North America
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A Quiet Weekend in Kansas Amish Country
When you hear the rhythmic clip-clop of horses’ hooves echoing along the street behind you, you can’t help but feel that you’ve been transported to a distant time. In fact, nearly everything about…
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Day Trip to Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve
Less than 100 miles from Wichita, Kansas is the vast Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve – perfect for a day trip celebrating Global Wellness Day! These hand-built stone walls stretch for miles and miles…
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An Excursion to Little Egypt
How this wooded hill in Eastern Tennessee earned the moniker “Little Egypt” is beyond me! Nevertheless, any outdoor enthusiast looking for a relatively easy hike with a rewarding view from the top and…
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A Quick Stopover in Paducah, KY
After months of lockdown, it was invigorating to finally have some upcoming trips again in my Airbnb app! We were enroute to visit family in Tennessee and needed a place to stay to…
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Mission-Minded Travel
I’m not gonna lie. One of the reasons I signed up to volunteer at a Joni and Friends Family Retreat this summer is because I looked at pictures of the location where it…
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Hot Springs, Arkansas (x3)
On the way across the country from Tennessee to Kansas, we were looking for an interesting place to spend a day as a family. Hot Springs, Arkansas piqued my husband’s curiosity because he…
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See Rock City, Georgia
Rock City, Georgia is a delightful excursion through canyon passageways, by cascading waterfalls, across stone bridges, through whimsical doorways, and into Fairyland caverns. Well worth a visit on a southern United States itinerary!
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Le Mars, Iowa – Ice Cream Capital of the World
Who would have guessed that a small town in Iowa could make such a great boast? Dubbed “The Ice Cream Capital of the World” in 1994, Le Mars, Iowa unknowingly began its march…
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Travel Highlights from Manitoba, Canada
Crossing the border from North Dakota into Manitoba, Canada was surprisingly easy and, frankly, anticlimactic. Unlike setting foot in most other countries, a trip to Canada feels essentially the same as traveling in…
