Washing your hair and discover you’re out of conditioner—according to what I’ve read you can use beer for that—just pour it straight from the can (or bottle) onto your freshly washed hair and then comb it thru and rinse–interesting.

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Historic Bonnie and Clyde Gas Station: Gibsland, Louisiana

The Authentic Bonnie and Clyde Museum: Gibsland, Louisiana

Clyde Barrow Endorses the Ford V8: Dearborn, Michigan

Other movies based on the Killer Couple

The Other Side of Bonnie and Clyde

 AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Heroes & Villains (2003 TV Special)

Chasing Bonnie & Clyde (2015)

Not Rated | 87 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Real Bonnie & Clyde: Has history been too harsh on her role in the infamous killer couple?

Outlaws: Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker (Image: Getty)

9 Haunting Cases from Unsolved Mysteries That Have Since Been Solved

Follow the Honorable Phryne (fry-nee) Fisher through the back alleys, shady markets, and jazz clubs of late 1920s Melbourne. A glamorous lady detective in a mostly male world, she goes about her work with a pearl-handled pistol an . Includes Series 1-3, plus the feature-length movie Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears. 35 episodes, 30 hrs, 12 DVDs ..

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And if beer isn’t good (or bad depending on your take) enough I remember back in the day they also used mayonnaise, again start from the can (or jar in this case) to make hair soft and shinny.  The eggs in it were suppose to help brittle hair (something to do with their protein) and vinegar for the bounce (body)

Slow-Cooker Pulled Pork Sandwiches

traces of the Pagan past can still be found

The Hill of Tara

County Meath

In north east Ireland–the Hill of Tara has been described  as “the spiritual and historical heart of Ireland.”     It was a place that dates back to 4000 BC and was a place of rituals, where men met in battled and were buried when they died.  Many kings (estimated as well over 100) of ancient times were crowned here and Christianity stopped here in the form of St. Patrick to seek leave to spread his message of Christ in the land.

It has later been used for meetings and in one specific incident–a political demonstrations against the union with Britain 1843

It is still a site to spend Midsummer’s Eve

but unfortunately there was much damage done to the area of Tara for a new highway.

Highway through Tara was a waste

Fall Stove Top Potpourri Recipe

Glastonbury Tor is believed by some to be the Isle of Avalon, where Arthur was borne away after his death–some say wounding—to this isle.

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Parish of Clackmannan

Clackmannan Tower

“Standing prominently on the summit of King’s Seat Hill,  Clackmannan Tower is an impressive 14th keep of three stories, which in the 15th century was heightened and then extended to L-plan.  Clackmannan was a property of the Bruces from 1359 until 1796, having been given to them by David II.  

Henry Bruce of Clackmannan fought for the Jacobires in the 1745 Rising, and in August 1787 his widow Catherine “knighted” Robert Burns with the sword of Robert the Bruce.  

The tower was abandoned only four years later; an adjoining mansion has bee demolished.

There have apparently been several strange happenings in the tower, leading some to believe that the building is haunted.  A paranormal investigation is apparently planned for the tower.

Haunted Places in Scotland

Martin Coventry

15 Haunted Castles in Scotland | VisitScotland

Witch Hazel has long been used by the American Indians as a treatment for many things including a food, to make weapons (bows), and to treat swelling, repair injuries to to the skin and to fight infection.

Archaeologists unearth Viking neighborhood in Istanbul

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and by chance or circumstance

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Kingston’s heritage with a series of Open House and Heritage Open Days,

Black oral tradition states that those who escaped slavery before the civil war on the underground railroad relied on codes sewn into quilts that were hung public areas like windows or clothes lines to help them find their way to freedom—Historians have questioned this but to my knowledge there ha been nothing provided to disprove it at this point.

Hidden gems: 12 of the best Florida State Parks to discover

Cotswold Lions

The Cotswolds covers a huge area – almost 800 square miles – and runs through five counties (Gloucestershire, Oxfordshire, Warwickshire, Wiltshire and Worcestershire) in an area north west of London, England.  So it might surprise you to know that there be lions here.

Now this is an ancient breed of cowardly lions—but they have been in this area since medieval times, when they made the local merchants and the like a great source of income and even brought in Money Enough to build some cathedrals as well.

But with the Industrial Revolution came a shift of wealth to city mills and the Cotswolds became a forgotten place, too poor to do much but remain in place and unchanged—something that eventually paid off for them was now the tourists as well as local visitors began to come here, in droves, to see the 15th century buildings basically unchanged with their thatched roofs and quaint architecture.

And the Lions—they remain and in fact the word “Cotswolds” is thought to mean sheepfold on high, open land.  And the lions   

as you can see from the picture below, are still in the vales and on the hill sides to this day.

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Want to improve your immune system–try unsweetened bran cereal with fruit (dark ones like blue berries) daily for breakfast.

Blue Grotto

Spectacular Springs

Florida has more than 300 springs, 

with about 120 suitable for diving and many more where snorkeling and swimming are allowed.  There are springs and rivers so placid a  diver an float suspended for an hour or more and watch a wold of aquatic life swim by.

