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Come and Visit Delightful Door County, Wisconsin Apr. 14, 2024
By Doug Hansen Cherry pie, cherry pancakes and cherry pastries galore. Lavender fields with 30,000 p... Read More
Nashville Rhythms: A Melodic Journey Through Music City Feb. 11, 2024
By Doug Hansen Nashville, also known as Music City, is a vibrant destination that captures the heart... Read More
Wisconsin's Elkhart Lake Is Packed With Surprises Jul. 10, 2022
By Doug Hansen Wisconsinites would be justified in protesting Minnesota's marketing itself as the ch... Read More
A Post-COVID-19 Cruise Through the Panama Canal Jun. 19, 2022
By Doug Hansen America's emergence from pandemic restrictions has resulted in record levels of inter... Read More
Explore the Splendor That Is Sedona Sep. 12, 2021
By Doug Hansen Soft orange rays from the rising sun cascaded through the boughs of stubby junipers t... Read More
Rafting Through the Grand Canyon Jul. 19, 2020
By Doug Hansen Exactly 150 years after John Wesley Powell was the first person to explore the full l... Read More
Singapore: Jewel of the East Jan. 05, 2020
By Doug Hansen Drums beat rhythmically as a dozen men maneuvered an undulating 30-foot-long red and ... Read More
Cruising on the Mekong River Jan. 04, 2020
By Doug Hansen When my wife and I planned our visit to Southeast Asia we included a seven-night rive... Read More
Searching for the Danube River's Best Christmas Markets Nov. 10, 2019
By Doug Hansen As our ship glided slowly through Austria's famed Wachau Valley, a silhouette of a me... Read More
Portugal Is One of Europe's Crown Jewels May. 19, 2019
By Doug Hansen "To travel is to live," proclaimed Hans Christian Andersen, and for two weeks my wife... Read More
We Can't Get Enough of Fiji May. 18, 2019
By Doug Hansen Our second trip to Fiji confirmed my belief that Fijian hospitality and amenities are... Read More
St. Lucia Offers Natural Beauty, Friendly People Mar. 03, 2019
By Doug Hansen For my wife's birthday, I arranged a five-day visit to St. Lucia that exceeded our ex... Read More
Why Portugal Is One of Europe's Crown Jewels Dec. 30, 2018
By Doug Hansen "To travel is to live," proclaimed Hans Christian Andersen, and for two weeks my wife... Read More
An Unforgettable Hot Springs Experience in China Dec. 29, 2018
By Doug Hansen Tucked away in the bamboo-shrouded hills next to the Wentang River some 36 miles from... Read More
War History and Pristine Waters in the Faraway Solomon Islands Oct. 07, 2018
By Doug Hansen The Solomon Islands, a 992-island archipelago, sit northeast of Australia and about 6... Read More
Connecting With Nature in the Boundary Waters Jun. 24, 2018
By Doug Hansen "Everybody needs beauty as well as bread, places to play in and pray in, where nature... Read More
A Return Visit to Friendly Fiji Dec. 17, 2017
By Doug Hansen Powerful hands lifted a football-size conch shell to a Fijian warrior's lips and he t... Read More
Close Encounters -- in South America Oct. 29, 2017
By Doug Hansen A surprisingly cold wind swept across the desolate beach at Volunteer Point, one of t... Read More
An Unforgettable Time in the Real Jordan Sep. 23, 2017
By Doug Hansen The year was 1977 and I was 25, unencumbered, and thanks to my newly earned accountin... Read More
Beauty, Affordability and Safety in Slovenia Sep. 16, 2017
By Doug Hansen After hearing rave reviews about Slovenia, a small country that formerly comprised th... Read More
