TRAVEL IN THE U.S.A.

Our Bend departure plans changed due to our water leak. Someone had worked on the tub faucet in the past and broken off the tabs that are used for tightening the fitting.

After leaving Eugene we had a beautiful drive through the Cascades, met with longtime friends, toured a brewery and inadvertently soaked our carpets.

The gambling mecca of Las Vegas is known more for its nightlife, but the city has plenty to see and do in the afternoon. Plus, if you traverse the city during the day you often find lower prices for some attractions and meals.

Divers dove into the Gulf of Mexico to see how Marine life has been affected by the Oil dispersed in the Ocean. Kimberly Day's book, A Society Gone Forever, speaks loudly for all Marine life that cannot speak for themselves.

A modern-day fairy tale town nestled in the Sumava mountains of southern Czech Republic, Cesky Krumlov is a tourist's dream. With maintained traditions of architecture, foods, dance and medieval dress, this is Bohemia at its best.

If you like looking to top ten lists for ideas of places to visit in the year ahead, then may this selection of travel destinations help to inspire you.

The desert landscape of the American Southwest, with its spare beauty and dazzling light, has called out to artists of all mediums from the time the first Native Americans settled the land onward to the present day.

SeaTac Airport Delays are mounting as the Seattle Airport is suffering from terrible weather conditions as winter weather wreaks havoc on the region.

A Slugburger is considered a local delicacy of just a few cities in the northern Mississippi and western Tennessee regions, but especially concentrated in the city of Corinth, MS, which is thought to be the birthplace of this oddly named edible creation.

The monopoly of an enterprise by a government agency is incongruous with the nature of America's economy, which in almost all other areas is highly supportive of private franchise. In recent years, public interest has been sparked in the idea of private enterprise in space.

Full time RVing isn't for everyone. We tried it fifteen years before but a family crisis changed our plans. Would it work for us now? Only time will tell. First in a series chronicling our 2009 summer travels.

Bureaucracy and paperwork kept us in Eugene a month longer than anticipated, but we were finally ready to be on the road.

Charles Simonyi agreed to stop traveling in space in the name of love, but not before blasting off one final time. He left Earth today.

Taxi cabs are an efficient mode of transportation in the City of Chicago.

Travel with your whole family should be fun this summer, so make sure even your pets have a fun safe vacation.