Great Getaways:  A Floridian’ guide to Florida

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The Harrowing Mystery Of The Dyatlov Pass Incident

One of the best ways to find a mechanic and/or auto shop is to talk to people you trust–I would go to someone who has some knowledge of the mechanical first if I knew someone who did—ask how long they’ve gone there, and if they ever had any problem.  Also note if any local companies and the like use the facility for their vehicle maintanance.

How To Overcome Jealousy In A Relationship

Lights, Camera, Action: Famous Films, Commercials, TV Shows Shot in the Keys

The Keys to the Movies

Many movies have been made in the Keys- over the years—the one that bares one of the Keys’ name:  Key Largo –was actually except for a tiny bit filmed on sets in Hollywood so I really don’t consider it as really being filmed in the Keys.

MOVIE MEMORIES LIVE ON IN THE KEYS

The Rose Tattoo 

which takes place in Mississippi–it was filmed almost entirely in Key West (which makes up for Key Largo?).  In fact the house they picked to use for the film was right next door to the author, William’s house.  Stars Burt Lancaster and Anna Magani.

A Brief Guide To Key West’s Movie Career

Servant of the Crown

Camomile flowers can be made into a rubbing oil for swellings, callouses, and painful joints

11 Epic Fall Foliage Road Trips to Drive This Year

10 fascinating, lesser-known Revolutionary War sites in Pa.

Yankee Doodle

The song was initially popular among British forces during the War of Independence, 

as a mocking appraisal of the American soldiers’ inability to fight (and indeed dress themselves properly.  After the battle of Bunker’s Hill

the US troops themselves adopted it as a favourite marching song and threw it back at the Brits, to the annoyance of one British officer, who said, “It (“Yankee Doodle’) is now their paean, a favourite of favourites…a lover’s spell, the nurse’s lullaby”.  They even played it when the British Army came down to sign the surrender documents.  SO here’s early proof that Americans have a descent sense of comic timing and irony, whatever some commentators might say..

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Chris Roberts

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Highclere Castle is the real name of the setting for Downton Abbey.

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]     Dark Song

Stolen from her home at a young age and tormented for centuries, Elisabeta Trigovise is scared to show herself to anyone. Even though she has been rescued and is now safe within the Carpathian compound, she has lived in fear for so long she has no idea how to survive without it. She wants to answer the siren call of her lifemate—but the very thought terrifies her. Dark Song a Carpathian Novel by Christine Feehan Book Trailer

Corn, Cotton and Chocolate: How the Maya Changed the World

The main picture and this are both somewhere in the British Isles, but as you can see they are from two quite different places.

Itinerary: The Wallace and The Bruce (pdf)

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​THE MONARCHS: RICHARD II – THE TRAGIC BOY KING

Portrait at Westminster Abbey, mid-1390s

If you click on the underlined topic (Richard II) you’ll find a brief illustrated article on this boy whose father died too soon and who inherited all of England from his Grandfather.  It goes on to include movies and TV documentaries on the king as well as site to visit in relationship to his life and death, which gives you lots of Lock Down entertainment as well as the possible beginning of a new vacation plan. You’ll notice Westminster Abbey as where he was buried—probably where he was crowned—Churches in Europe hold more famous people than you’ll find out and about most days—Westminster for instance has so many Check out this book–BHO (British History Online) from the late 1880s that give you a detailed account of the burials in Westminster Abbey–at least up till then: Westminster Abbey: Chapels and royal tombs Over the long years many of those monarch’s original resting place lost teo memory and location: some are much more bazaar—this story of a head of state—who’s head became a collector’s time:   Admittedly not a king, but Cromwell was certainly a head of state. And most of him has no grave. After leading the Parliamentarian forces to victory in the civil war against Charles I, Cromwell took the reins of power until his death in 1658 and was buried in Westminster Abbey. When Charles II came to the throne in 1660, his supporters decided to enact a peculiarly spiteful form of vengeance, exhuming Cromwell’s body and hanging it on the scaffold at Tyburn near modern day Marble Arch. John Goldsmith, curator of the Cromwell Museum in Huntingdon, said: “It was then cut down and beheaded. Despite various stories about it being spirited away, his body was almost certainly dumped in a nearby pit. “His embalmed head was later removed from a spike and went from owner to owner – including being an attraction in a travelling show – until eventually being reburied at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge in 1960.” Find more interesting items along this line—where I got this story (from the BBC) at: Missing monarchs: The kings who did not rest in peace   Oh and check out that bit about Cromwell and how many places were found for you to see and visit with just a few articles we went thru  which might put you ahead (sorry couldn’t resist) on your vacation plans.   This bit on revisiting the deceased monarch and the items taken from them in some cases:   The corpses of 10 Kings and Queens of England exhumed centuries after death

Another great place to look are State sites

  Outdoor activities that naturally incorporate social distancing

This one is from West Virginia  which offers you general ideas and has lots of sites from canoeing to hiking and more in the state of West VA.

YORK has a Minster and much more—–Let’s check it out

First of all find out what a Minster is

York Minster Facts and Figures

How historic well the first Archbishop Egbert 

who made the cathedral school and library of York Minster the envy off Europe did so in the 8th century.  The original church burned down in 741 AD and was replaced with one with about 30 altars.

