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Pedaling around Chicago

Bike ride along Lake Michigan, Chicago

During a conference in Chicago, when I was ready for some fresh air and exercise, my husband had already planned our afternoon. We were spending it on bicycles.

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Visit the Grand Canyon but leave your car behind

Canyon walls are comprised of multi-colored rocks

You don’t need a car when visiting the Grand Canyon, and in the interest of environmental conservation, consider these alternate ways of getting to this spectacular destination.

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Explore San Francisco with the Hyatt Passport

Cable cars of Sanfransisco

Hyatt’s new “Explore San Francisco” package, features four hotels and unlimited use on all of cable cars, historic streetcars, busses and those famous trolleys.

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Scottsdale, Arizona: Sun, golf and great accommodations

The Saguaro in Scottsdale - Pool

Scottsdale is a great place to go for sunshine, golf, Spring Training Baseball, or gallery hopping. If you plan a getaway to Scottsdale, I want to recommend two places to stay. One is a small boutique hotel in old town and the other is a full service resort in north Scottsdale.

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See solar eclipse while rafting on Utah’s San Juan River

Cooling off in San Juan River

Rafting on the San Juan River, which cuts through the heart of the Colorado Plateau, offers nature’s front row to extraordinary land formations, 300 million years of geology, archaeology, rock art and numerous national parks and monuments–and in May, a rare solar eclipse.

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Titanic centennial is commemorated in U.S. museums

Titanic Museum in Belfast under construction

Titanic frenzy is picking up steam. One hundred years ago on April 12 the Titanic sailed and sank, but people are still fascinated by the fateful journey and stories of people who sailed on its maiden voyage.
To commemorate the importance of this historic event, the private Titanic Foundation Ltd. in Belfast, Northern Ireland, will open a museum on March 31, 2012, in the city where the ship was built and launched.

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