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    Are you longing to travel somewhere hot with plenty of sunshine? Do you daydream about finding the perfect tropical paradise? Besides Hawaii with its gorgeous beaches, a national park featuring several volcanoes, breathtaking panoramic views, fascinating historic sites (like Pearl Harbor), a…

      When Angela Villa was a child growing up in southern Florida, her parents were very strict about what the family ate and thus, chocolate was not allowed during Angela’s childhood. She couldn’t even go trick-or-treating for that reason.

        The Great River Road National Scenic Byway follows the course of the Mississippi River for 3,000 miles from northern Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico. The scenic route passes through 10 states and hundreds of river towns. The Great River Road is arguably the longest and most important scenic …

          A strange thing happens with the Mississippi River as it bubbles up out of Lake Itasca in Minnesota and fumbles its way over rocks and through reeds and willows into a stream that will eventually become the most powerful river on the North American continent.

          Spanish Tortilla: Basically a potato omelet, usually served at room temp on top of a piece of bread at breakfast and snack time. Very different from the Mexican tortilla.

          The curved 12.9 kilometers was just the right distance to get ready for Prince Edward Island — the entire length of the Confederation Bridge that connects PEI with New Brunswick. Opened in 1997, the bridge is a magnificent engineering feat that crosses the Northumberland Straight, and that l…

          As a little girl growing up in Southern Illinois, we spent a lot of summer weekends at Crab Orchard Lake, Lake of Egypt and at a sandbar in the Mississippi River near Grand Tower city park. These local waters were where my friends, my siblings and I learned to swim and water ski and roast ma…

          Back when I was still living in Southern Illinois and beginning my communications career in Cape Girardeau as a country music DJ at KZYM, Nashville, Tennessee, was my dream. Of course, that’s where all of the music stars were headed, and it seemed to be such a glamorous destination.

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