The current abbey is

York Minster

Human remains believed to date back to the 12th century discovered inside York Minster during rare excavation

and you can search for all manner of things:

Filming Location Matching “York Minster, York, North Yorkshire, England, UK” (Sorted by Popularity Ascending)

But York was not to remain under the Anglo-Saxons for too much longer for by he 9th century the Danes—-better known as Vikings showed up.

IVAN the Boneless was the invader in 866—and won against the disadvantaged Saxons (who had taken over the country from the Celts after the Romans had left) who were already involved in internal conflict

Top 10 books about the Vikings

Viking Place Names

and don’t forget Jorvik— 

you might think it’s just an attraction as it’s stylish and has a ride—but the villages you see are exact based on digs and other information—the people are real—faces and size based on skeltons found in digs done in the same area as Jorvik sets.  It is a must when going to York.

If you’re into Vikings there are all manner of things to see and do:

The Top 10 Places to Visit in the UK if You’re Fascinated by the Vikings

New ruins of Viking village near the Hudson River seriously question where were the borders of the legendary Vinland 

Retracing Ragnar: Scandinavia’s Top Viking Sites

The best Viking sites for travellers

and you can continue on and on—depending what you–your friends or family you’re traveling with.

Virtually

Overview tour/Westminster Abbey

New River Gorge Bridge Walk Fayetteville West Virginia …

Virtual York Minster

 

The Genius of ANDY KAUFMAN

Well he’s at

Beth David Cemetery

on Long Island—and You live and/     or are visiting there or maybe nearby

So you check out the cemetery and find that:

there are several:

Notable interments

• Eduard Bloch (1872–1945), personal physician to the family of Adolf Hitler
• Rube Bloom (1902–1976), musician
• Joyce Brothers (1927–2013), psychologist^[3]
• Bernard Herrmann (1911–1975), composer
• Sol Kaplan (1919–1990), composer
• Andy Kaufman (1949–1984), comedian and actor^[4]
• Martin Landau (1928–2017), actor^[5]
• Sam Levenson (1911–1980), humorist
• Chuck Low (1928–2017), actor^[6]
•                                                  Sidney Lumet (1924–2011), film director                                                                           Jack Newfield (1938–2004), journalist^[7]
• Doc Pomus (1925–1991), musician                                                                                                                   Saul Rogovin (1923–1995), baseball player

• Benjamin Stanley Rosenthal (1923–1983), politician
• Walt Singer (1911–1992), football player
• Harry Strauss (1909–1941), mobster
• Herbert Tenzer (1905–1993), politician
• Abe Vigoda (1921–2016), actor^[8]
• Herman Wouk (1915–2019), author

so You can visit the final resting place of several others of note

Now what else would you like  or do you to know about the area

Directions of course—BUT

How about a restaurant

Elmont Restaurants – Long Island New York Restaurants, NY

and how about making a day of it

So let’s  look for

Things to do on Long Island while you’re there?

with

43 Fun Things To Do With Your Kids On Long Island

or Without the small fries

Area Attractions

You can also look for hotels–B&B’s and that—-what ever you’re interested in just google  it—you’ve got the idea.

check out the without section to see where the picture below is of

Discover Long Island NY Virtually--lots of selections

Andy Kaufman on Letterman (October 15th 1980)

Andy Kaufman – BEST PERFORMANCE EVER

Viking Movies

The 13th Warrior (1999)

Beowulf (2007)

The Last Kingdom (2015)

Valhalla (2019)

Documentaries

1000 AD: A Tour of the Viking World // Vikings Documentary

Who were the Vikings? – Full BBC History Documentary

Viking Voyages: Wings of A Dragon (Viking Documentary) | Timeline

Why walking is the ideal pandemic activity

if nothing else its a good way to get out of the house.

Some more from the Tuesday’s Bonnie and Clyde items—above is Faye Dunaway in one of those fashion spin offs from the popular movie of the late 1960s  Below a picture of Dunaway during that time.

Here are some more places to visit related to the Outlaws

Bonnie and Clyde Embalmed Here: Arcadia, Louisiana

Bonnie and Clyde Ambush Museum    

Bonnie and Clyde Death Site: Gibsland, Louisiana

Other movies about Bonnie and Clyde:

Teenage Bonnie and Klepto Clyde (1993)

The Highwaymen (2019)

Bonnie & Clyde vs. Dracula (2008)

13 awesome things you probably didn’t know about Westminster Abbey

This is a wonderful church in London and if you never has seen it — it should be on you list of things you must see.

Cats Cradle & 8 Other String Games

This finished this one—-my favorite Detective the bad ass woman who solves the most twisted crimes with the help of Peabody her partner—but before you think this is your normal crime who done it—the crimes are bad and the criminals way past evil….oh did I mention they’re set in about 30 or 40 years in the future—oh and I saved the best to last, she’s married to a hot, rich and seriously sexy—Did I mention he’s like super rich—-and handsome beyond belief, is a computer wizard AND has a past that Eve is glad he was never arrested for. Oh and his name is Rourke (and like Sting–no last name) and of course Irish and has a face and body that would make the inhabitants of Olympus jealous.   Oh and if that isn’t crazy enough its written under a pseudo-name by a romance writer–Nora Roberts–WOW—-start from the beginning it’s better that way:

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More hints to plan a UK vacation

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Out and about in Texas

Zora Hurston  

would have been an amazing woman, no matter what her color—but in an age —20s and 30’s when women were just starting to find their way Zora wasn’t just a woman, she was a poor black woman from the south—-but it never seemed to stop her EVER.

