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, [...]
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A Wyoming To Do List: Cheyenne Frontier Days
June 18th, 2010 
Sheila Simkin 
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Tags: adventure, cheyenne, Cheyenne Frontier Days, culture, destination, event, events, food, landmarks, log, nature, rodeos, sightseeing, travel, wyoming 
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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 [...]
Posted in Cruises, North America Tags: accommodation, adventure, Alaska, cruises, culture, destination, event, events, food, log, sightseeing, tours, transportation, travel No Comments »
Disembarking The NCL Norwegian Star Cruise in Los Angeles
April 5th, 2009 Sheila Simkin Time to get ready for disembarkation. Passengers were told to come to the Atrium, settle up accounts (if you used a credit card to guarantee, no worries), fill out U.S. Customs Forms and decide what you wanted to do about luggage. Express walk off disembarkation would start at 7:45-8:30 a.m. Once the ship was cleared, [...]
Posted in Cruises, General, Mexico Tags: accommodation, adventure, cruises, destination, event, events, family cruise, family trip, family vacation, food, hotels, information, landmark, log, Mexican Riviera Cruise, nature, NCL, Norwegian Star, sightseeing, travel No Comments »
The Last Days At Sea on The NCL Norwegian Star Cruise
April 4th, 2009 Sheila Simkin The second to the last day at sea was sunny and warm. Time for all 2,000+ passengers to sun on deck, play basketball, take a tour of the ship (bridge and galley), play Bingo, hit some golf balls into the net, aerobics, play ping pong, team trivia, badminton, lectures, Texas Hold’em Poker Tournament, wine tastings, [...]
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Cruising is All About The Food…Right?
April 3rd, 2009 Sheila Simkin Volumes have been written about cruising and food. My yummy rating on the Norwegian Star was *****. That’s right. Five stars and this is from a person who will choose not to eat when faced with something disgusting or inedible. I did a little reading on Cruise Critic, studied the best cruise ship ratings put [...]
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