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Alaska Blog XXIII-Tangle Lakes and Mining

June 9 As we drove along Denali Highway from Paxson where we camped, we crossed the Tangle Lakes Archaeological district. Artifacts from pit-houses to hand-fashioned stone tools date back 10,000 years....

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Alaska Blog XXIV- In Denali Park

June 9 to 11 That first day we hiked a trail rated “moderately difficult” to the dog sled kennels. It was uphill and then it was downhill. “Difficult” was the operative word, not “moderate.” The park...

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Alaska Blog XXV -Talkeetna

Talkeetna From Denali we drove south on highway 3 to Talkeetna, a small town at the base of Mount McKinley. Talkeeta is the staging site for climbers. Tour and air companies operate from there,...

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End of Alaska Blog – Anchorage

From Talkeetna we drove to Anchorage where we spent our last few days. We stayed at Dave’s, sleeping indoors for the first time in weeks. We used the electric pot to make coffee. We ate out at the...

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Political Travel between NYC and DC with a Guatemalan- Part 1

This is a look from the ground at issues from home that matter to a traveler and the sights that must not be missed. It’s a political/social combo. This past March I accompanied a Catholic sister from...

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Political Travel between NYC and DC with a Guatemalan- Part II

Early Saturday Eileen drove Gloria and me to Mary’s home in rural Delaware. Mary Peter visited friends in DC and then traveled back to New York to meet us at the end of the week. During the drive...

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Political Travel between NYC and DC with a Guatemalan- Part III

Tuesday our hostess Helen drove Gloria and me to the Atlantic City bus station and we caught a bus back to New York City. We were headed back to Paulette and Mark’s home on the lower east side....

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A Trip to China

In 1997 I was an emergency replacement speaker at a four-day United Nations Round Table in Beijing. It was October and I happened to be in New York for a meeting on socially responsible investments...

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Moving to NY

The drive from St. Louis to New York City was a trip from hell. I was moving to Manhattan to take a new job. I was traveling with my two cats in a U-Haul packed to the gills the night before at a huge...

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Sometimes You Should Just Turn Around

The drive from St. Louis to New York City was a trip from hell. I was moving to Manhattan to start a new job and was traveling with my two cats in a U-Haul packed to the gills the night before at a...

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