In 1931 she collaborated with Langston Huges on a play “Mule Bone:  A Comedy of Negro Life in Three Acts.

But she didn’t stop there but went to visit Haiti where she found a whole new view of the Black culture which  included Voodoo   

and Zombies

Haiti Travel Advisory

From there she opted for less spooky trips including one to Honduras to seek a lost civilization

and another

a 1,500 mile houseboat voyage from Florida to New York.

and all this made her a central figure in the Harlem Renaissance.

Famous Places of the Harlem Renaissance

Author Zora Neale Hurston at the New York Times Book Fair in 1937, not long after she completed her interviews with Cudjo Lewis. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS/LC-USZ62-126945

Why The FBI Thought Ma Barker Was America’s Most Dangerous Mind In

The 1930s

5 places where you’re most likely to spot fairies in Ireland

Westminster

One of the most visited and recognizable section of London

Setting only a small distance from Big Ben and the houses of Parliament is

 the main starting point for river tours

Westminster Pier

and if you look about while you’re walking there you’ll note that statue to the pagan queen who took down the town and the Romans.

Course the big guy along the river is

The Houses of Parliament

also known as

The Palace of Westminster

Once the site of a former royal Palace—the current building was built in 1840 to replace an earlier palace destroyed in 1834 by fire.  It was designed by Charles Barry in a Gothic, basically a Perpendicular style.  Augustus Welby Pugin designed the paneled ceilings, tiled floors, stain glass, clocks, fireplaces, umbrella stands and even the inkwells.

The previous palace here was the King’s residence since Edward the Confessor,  Edward built a palace here with a huge abbey close by something that seems quite appropriate for a man that was later made a saint by the Catholic church.  Interestingly enough,  at the time of this original building the land that the two building currently set on was an island.

It continued to be so,  until Henry VIII.  now this wasn’t just another of Henry’s must have episodes—though that may have played a part—but part of the Palace at Westminster (the residential part) had burnt down (something this palace seemed prone to)  leaving Henry without a residence in the country’s capital.  But then things went wrong, as usual to Henry’s advantage—his involvement with Anne Boleyn had started in 1526 and by 1527 he was pushing for a divorce since Anne insisted on marriage prior to giving up her assets—-short story Cardinal Wolsey who owned a lovely house in London failed to get a divorce for the king and he was stripped of all his assets which included the house just a short way down the river from  the former Royal Palace–Henry had it enlarged and the king’s residence was moved  to Whitehall.    Whitehall was later destroyed by fire.

Oh and by the way Hampton Court was also once Wolsey’s property as well.

Walk about the Westminster Area

But back to that original palace today

Westminster Palace is the center of the British democracy and contains both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

it has more than 1,000 rooms and two miles of corridors which covers approximately 8 acres.  Not a place I’d enjoy cleaning I’m sure.

Virtual tour of the Houses of Parliament

How French Pirate King Jean Lafitte Made A Fortune In The Louisiana Swamps And Helped America Defeat The British

“For much of the 70s, Buffett lived in a second-story apartment at

704 Waddell Street

Today the house contains several luxurious condominium that are rented out to up-scale tourists.  To envision 704 Waddell in Jimmy’s starving-artist days, push the calendar in your imagination back twenty years.  Envision the same house (minus the fresh paint) as it was then, battered by the winds from the sea, baked to silver by the tropic sun.  Then picture Buffett, sitting in a front porch swing, strumming his six-string on the wide, airy veranda

Key West & The Florida Keys

June Keiths

Jeanette Epps Will Be the First Black Female Astronaut on the International Space Station

The Whistle Bar in Key West:

Old-time bar offering three different experiences.

Round Up Your Ripest for These Banana Bread Recipes

8  Most Popular Cities for Filming Movies

Leeds Castle

Visit Mt. Dora

7,000-Year-Old Horned Face Image Discovered Under Ancient Polish Home

When Jessica Fletcher and the sheriff’s wife Maureen Metzger enter a fly-fishing competition at a nearby lake, they are surprised when their guide is Brian Kinney, an ex-con trying to rebuild his life. Yet when Kinney’s vicious ex-partner Jepson breaks out of prison vowing revenge on those who put him away—and the lawyer for both men is found murdered—Cabot Cove becomes the focus of the nation as local, state, and federal authorities descend on Jessica’s hometown. And to add to the tension, Maureen has gone missing. Is she lost or is she a hostage? Setting out to save her friend and perhaps thwart a killer, Jessica soon finds herself caught in a netful of lies, deceit, and ulterior motives.

