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It's quirky,free, and worth the stop: the SPAM Museum
I don’t even like SPAM. As we were traveling through Minnesota on I-90, billboards for the SPAM museum caught our attention. A museum about SPAM?! Really? How on earth could an entire museum be dedicated to this lowly, culinary product? Yet, I’m here to say that believe it or not…the SPAM Museum is an entertaining stop off the highway. Many people react with the comment: "There's a SPAM Museum, seriously?" Yes, seriously. If you are passing through southern Minnesota, don

Julie Smith
May 133 min read


Soul rejuvenation: Finding that Special Place
When I was a little girl, my family would go to upstate New York every summer to visit my mother's family. We stayed at my grandma's...

Julie Smith
Apr 30, 20244 min read


The Glory Days of Gold in Alaska
Every time I travel to Alaska, I relish in the excitement of exploring something new about this state that has been called The Last...

Julie Smith
Oct 17, 20234 min read


Aloha Kaua'i!
Part 3-Kaua'i Well, this was just one of those American Destinations that I really have a yearning to visit again. Welcome to "The...

Julie Smith
Mar 28, 20236 min read


Aloha! Welcome to Hawaii!
Part I- Oahu I finally was able to check the Hawaiian Islands off my Bucket List. Wow, what an incredible journey and highly...

Julie Smith
Mar 13, 20236 min read


Destination Fort Worth
My most recent trip to the Dallas area included a trip to Fort Worth...just a "stone's throw away" (less than an hours drive from...

Julie Smith
Jan 11, 20233 min read


"Big Things Happen Here"...Welcome to Dallas!
"Big things happen here". So this is the official slogan of the city of Dallas, not surprising coming out of the Lone Star State that...

Julie Smith
Jan 11, 20234 min read


Romance in the Everyday: The Bridges of Madison County
"There are images that lie within my heart...images with the power to recall the warmth of a summer's night, the stillness before a...

Julie Smith
Jan 6, 20234 min read


The Mighty 5: Utah's National Parks
The "Mighty 5" in Utah are National Parks that provide such grandeur, stunning landscapes and outdoor adventures that they surely are...

Julie Smith
Dec 6, 20227 min read


The Conservation President
I think it must have been fate that I graduated from Theodore Roosevelt High School. Little did I know that later in life I would develop...

Julie Smith
Dec 4, 20223 min read


The Lighthouse Enigma
The Lighthouse: for generations of mariners, it helped to guide their safe journey and was a key element in navigation for over 300...

Julie Smith
Dec 4, 20223 min read


Tales from the Ghost Trees of Alaska
Driving along the roadways in parts of eastern Alaska, on odd indication of the 1964 earthquake becomes apparent. The 1964 Alaska...

Julie Smith
Dec 2, 20222 min read


Glacier National Park...It really needs to be on your Bucket list.
During the centennial year for the National Park Service, they ran a campaign called "Find Your Park" encouraging visitation to the many...

Julie Smith
Dec 2, 20224 min read
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