A Beginner’s Guide To Traveling Abroad

With the recent CDC announcement that fully-vaccinated individuals present low-risk for travel (though remaining vigilant with wearing a mask and social distancing), it’s a permission slip to cautiously, gingerly start drafting a plan for that global getaway. I offer some tips to get you started in “A Beginner’s Guide To Traveling Abroad” in RCI  Magazine, Spring 2021. Read in full here

My Daughter’s Pandemic-Era Farmstead Wedding In Scotland Was A Team Effort

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Everyone played a part to make it perfect.

If you’d have told me cows would be a significant theme at our daughter’s wedding and that I’d be shoveling manure the week of the wedding to clear a barn for revelries, I’d have called it “crazy talk!” Two bulls skirmishing the morning of the wedding near the chosen site of the outdoor ceremony, causing the farmer to worry? Nah, as mother-of-the bride I’d have day-of concerns (my hair! my makeup! my dress!), but frisky bulls wouldn’t have come to mind, I promise.

Read in full on AARP The Girlfriend.

The hidden hiking trails of Washington, D.C.

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Washington, D.C., provides a wealth of museums, monuments and sights to explore, but sometimes the abundance can be overwhelming. Our advice? Take a day and head outdoors to get your nature fix at one of these urban escapes.”

My first time publishing in American Way, American Airlines’ magazine!! Read here in full: https://www.americanway.com/articles/the-hidden-hiking-trails-of-washington-dc/

Aquatic Austin ~ Paddle your way around the capital city

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My latest in USA Today GoEscape~ first time in Texas/Southwest issue! Read in full: Aquatic Austin – Paddle your way around the capital city, USA Today GoEscape Texas/Southwest.

*Note: photo taken from the good ole days when I lived in Austin, Texas. Skyline has changed since!

Mexico Sans Travel ~ Experience Puerto Morelos flavor without leaving home

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Read in full in USA Today GoEscape Florida/Caribbean 2020: Mexico Sans Travel-Experience Puerto Morelos flavor without leaving home.

To attend our daughter’s wedding, we spent 14-days quarantined in Scotland

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Read in full on The Washington Post Travel.