GREAT EVENTS IN BRITISH HISTORY: OPERATION CHASTISE – THE DAMBUSTERS RAID

Memorial to Victim of Bonnie and Clyde–Alma, Arkansas

This movie came out in 1967—and according to sources was around for a while before it caught on—-this was a crazy time…..in October 1967 when it came out:   8 years before this in a little known (then) country called Vietnam became the site were a Major and a Sgt. were killed in action on July 8, 1959— By 1967 there were hundreds killed every week and thousands every month—and that was just the US.

October  found Westmoreland in charge in Nam and the monsoons making an impossible situation even more unbearable as well a the Air Force grounded except for a few helicopters.  The infantry as usual took heavy losses and eventually the American Division withdrew toward the coast while killing 500- 1,000 of the enemies on the way.

By the 21st of October that year the first national domestic demonstration took place organized by the Mobilization Committee to End the War.  There were 100,000 protesters that met up at the Lincoln Memorial—-but later that day (night) only 30,000 of them decided to move on to the Pentagon where they encountered soldiers and US Marshals  set there to defend it.  If you want to know more about the incident see Armies of the Night by Norman Mailer who was one of the hundreds arrested that night.

Bonnie and Clyde Dexfield Park Shootout: Dexter, Iowa

1967 was also the year that Martin Luther King led his first demonstrations  and later made his first major  public speech on his opposition to the war on moral grounds.

Given all this and the fact that all our news both printed and on TV was full of the growing protests and the body count which grew daily…..more and more the students and other young people were appalled by the numbers lost.  Like the current virus I knew very few people that were actually that were lost from it—but I could still worry and of course have compassion for the dead  and  wounded and their families.

When the movie Bonnie & Clyde came out in 1967—it was with cool reviews and it like I said before took a while to hit its stride—with the older generation (like anyone 40 or so) have serious doubts about this film that they felt might prove dangerous—and the NY Times critic among others panning it and its excessive  violence and senseless movements—but they were to find that their children were not influenced by their beliefs and were seriously

Bonnie and Clyde Shootout Souvenirs: Dexter, Iowa

But by 1968 it had gained popularity.  I remember seeing it—-and Clyde announcing while he  is target practicing at an empty farm house  and a tenant farmer and his black hired end up joining him and using one of his guns to shoot the place up—which they are in the process of leaving as it’s been re-possessed by the bank….Clyde introduces himself and Bonnie and then adds “We rob banks.”   And many of us saw that as placing himself as anti-establishment—like many of those of us who were becoming more and more concerned with what they were doing to our (or other’s) lives.

Arthur Penn who directed the movie stated it like it was when ask about the violence  after the fact:  “We were in the midst of the Vietnam War.  There were worse things on the news every night.”

Someone said:  “By the time Bonnie and Clyde came out the whole generation was delinquent”   Yes what was a few people shot down in a make believe telling to those of us who watch a real war on TV every day and night (but only till 1 am—TV ended then)—no late or all night viewing and PBS went off much earlier….oh and there was news at 11 then the night entertainment many went on right after the news—some channels had a movie that ran a bit later but nobody at least in my town had all night.

Bank Robbed by Bonnie and Clyde: Stuart, Iowa

And that was so much the truth—Beatty (whose sister Shirley McClain was the more successful of the two) had started off a successful pretty boy to begin with but had  pretty much gone down from there.  Not only did he star in the brutal piece which he also produced but he even was said to have made some contribution to the script.  The movie wasn’t just popular—it was a a head turner and  a taboo breaker.  Amazingly Beatty was the most recognizable of the cast—his leading lady who would go on to make many noteworthy movies Faye Dunaway had done some Broadway–but her first movie was early 1967—The Happening and this her second.

The rest of the cast including Estelle Parsons, who took home one of the 2 (out of 10 nominations) Oscars her her part as Clyde’s hysterical sister in law.  Gene Hackman and Michael J. Pollard made up the rest of the gang, Hackman as the other Barker brother and Pollard as a garage attendant that joins Bonnie & Clyde, shortly after they decided to take up a life of crime.  This movie was also the film debut for Gene Wilder  (also doing Broadway before this) who plays Eugene Gazzard who is kidnapped and taken on what amounts to a ride along for Wilder an his girlfriend where they share a car with the killer couple until Wilder’s character mentions that he is an undertaker, which causes Bonnie to freak out and you last see Wilder and his lady standing along the road looking a bit dazzed as the gang’s get away car speeds away–leaving them stranded but otherwise unharmed by their day’s activities.

My favorite cast member Mabel Covit who played Bonnie’s mom—according to something I read it seems that they filmed the reunion scene-–the first half of the movie being a story of messy jobs and missteps in their career and incidents like the one with Hackman–which marks the second half of the movie that become progressively what it will eventually become the brutal murder of the two anti-heroes.  Anyway they filmed this in Red Oak, Texas

and one of the locals who came to watch (Mabel) was reportedly cast to play Bonnie’s mother.

Bonnie and Clyde Hats of Death: Roscoe, Illinois

Some called it the movie the one that started the trend making criminals and sociopaths glamorous and a choice of sensationalist movie makers ever since….but many more saw the value and the reflection of the age in it—

But a lot of people changed threir minds and the NY Times reviewer left—some accounts said he resigned other that he as fired as his finding on the movie and his dislike were so far off the national take on the show—which was being described by many as a welcome breaking of the old cinema taboos with its sex—and much more so it’s violence with it scene at the end of the movie where both stars and their car are repeatedly hit and torn by bullets from the law men who formed an ambush and cut the two outlaws that repeatedly alluded them.

