Mexico is not only so easy to get to from anywhere in the world and comparatively inexpensive, it is sometimes forgotten when it comes time to plan a vacation. Not only that, there are so many choices. Take a cruise along the coastline, stopping at multiple, fun resorts. Stay in a hotel, an all-inclusive, guesthouse, [...]
“Travel Tips & Advice on Americas”
The Pacific Coast of Mexico is A Fast and Easy Destination
February 17th, 2012 
Sheila Simkin 
Posted in Cruises, Featured, Mexico 
Tags: adventure, cruises, culture, destination, events, hotels, Mexico, nature, sightseeing, transportation, travel 
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The Moreno Glacier in Patagonia, Argentina
October 13th, 2010 Sheila Simkin It is a relatively short drive from Calafate (less than two hours) to Lago Roca, where Travels With Sheila and the group camped for a few nights during a Patagonia trip. (Read about this Patagonia Adventure on Travels With Sheila.) The best time (and really the only time tour operators schedule travel to Patagonial) is [...]
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A Wyoming To Do List: Cheyenne Frontier Days
June 18th, 2010 Sheila Simkin It’s not too late to make plans for the rip-roaring Cheyenne, Wyoming Frontier Days Frontier Days, held July 23-August 1, 2010. Frontier Days is considered the “Daddy of them all” and has been held in one form or another since 1897. This celebration of Western spirit takes place the last full week of July yearly, [...]
Posted in General, North America Tags: adventure, cheyenne, Cheyenne Frontier Days, culture, destination, event, events, food, landmarks, log, nature, rodeos, sightseeing, travel, wyoming No Comments »
A Wyoming To Do List: Devils Tower National Monument
June 17th, 2010 Sheila Simkin Think about the 1978 movie, Close Encounters of the Third Kind with its classic, five-note…da, da, da…dah…da and you’ll have an “aha” moment. That was Devils Tower, proclaimed America’s first National Monument by President Theodore Roosevelt. Devils Tower rises 1,267 feet above the Belle Fourche River and is considered a sacred spot for the Northern [...]
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A Colorado To Do List: Estes Park, Gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park
June 16th, 2010 Sheila Simkin Estes Park, Colorado is the gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park and the first place my Denver resident son, Joel Comm of The Ad Sense Code and Twitter Power fame, takes Colorado visitors. Estes Park is only a short one-hour drive from Denver. You can spend all your time in Estes Park or move on [...]
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A Colorado To Do List: The Old Mining Town of Cripple Creek
June 15th, 2010 Sheila Simkin Not terribly far from Pikes Peak (almost every visitor to Colorado heads to Pikes Peak) is the old mining town of Cripple Creek, Colorado. A ranch hand named Bob Womack spent 15 years scouring the southwest slope of Pikes Peak for gold back in 1890 until he struck it rich in Poverty Gulch that later [...]
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A Colorado To Do List: Take Free Tours at Celestial Seasonings & Coors
June 14th, 2010 Sheila Simkin While visiting Colorado, there are two free and completely opposite “liquid” tours that sound interesting and would be fun for the family. On the “dry” side, the Celestial Seasonings tea factory is located in Boulder, Colorado. Celestial Seasonings was founded in 1969 by a group of young entrepreneurs who felt their flavorful, all-natural herbal teas [...]
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A Colorado To Do List: Raft
June 13th, 2010 Sheila Simkin ex-Marine (husband, Steve) and Travels With Sheila just returned from a family trip to Colorado and I had forgotten how much there is to do in the summertime. One of my favorite activities is whitewater rafting. So easy, that even wimps like us can do it. You can float downriver or paddle like mad through [...]
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Taking An Alaskan Cruise or Tour This Summer?
February 8th, 2010 Sheila Simkin Whether you are Alaska-bound this Summer on a large cruise line, an inside cruise, tour, fishing or hiking, an interesting article just crossed my desk about the Great Alaska TourSaver Book filled with 2-for-1 travel deals. I wouldn’t exactly say the book is inexpensive at $99.95 but tour excursions off Alaskan cruise ships, whale watching [...]
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The Challenging Inca Trail in Peru Requires Stamina
February 7th, 2010 Sheila Simkin ex-Marine (husband, Steve) and I were fortunate enough to hike the Inca Trail years ago. Before the Peruvian Government put trail restrictions in place to control the hordes of hikers that were beginning to degrade the trail and turn the entire journey into one, big bottleneck. There is nothing easy about the traditional Inca Trail [...]
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