Traveling USA

.post .storycontent .subtitle { width: 52%; float: left; margin-right: 3%;} Outer travel is difficult if we can’t conquer our inner terrain. Here’s 5 real ways to cultivate more rewarding travel experiences.

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Photo James Thew

Travel is first and foremost a journey of the spirit.

At our core we are travelers; we travel through time from moment to the next. We travel through our emotions from bliss to despair. Our very nature is ever “departing and arriving” simultaneously.

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Are you tired of the crowds and high rise developments along the beach? Do you long for a quiet stretch of white sand where you can relax in solitude? Then, travel to The Forgotten Coast of Florida for the beach vacation of your dreams.

The Forgotten Coast is the area in the crook of the Florida panhandle (also know as the Big Bend) that spans the pristine coastline from St Marks Lighthouse on the east to Mexico Beach on the west. Along the way are Port St Joe, Cape San Blas, Apalachicola, Carrabelle, Eastpoint, St George Island, Lanark Village and other obscure small towns and barrier islands.

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.post .storycontent .subtitle { width: 52%; float: left; margin-right: 3%;} John McCain is angry, confused and out of touch. He must not succeed in blocking important political change in America.

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McCain looking glum.

If elected, chances are that John McCain would preside over disasters far more bloody, expensive and misguided than those of President Bush.

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.post .storycontent .subtitle { width: 52%; float: left; margin-right: 3%;} Without a common language, how can you communicate your feelings in an international relationship?

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Real communication is difficult / Photo BartPogoda

Travelers to Asia know the feeling.

A hundred pairs of eyes bear down on you, judging you, observing you. As a foreigner, you’re a tourist, a D-level celebrity, a possible criminal and a source of information on foreign affairs. You’re simply different.

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It was the curious name that piqued my interest in this destination. What is a kettle moraine and why would they name a forest after it? The unusual name is a geological term describing the terrain in the area that was scoured by glaciers during one of the last ice ages. The kettles, or depressions, were caused when buried ice melted and left hundreds of ponds and lakes in their places.

Then, I looked at the map and became even more curious. Here in Colorado, our forests are epic in size, but this Wisconsin State Forest is strung out into 5 different small sections that span a hundred miles. The Kettle Moraine Scenic Drive is the thread that stitches them all together as it winds through southeastern Wisconsin.

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