According to the FBI:

In addition to the automobile theft charge, Bonnie and Clyde were suspects in other crimes. At the time they were killed in 1934, they were believed to have committed 13 murders and several robberies and burglaries. Barrow, for example, was suspected of murdering two police officers at Joplin, Missouri and kidnapping a man and a woman in rural Louisiana. He released them near Waldo, Texas. Numerous sightings followed, linking this pair with bank robberies and automobile thefts. Clyde allegedly murdered a man at Hillsboro, Texas; committed robberies at Lufkin and Dallas, Texas; murdered one sheriff and wounded another at Stringtown, Oklahoma; kidnaped a deputy at Carlsbad, New Mexico; stole an automobile at Victoria, Texas; attempted to murder a deputy at Wharton, Texas; committed murder and robbery at Abilene and Sherman, Texas; committed murder at Dallas, Texas; abducted a sheriff and the chief of police at Wellington, Texas; and committed murder at Joplin and Columbia, Missouri.

HISTORY

https://www.fbi.gov/history/famous-cases/bonnie-and-clyde#:~:text=In%20addition%20to%20the%20automobile,and%20several%20robberies%20and%20burglaries.

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Historic Auto Attractions: Roscoe, Illinois

The movie was among the first 100 films preserved in the U.S. National Film listing it as being  Culturally, Historically and Aesthetically significant.

“Movies and TV have tended to portray Bonnie and Clyde as habitual bank robbers who terrorized financial institutions throughout the Midwest and south. This is far from the case. In the four active years of the Barrow gang, they robbed less than 15 banks, some of them more than once. Despite the effort, they usually got away with very little, in one case as little as $80. The few successful bank robberies associated with Bonnie and Clyde were mostly committed by Clyde and criminal associate Raymond Hamilton. Bonnie would sometimes drive the getaway car, but often she was not involved at all, staying at a hideout while the rest of the gang robbed the bank.”

Biography: 

 Bonnie and Clyde: 9 Facts About the Outlawed Duo

Bonnie And Clyde | Film Locations

Volo Museum: Bonnie and Clyde Death Car: Volo, Illinois

One of the thing this movie made popular was an entire line of clothes inspired by the gang’s wear and the time period—I had a Bonnie outfit including a beret and matching shoes—loved it.

bonnie comes on with a stylish bang                               From the January 12, 1968 issue of Life magazine

The style legacy of Bonnie Parker

Crime Doctor and Death Car Memorabilia: Abilene, Kansas

PORTRAITS AND PHOTO STORIES

of science and conservation in the Headwaters of the Everglades

the first (main pic) is in Cornwall—Penzance

This is London—-One from my first trip to the UK (this One) and the other from my 3rd.

8 Reasons Why You Shouldn’t Throw Out Your Brown Paper Bags

Here something you can try while you’re contemplating another rerun on the tube.

and now something entirely different to spend some time with:

Browse: The World in Bookshops

Enjoy A Summer Of Spacious Cinema Under The Stars

another London activity that allows socialization while keeping that distancing that is quickly becoming the norm rather than the unusual

There’s more than one way to sport a plaid:

check them out at Scottish Gourmet USA

Canterbury | Attractions & Tourist Information VisitBritain

There’s so much in the UK to see what would I recommend—How about Canterbury which is said to date back to the 1st century  and the name is said to be Celtic.  Then came the Romans who built the original walls but they were gone by the early 5th century and the city wouldn’t have had much tourist appeal until St. Augustine arrived a couple of hundred years after that and  there was all manner of buildings and it became a prime site for the Christian traveler seeking blessings —I like to think of them as the original tourist as they went from local site to further afield some going as far as Jerusalem—which was  the ultimate destination back then.

Of course there were all matter of events in the town—the foremost in my minds was when a group of nobles in the 12th century,  trying to please Henry II (father of Richard The Lion Heart-–a prominent visitor to Jerusalem too.  And who can forget his other son and  the reputedly worse king that ever ruled England—his youngest son John–so bad no other king has since borne that name)  But back to Henry 2 who had appointed a friend he thought he knew to  a position of Archbishop much to his regret, as the friend took his position seriously and stood against Henry —and  some of the nobles trying to gain favor went to  Canterbury and murdered the Holyman, who since has become quite famous Thomas Becket–which the king denied he ever gave a direct order for the murder,  but did admit he did indicate he wouldn’t miss him.  In fact they murdered him at the altar in the cathedral—creating a worse mess for the king and a new saint for the church and a shrine for many pilgrims, including Chaucer in the 14th c which he wrote about in The Canterbury Tales.

So what would I recommend:

How about some historical movies on the subject:

The Lion in Winter

with an unbelievable cast is a good introduction to Henry II, and his entire crazy family, including the two sons we’ve  already discussed (did I mention that John had lost all the crown jewels include the crown in a bay some where around the British Isle—and his wife Elanor  who is said to have (or have had) his mistress murdered.

