Australia (Dollar).........................1.1902 Brazil (Real).........................1.8350 Britain (Pound).........................0.5892 Canada (Dollar).........................1.0727 China (Yuan).........................6.8319 Denmark (Krone).........................5.1787 Euro&#8230;......................0.6955 Hong Kong (Dollar).........................7.7502 Israel (Shekel).........................3.9103 Japan (Yen).........................95.10 Mexico (Peso).........................13.1495 New Zealand (Dollar).........................1.4855 Singapore (Dollar).........................1.4342 South Africa (Rand).........................7.9704 Sweden (Krona).........................7.1531 Switzerland (Franc).........................1.0644 Thailand (Baht).........................34.00 Turkey (NewLira).........................1.4652 Venezuela (BolivarFuer).........................2.1473           ]]></description>
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YOUR BEST SHOT Tanzanian wonder &#8220;It had been cloudy all day, but near sunset the clouds cleared for a spectacular view of Mount Kilimanjaro,&#8220; said Bob Holdsworth of Glen Allen. &#8220;We were at 13,600 feet above sea level at Barranco Camp. Two days later, we were on the summit.&#8220;&nbsp;  Submit photos: Send your photo to Your Best Shot, Travel, Richmond Times-Dispatch, P.O. Box 85333, Richmond, VA 23293. Include your name, address, phone, e-mail and brief info about the scene. Photos also can be e-mailed to pclay@timesdispatch.com. If e-mailed, please use Your Best Shot in the subject field.            ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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Scottish descendants from around the globe &#8220;came home&#8221; last weekend to celebrate their Scottish heritage with those who stayed behind. Bagpipes echoed off Old Town Edinburgh&#8217;s stone walls as Scotland&#8217;s children marched up the Royal Mile from Holyrood Park. Halfway up the medieval street, which is slightly over a mile long, one observer joked, &#8220;It&#8217;s another mile,&#8220; referring to Edinburgh Castle. A clansman replied, &#8220;I think I need a whisky.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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&#8220;My office is located downtown [Richmond], adjacent to this intersection [14th and East Franklin streets], and in the winter I&#8217;m at my desk before the sun rises,&#8220; said Chip Payette of Henrico County. &#8220;Most times, I fail to see the beauty of the downtown landscape. This February morning, I took a break to enjoy a nice &#8216;cuppa&#8217; outdoors. I&#8217;m glad I did. By slowing the shutter speed down, I was able to record the movement of traffic at the intersection, and capture the first morning light.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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August wouldn&#8217;t come to mind as the right time of year for skiing, unless you were headed to South America. But a year-round ski facility called the Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre is scheduled to open at Liberty University on Aug. 29. Its slopes will be layered with a synthetic material that simulates snow for skiing, boarding and tubing.           ]]></description>
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The slower, more leisurely pace of life on North Carolina&#8217;s Outer Banks suits restaurateur Mike Kelly. &#8220;We still get things done here,&#8220; he said, &#8220;but we may be a little slower than the rest of the world.&#8220; Each year, hundreds of thousands of visitors descend upon the Outer Banks to kick back like Kelly and enjoy the area&#8217;s unspoiled beauty. The 130-mile chain of barrier islands is home to some of the most natural, undeveloped beaches in the country. The windswept beaches of Cape Hatteras National Seashore were listed by beach expert Stephen Leatherman (Dr. Beach) as No. 7 on his 2009 Top Ten List of domestic beach destinations.           ]]></description>
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Canada&#8217;s tourism association says the number of U.S. tourists visiting Canada is at a 37-year low and declining. Randy Williams, the head of the Tourism Industry Association of Canada, said the numbers are at the lowest level since 1972. He said American traffic has been dwindling constantly for seven or eight years. The number of overnight trips by Americans to Canada has declined from 16.168 million in 2002 to 13.371 million in 2007, according to the latest figures from Statistics Canada.           ]]></description>
