Travel
Savvy Senior: RV Travel Tips in the Summer of COVID
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- Written by Jim Miller Jim Miller
Dear Savvy Senior,
Can you write a column on RV travel for novices? My husband and I have been cooped up all spring and summer because of the coronavirus and would like to take a trip using a rented RV, but we could use some tips and want to be safe.
– Recently Retired
Traveltizers: Lost and Found in Rural America
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- Written by Andrea Gross Andrea Gross
I was looking for cows when I saw my first barn quilt.
Traveltizers: Days of Wine and Flowers
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- Written by Andrea Gross Andrea Gross
I find a patch of green and begin to unpack our picnic basket.
Traveling Overseas is Only Dangerous Until You Get There
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For some people, worries about crime and terrorism are enough to rule out travel outside the U.S.
Traveltizers: An Unlikely Place for Miracles
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- Written by Andrea Gross Andrea Gross
Alabama is not a place where I normally expect to find miracles. Bushes may burn, but angels don’t appear from the flames. Flowers are abundant, but they don’t rain from the sky.
Keep Winter Weather, Crowds from Ruining Travel Plans
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- Written by Chris Holbert Chris Holbert
November and December tend to be two of the busiest months to travel. It was reported that around 54.3 million people traveled for Thanksgiving, and 112 million people traveled for Christmas last year.
Traveltizers: Starstruck in Hollywood South
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- Written by Andrea Gross Andrea Gross
Some people prepare for trips by researching facts and reserving accommodations. I prepare for them by watching movies. I hope that, in some mystical way, the film will help me better understand the culture of the place I’m about to visit.
Traveltizers: Hello and Bonjour in New Brunswick
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- Written by Andrea Gross Andrea Gross
Two rows of young men are standing before me, poised at crisp attention and perspiring heavily.
Traveltizers: United by Passion: Baltimore’s Unique Museums
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- Written by Andrea Gross Andrea Gross
One minute I'm outside the American Visionary Art Museum, gazing at a 55-foot-tall whirligig. It spins, it whirls, it catches light and splatters it onto a nearby wall covered with fragments of mirror and tile.