Becket

Another excellent cast

then visit it virtually

And here several Places there to look into:

Westgate Towers (picture above)

14th c city gate which now houses a museum and overlooks the Adjacent Westgate Gardens among other things housed here.

Canterbury Cathedral  (picture below)

The mother church of England with  its 235 foot fan-vaulted tower and don’t forget the largest amount of original Medieval stained glass windows in the entire of Britain and much of Europe. And a shrine to Becket––but not the original, Henry VIII had it torn down while reforming the church-–his reform like the majority of his life merely a means to see that he had the ending he wanted—but that’s a whole other story.

A Canterbury trail: exploring the city’s medieval streets on foot

9 HIDDEN GEMS YOU MUSTN’T MISS AROUND LOCH NESS

The lake has a lot more than a monster to see–check it out

A Pack of Great Werewolf Books

Those who are changed into the demon werewolf suddenly fall to the ground as if seized with epilepsy, and there they lie without life or motion.  Their actual bodies do not move from the pt where they have fallen, nor do their limbs turn to the hairy limbs of a wolf but the soul or spirit by some fascination quits the inert body and enters the spectrum or paoua of a wolf, and whey they have glutted their foul lupine lusts and cravings by the Devil’s power, the soul  renters the former human body

De Tgeniibabtria (1553)

Gaspar Peucer

THE 25 ESSENTIAL WEREWOLF MOVIES TO WATCH RIGHT NOW

Birdwatching Is a Bright Spot in a Pandemic-Stricken Economy

and you can even do it from your back and/or front yard

Delhi and Agra: A Traveller’s Reader / Kindle Edition

Discover where you want to go

5 Ways Maps Have Warped Your View of the World

This is something I hadn’t realized before  and really amazed me

10 places to learn more about Central Florida’s black history

Eatonville

The town of Eatonville is said to be one of the first where the city was from the start a place where Black Lives mattered:  a Black city governed by it’s Blacks citizens..

The town is however named for a white man Captain Joshua (or Josiah) C. Eaton of Maine, who was a retired Navy paymaster who settled in Maitland after the Civil War.  The town was largely ex-military and Tony Taylor, a black man, was elected as the town’s first mayor. And another black man, Joe Clarke, was elected town marshal.  Joe Clark along with Eaton an two other white Union veteran worked together and secured a 500 acre tract just a mile west of Maitland, and the town of Eatonville was born.

But it was a later settler John Hurston, a master carpenter and Baptist minister who was to contribute to the town’s fame–-as after arriving here his daughter Zora Neale Huston was born and she would go on to write about the town in her autobiography “Dust Tracks on the Road”  

Zora has in fact been described as “only first-class native-born Florida author.”  (Theodore Pratt)

Maybe you want to consider it for your list of places to visit and enjoy.

Orlando’s African-American Guide

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State adds, upgrades kayaking access on Elk River

Check out which state

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2nd Home 

Thrift Shop

601 E Highway 50,

Across from Winn Dixie

in the old Babcock Furniture Store

Clermont, FL 34711

(352) 242-0357

Clermont, Florida, a great day trip from Orlando

22 of the Best Reading Nooks to Escape Into

Best All-Inclusive Resorts in the Caribbean from US News

and welcome to another look at planning your trip while you’re biding your time in  the boredom and dread of virus lock down—

Today’s pictures are from a trip to Jamaica to an all inclusive resort—something we’ll look at today—-among other items that may help you better define your trip or trips.   But we’re talking more about site to explore to plan a trip and the city we’re looking at is Paris.

The World’s Best All-Inclusive Resorts for Adults

Jet Setter Magazine gives you their take on this industry

The Secret Garden | Available On Demand!

Some place to escape till the real thing works out better HOPEFULLY SOON

to become a member in Humane Society—or at least learn more

To learn more abut Habitat for Humanity

Introducing: The Isle of Wight 

Some place in the UK that’s a bit off the beaten but worth a look

So here we are still planning:  How to determine where to go:

What do you like:

Fine art and Classy buildings—well my thoughts of course goes to Paris—I love Britain as you know but….

The Eiffel Tower and Champ de Mars 

You and I have heard of the travel but Champ de Mars for those of you (like me) might not know that that is the green park area that the tower stand next to.  One can only dream what that much look like

The Musée d’Orsay

This I discovered looking thru items on Paris it is housed in a former Beaux Art Railway station and hold all manner of French art from 1848 – 1914.

The Louvre Museum

Now even I know about this one–the world’s largest Art Museum

     The Palace of Versailles

another that I’ve heard of.