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Excitement about a trip to Pittsburgh for your brother-in-law&#8217;s wedding that you booked months in advance suddenly turns to gloom as the telephone rings a couple of hours before the flight. On the other end of the automated call from the airline, a computerized voice tells you that your flight has been canceled and you&#8217;ll have to wait until the next day to catch another flight on that carrier.           ]]></description>
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&#8220;This was taken upon our arrival on the gorgeous isle of Capri [Italy]. . . . We were on a wine tour of southern Italy with a group of Richmonders,&#8220; said Laura Smith of Henrico County.           ]]></description>
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CHARLESTON, S.C. In colonial times, Charleston was America&#8217;s wealthiest city. Three centuries later it still has an upscale cachet with houses on its historic Battery fetching eight figures and shopping and restaurants rivaling much larger cities. But you don&#8217;t need deep pockets to enjoy this town of pastel buildings, narrow alleys and quaint, secluded gardens. Indeed, you can experience much of Charleston, which has a reputation for being the nation&#8217;s most polite city, for a pittance.           ]]></description>
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The thought hit as soon as the bus pulled up: &#8220;I needed a drink, I needed a lot of life insurance, I needed a vacation, I needed a home in the country. What I had was a coat, a hat and a gun.&#8220; Actually, what I really had was a notebook, a pen and a digital recorder. Oh yeah, and a seat on Esotouric&#8217;s Raymond Chandler Bus Tour, having decided to learn whether L.A. really is, as Chandler&#8217;s hard-bitten detective Philip Marlowe once said, &#8220;just a big dry sunny place with ugly homes and no style.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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EXCHANGE RATES As of July 15, one U.S. dollar equals:&nbsp; Australia (Dollar)1.2450 Brazil (Real)1.9480 Britain (Pound)0.6077 Canada (Dollar)1.1206 China (Yuan)6.8346 Denmark (Krone)5.2854 Euro*0.7096 Hong Kong (Dollar)7.7504 Israel (Shekel)3.9250 Japan (Yen)93.65 Mexico (Peso)13.7085 New Zealand (Dollar)1.5414 Singapore (Dollar)1.4511 South Africa (Rand)8.1543 Sweden (Krona)7.7821 Switzerland (Franc)1.0768 Thailand (Baht)34.08 Turkey (NewLira)1.5314 Venezuela (BolivarFuer)2.1470           ]]></description>
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SONOMA, Calif. With a wedding planned for California&#8217;s wine country in the middle of the recession, my fianc&#233; and I worried not just about what we were spending, but also about our guests. After all, the July event is taking place in a region where $400-a-night hotel rooms and $240 fixed-price meals can intimidate even the most budget-savvy traveler.           ]]></description>
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BERKELEY, Calif. If you&#8217;re thinking about a road trip and you need more than a map to help you plan, Avalon Travel Books is out with a new edition of &#8220;Road Trip USA&#8221; ($29.95). Chapters break the options for border-to-border and coast-to-coast cross-country drives into 11 routes:   Pacific Coast, 1,500 miles on a mostly two-lane route through California, Oregon and Washington.           ]]></description>
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GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. Frank Poole worked out at a gym and hiked around his Mississippi home carrying a weighted pack for months in preparation for his trip to the Grand Canyon. But it wasn&#8217;t long after Poole started hiking on a popular Grand Canyon trail that he was struggling to breathe. Several hours later, he was in a northern Arizona hospital, where doctors determined the 75-year-old Poole had suffered a heart attack.           ]]></description>
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Looking for a beautiful beach without the crowds? Coastal Living magazine recommends 10 secluded beach destinations: Lanikai Beach, near Kailua, Hawaii; Bahia Honda State Park in Florida; Bahia Sucia on the southwest coast of Puerto Rico along Highway 301; Indian Beach, on Oregon&#8217;s Pacific Coast; Ocracoke Island, on North Carolina&#8217;s Outer Banks;           ]]></description>
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Fort Lauderdale&#8217;s new upscale hotels and pristine beaches paint a different picture of the Florida city than the one some remember from the popular 1960 film &#8220;Where the Boys Are.&#8220; Those images of beaches packed with college students on spring break have faded into history. Streets once crammed are now scenic byways with little congestion and sweeping oceanfront views.           ]]></description>
