Giving Up the Keys - Know when it is time to stop driving
As people age, driving can become increasingly dangerous. And when seniors are involved in a car accident, they are more likely to be seriously hurt. Read more...
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How our home transformed into a vacation resort
Someone mentioned using our home as a vacation rental and with a little research we were able to find several vacation rental web site companies and, as they say, the rest is history. Read more...
A Walk Across England From Coast To Coast - My Milestone 65th Birthday
Senior Living Forever Young columnist William Thomas celebrates his 65th birthday by walking across England. Read more...
Paranormal Cruise Ship Tour
With the increasing popularity of Theme based cruises I had the idea that cruising with one of these “Ghost hunting groups” would be fascinating and fun. Getting the chance to learn all about their world and possibly taking part in a ghost hunt would be right up my alley and I am sure many others! Read more...
Anyone can be an adventurer
Adventure is for everyone—that's the motto of Deb Corbeil and Dave Bouskill, the personalities behind popular Canadian travel website The Planet D. Read more...
Island Hospitality
Port Hardy’s First Choice Bed and Breakfast is a home away from home for visitors to the north end of Vancouver Island. Read more...
Kenya - Simply Safari-ous
Julie Bruce, Royal Heights Tours, has led 21-Day tours to Kenya for ten years. It is one of her favourite countries and her goal is to deliver the trip of a lifetime for every guest. Read more...
San Cristobal de las Casas
A perfect choice for anyone ready to step away from Mexico's better-known tourist destinations. Read more...
Coming Down to Earth After Soaring Over Paris
Late last winter, on a see-how-the-parents-are-doing call from one daughter, I casually mentioned we’d be doing something different on our next trip to Paris. Read more...
Lights After Dark on Hawaii Island
Three night light perspectives that span from the island's shoreline to its highest peak. Read more...
Exploring the Mani Peninsula: Greece's Medieval Past
Once part of the powerful Spartan kingdom, the Mani Peninsula of the south Peloponnese is a rich geological and cultural area, and often overlooked by travellers to Greece. The spine of the peninsula is part of the great mass of Mount Taiyetos, which terminates at Cape Tenano, the mythical entrance to the Underworld. Read more...
Going on a Trip? Respite Options for Caregivers
Respite is the break caregivers get when they allow someone else to temporarily take over their caregiving duties. Respite can help prevent caregiver burnout and permits you to continue to provide care for as long as possible. Read more...
Le Camargue: Pilgrimages of a Different Kind
Julie H. Ferguson writes about a long-dreamed-of pilgrimage to a wild area of southwestern France. Read more...
A TransKalahari Adventure
Follow a guided 21-day safari starting in Cape Town, South Africa and ending in Zambia via Namibia and Botswana. Read more...
A Family's Journey Home
Always with anticipation, we often return to Budapest to visit my husband’s birthplace. But this year’s visit was even more special; some of our adult children and two young grandchildren made the trip with us. Read more...
Don't Cruise Your Way into a Vacation Scam
Winter and spring are prime cruising months, but Better Business Bureau (BBB) is advising consumers to read all the fine print before signing up for a special cruise deal. Read more...
Las Vegas: 30 years later
We recently celebrated my husband’s 60th birthday in Las Vegas. Our previous and only other visit was in the early 1980s. Read more...
Exploring Banderas Bay
Three tiny sea turtle hatchlings clustered on the end of a flip-flop are carefully transported by an anxious tourist to calmer water beyond the buffeting surf that had kept the newborns stranded on the beach. Read more...
Thick with Grizzlies
A BC couple embark on a bike journey to Haines, Alaska that turns out to be anything but ordinary. Read more...
Captivating Kyiv
My great-great-grandmother was born in a village near Kyiv, and although ties to our family line in Ukraine have long been lost, I feel the tug of my ancestral roots as I step onto Kyiv soil. Read more...
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