Pittsburgh, PA The northern part of Pennsylvania extends to Lake Erie which I also wanted to see. I rented a car, again through Booking.com that was cheaper that directly form car rental agencies. I do not want to sound like a commercial here, I simply share my experience. It takes 2 hours to drive from […]
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The trip to Pennsylvania was going to be last September. I bought airplane tickets, made reservations for hotels and a rental car. The plan was to visit Pittsburgh and Erie on my way home from Europe to Colorado. I was flying over this area anyway. Why not to have a few days’ stopover and see
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A quick round trip from Denver to Houston was a necessity. Otherwise, I would never venture into a COVID-19 hotspot amid the pandemic. The thing is that once a year, I must show up at a Russian consulate to confirm that I am alive. A notary public could issue a paper certificate in Colorado where
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Watching the solar eclipse was on our calendar well before the event. My husband Sergey who is an atmospheric research scientist wouldn’t miss it for the world. The question was whether to watch a 93% of obscuration of the Sun in Boulder, Colorado where we live or to drive to the neighboring state of Wyoming
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One week after the hike to Chasm Lake with me being in a better shape and state my husband and I went hiking to the Rocky Mountain National Park again. As the sign says there are a number of lakes there. We chose to go to Ouzel Lake. We were at the trailhead at
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It was only 3 days since I returned from a solo trip to Europe when my husband Sergey decided to revisit Chasm Lake that he saw last time 25 years ago. ‘Can we do something easy first? Give me time to adjust to altitude after 2.5 months at sea level’, I asked Sergey on the
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‘HOWDY’, the inscription on wings of a Spirit airplane cheered up its passengers as we were flying from Denver to Fort Lauderdale. Not everyone on the plane was in a good mood. The flight was almost 2 hours late. Spirit did not have a pilot in Denver to fly our aircraft. The airline sent one
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