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&#8220;I came across this scene while walking on the beach at Kitty Hawk, N.C.,&#8220; said Peter Conti, a Richmond resident. &#8220;The chair owners were not in the sea or on the beach.&#8220;&nbsp;  Submit photos: Send your photo to Your Best Shot, Travel, Richmond Times-Dispatch, P.O. Box 85333, Richmond, VA 23293. Include your name, address, phone, e-mail and brief info about the scene. Photos also can be e-mailed to pclay@timesdispatch.com. If e-mailed, please use Your Best Shot in the subject field.           ]]></description>
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Maine is well-known for its lobsters, but it won&#8217;t cost you a claw and a tail to visit Portland and the state&#8217;s southern coast. There are plenty of things to do on the cheap in Maine&#8217;s largest city and the surrounding area. Tourists can take boat rides off the coast for less than $10 a head, see professional baseball at a fraction of the cost of major-league games, and enjoy miles of white-sand beaches&#8212;for free.           ]]></description>
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While on a trip to the Galapagos Islands in May, G.D. Rothenberg of Richmond shot this photo of the marine iguana colony on Fernandina Island at Punta Espinosa. This colony of marine iguanas is the largest in the Galapagos.&nbsp;  Submit photos: Send your photo to Your Best Shot, Travel, Richmond Times-Dispatch, P.O. Box 85333, Richmond, VA 23293. Include your name, address, phone, e-mail and brief info about the scene. Photos also can be e-mailed to pclay@timesdispatch.com. If e-mailed, please use Your Best Shot in the subject field.           ]]></description>
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The Atlanta Botanical Garden and the High Museum of Art are teaming up to offer a joint discounted-admission ticket to two of their biggest temporary exhibitions. The combination ticket is called &#8220;Moore &amp; Monet.&#8220; It will allow entrance to &#8220;Moore in America: The Monumental Sculpture of Henry Moore&#8221; at the garden and &#8220;Monet Water Lilies&#8221; at the High. It also gives access to other special exhibitions and collections at both places.           ]]></description>
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Southern Living magazine is recommending 12 &#8220;quintessential Southern experiences for kids,&#8220; from horseback riding on the beach in Jekyll Island, Ga., to history in Williamsburg. The other 10 destinations and experiences are Disney World in Florida; Sun Studio and Graceland in Memphis, Tenn.; an authentic crab shack on the Maryland shore; a ride on a New Orleans street car; a boat ride in San Antonio, Texas; Rock City, a manmade rock garden and park atop Lookout Mountain near Chattanooga, Tenn.; watching the Blue Angels flight demonstrations in Pensacola, Fla.; Washington; the American Girl store in Alpharetta, Ga.; and civil-rights sites in Montgomery, Ala.           ]]></description>
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Tourism officials across the state expect an unspectacular Fourth of July holiday this recession-pummeled summer. But Virginia&#8217;s travel industry likely will fare somewhat better than the nation at large.           ]]></description>
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Washington shows off some of the best of the U.S. in its monuments and museums, but if that&#8217;s all you ever see in the nation&#8217;s capital, you&#8217;re missing out. The rest of the world also sends some of its best to Washington. Embassies, exhibits and restaurants make Washington an international city, if you just take the time to look.           ]]></description>
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&#8220;My wife, Pam, and I go to Big Meadows on the Skyline Drive a few times in the spring, summer and fall,&#8220; said Gilpin Brown of Richmond. &#8220;In the spring, some of the mama white-tail deer bring their new fawns out in the meadow early in the morning. At the end of May this year, we saw 55 deer and five to six babies in just a one-night stay. It&#8217;s beautiful there this time of year and 10 degrees cooler than Richmond.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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With the help of a new Web site, Americans can explore their own country. The site, DiscoverAmerica.com, includes an interactive map that gives mileage from city to city; an activity finder listing more than 3,000 experiences, attractions and events, including museums, gardens, ski slopes, festivals and parks; and links to such travel booking sites as Orbitz, Travelocity, Expedia and Priceline.           ]]></description>
