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Easing Down I-95

Great Places To Stay Along The Interstate

Easing Down I-95

December 11, 2008

Stopping overnight on a road trip can be the highlight of your day. You can find out where to stay in the guidebook Drive I-95: Exit by Exit Info, Maps, History and Trivia, written by native New Yorker Sandra Phillips-Posner and husband Stan Posner. Together, the Posners have traveled 175,000 miles in car trips, and their marriage still hasn’t run out of gas — maybe that’s because they know where to have fun eating, playing and sleeping on I-95. Read more »

 

Tilghman’s Winter Tranquility

This Eastern Shore island's relaxed nature has year-round appeal.

Tilghman’s Winter Tranquility

November 25, 2008
Photography courtesy of the Talbot County Office of Tourism

A Chesapeake Bay Island, even one with a drawbridge to the mainland, may seem an unlikely destination for a winter vacation or weekend. But plenty of people have discovered that much of what draws visitors to Tilghman Island in warm weather is still there even when the temperatures drop. Read more »

 

Beautiful Bermuda

February 13, 2008
By Merrill Witty

Bermuda gets its name from Spanish sea captain Juan de Bermudez, who first spotted the uninhabited island in 1503. But nothing much happened here until 1609. That’s when an English ship bringing 150 would-be colonists to the new settlement in Jamestown, Virginia, was caught in a violent storm and foundered on the Bermudian reefs. Read more »

 

Aruba

Dutch Jewel in the Caribbean

February 8, 2008
By Mimi Roeder Vaughan

Aruba is a jewel. The Dutch island’s residents are welcoming and helpful. The island, just 15 miles off the north coast of South America, offers long stretches of pristine beaches, refreshing trade winds and tranquil seas. The average temperature year-round is 82 degrees.

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Cruising The Caribbean

Pull Up A Deck Chair

May 13, 2007
By Mimi Roeder Vaughan

I wanted to just get away. You know the feeling — you’ve had enough of work, obligations and duties. I decided the easiest thing to do was take a ship out of Fort Lauderdale. Take a nonstop from BWI on Southwest. Read more »