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Louisville&#8217;s Waterfront Park has a new memorial honoring Abraham Lincoln. The 12-foot-statue highlights the 16th president&#8217;s connection to Kentucky, where he was born. The statue was sculpted by Louisville artist Ed Hamilton. The memorial also includes an amphitheater that has famous Lincoln quotes carved into its granite seating.&#8212;The Associated Press           ]]></description>
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Got a tattoo? You might be emulating Angelina or Shaq, but likely none of you would be inked at all if not for sailors. That&#8217;s the premise behind a new exhibit tracing the history of tattoos in American culture: The prevalence of tattooing today stems directly from the ongoing custom started by merchant and naval seamen in the 18th century.           ]]></description>
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WALL, S.D. Ted Hustead&#8217;s family knows a thing or two about running a tourist attraction during tough economic times. Consider Wall Drug, on the north edge of South Dakota&#8217;s Badlands. Hustead&#8217;s grandparents, Ted and Dorothy Hustead, bought the store in this small town in 1931 - during the Great Depression. Business limped along for nearly five years until Dorothy Hustead thought of putting up road signs along the nearby highway offering free ice water to weary travelers headed to the Black Hills and Yellowstone National Park.           ]]></description>
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SAN ANTONIO For decades, the channel of the San Antonio River north of the popular restaurants and retail shops downtown was overgrown and blighted - the kind of place tourists went only if they made a wrong turn. Not anymore. A $72 million overhaul - essentially doubling the size of the River Walk - has transformed the dry, weedy eyesore north of the River Walk into a 1&#189;-mile manicured waterway with whimsical art, benches and fountains that can be passed on foot or by water taxi en route to attractions upriver.           ]]></description>
          <pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2009 00:01:00 EST</pubDate>
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Carole L. Hagaman and her husband took a three-week trip to Egypt in 2006. &#8220;We arose at 3:30 a.m. to be taken from our riverboat on the Nile to the West Bank to have breakfast and embark the balloon before sunrise,&#8220; said Hagaman, who lives in Blackstone. &#8220;We were in a balloon above the one in the photo and about six other balloons were launched at the same time. It was a spectacular sight. As the sun rose, we were floating over the Valley of the Kings in the glorious morning light. It was an awesome experience to be viewing the land where the tombs of the pharaohs were built.&#8220;           ]]></description>
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Wales, Latin music and &#8220;The Power of Words in African-American Culture&#8221; will be the themes of this summer&#8217;s Smithsonian Folklife Festival. About a million people attend the annual event, which showcases cultural diversity. It is produced by the Smithsonian&#8217;s Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage and co-sponsored by the National Park Service.           ]]></description>
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The National Park Service is looking to stimulate summer vacations at national parks. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced last week that entrance fees at 147 national parks and monuments&#8212;including the Grand Canyon and Yosemite&#8212;will be waived on three weekends this summer. The weekends are June 20-21, July 18-19 and Aug. 15-16.           ]]></description>
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This mountain playground has Gucci, Prada and Burberry stores downtown but still can offer the average Joe a budget vacation for those who can get here. This summer, people who stay at least two nights at participating hotels receive an &#8220;Aspen Summer Pass&#8221; good for discounts around town. More discounts are available if the stay includes a Wednesday night.           ]]></description>
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&#8220;You search the world over for that one spectacular scene to photograph, only to return home and find that it was right there in your own backyard all the time,&#8220; said David A. Rosenberg, who captured this sunrise over Swift Creek Reservoir from the back deck of his Midlothian home.           ]]></description>
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