But there’s so much to see and to in this City of Lights

28 Indulgent Chocolate Desserts We Always Crave

And how about trying out your baking skills for something else to do

17 Things About Visiting Paris No One Tells You

Well like I mentioned before—-check with the Embassy—Yours–as in the country you live and/or are a citizen of–that is

Level 3: Reconsider travel to France   (US Embassy)

and obviously now is not a great time to travel but it will get you started as to what to look for when you’re ready

UK help and services in France

Japanese Embassies and Consulate locations   

including France

Here’s another example of information that you can find and  really need before you make even that first reservations]

A Room for One

While Americans are used to hotel rooms that nearly always contain either a king or two queen-sized beds and enough bath towels for four people, accommodations in Paris are usually quite different. There is such a thing as a single room, and it’s what it sounds like: a room with a single bed and one bath towel. A room with a larger bed is typically two single beds pushed together.

it’s from

Americans in Paris: Things to Know Before Traveling to Paris for the First Time

There are all manner of info for all races and creeds:

You can find all manner of churches including a

Korean Seventh Day Adventist in Paris. 

just for an example

50 unmissable attractions in Paris

Iconic sights aren’t hard to come by here, but these are the 50 Paris attractions you absolutely must see from Time Out

But this has many interpertation—so be selective and specific no matter where you’re going

and while your looking include asking for the type of accommodations

The Ritz Paris

Has a room 1 bed 2 people and includes breakfast and a super posh room for a bit (with taxes) under $2,000 for the night onTrip Advisor savings    Oh and that does include Breakfast

for Paris Hotels: Budget

and you can search for more of these types of go on to look for mid level rooms as well as alternatives an B&Bs etc.

28 Best Places For Shopping In Paris Like A Pro In 2020

A restorative castle getaway: Star Castle Hotel, St. Mary’s

another of those parts of the UK that many of you might not know about

Health Care Tips for Travelers to France

If you look back to last week you can see other suggestions for your research list and I’ve even a few more new ones for this time around:

Is It Safe in Paris?

this article deals with the solo traveler as well as

LGBTQ

general tips some other as well as the general travelers should follow when in Paris to avoid theft, scams, and injury:

Just click on the line at Is is Safe above for this info

Visiting Paris with a disability

The Real-Life Haunting That Inspired ‘The Changeling’

not ready to travel yet—check out  a scary read

35 brilliant things to do with kids in Paris

so that’s some of it—-obviously I haven’t covered everything but this might help get you started and since yur travel time is still on hold it’s a good time to do the basics or what we will be able to do HOPEFULLY in 2021.

Entry Requirements 

Bringing your pet to France–Don’t forget to check if your hotel is pet friendly when you’re looking if you might want to bring your pets.

 Eagle Eyes on the Environment

This is a major rescue center for Birds of Prey–have been there a few time—check it out at their website above—-its worth your time even if you aren’t in a stay at home mode.

For information from the French Government about COVID-19 visit https://www.gouvernement.fr/en/coronavirus-covid-19

Paris tourist office – Official website

Wine tasting in Paris – Paris tourist office

HISTORY of PARIS

Meet the black tourism entrepreneurs telling a fuller story of Paris

Exploration of the Gargoyles and Chimeras of Notre-Dame

The Notre-Dame Rooster and Other Statues That Escaped the Fire

Visit Paris in Virtual Reality

Stopping the downward spiral

Keeping yourself positive in a negative world.

to all my friends and all my co- travelers on this Diva’s Journey

in Texas and Louisiana and beyond—this thing could last awhile:

Hurricane Laura Forecast to Strike Upper Texas, Louisiana Coasts as Category 3; Warnings Issued for Gulf Coast

Please stay safe–evacuate if you’re in one of those areas—its suppose to be a bad storm —and If they’re wrong—At least you got out of the house for awhile–don’t forget to take the pets and the masks —-all of our thoughts and prayers are with you.  

Please Keep us posted on how y’all are doing

Love in the Time of Corona,’ the first COVID-themed limited series, premieres Saturday on Freeform 

If bluebells ring in your garden, an evil faery is near

Clover:  Wildly attractive to faery life.

Pomona, photograph of the ‘real’ Alice Liddell, by Julia Margaret Cameron, albumen print, 1872, England. Museum no. RPS.1271-2017. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London. © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Places in the UK to Ask Alice

At a Glance…

“Experience a mind-bending journey into Wonderland at V&A’s  (London)

Alice \Curiouser and Curiouser

(opens 27 June)

Featuring original illustrations and photographs as well as all manner of other Alice-inspired multimedia, this immersive and theatrical show promises to do proper justice to creative geniuses the world over.

The Alice Town Trails

in Llandudno (Wales)

will tell you about the ‘real’ Alice’s holiday in the Welsh seaside town.  Narrated as if by Lewis Carroll

with the help of witty quips by the Mad Hatter, there are two ‘augmented reality’ tours and an origins app available to download for smart phones or you can buy a paper map in the town.

Mark Davies, author of Alice in Waterland and Alice’s Oxford on Foot

is the only Oxford guide endorsed by the Lewis Carroll Society.   

His Alice in Waterland tours are offered to small groups and can be tailored to your interests.  Walks vary in length but usually follow paths through

Christ Church Meadow     

that Carroll would have walked on many occasions.

Finding Wonderland

Jenny Rowe

Discover Britain

Bill Clinton  president of United States

Gifts were (and still are as we witnessed at a holy well in Ireland a few years ago) left at these wells such as coins, buttons, beads, keys, buckled, ribbons, rags (tied on tree branches etc in a knot) and “dolly” figures were favored

Luxury Beachside Hotel in Scotland

Flowers, fruits, stones and crystals were also often left at holy wells

How to Find a Therapist—Or Teletherapist—In 2020

So long as the gifts/offerings remained at the wells a tie with the well existed for the person who left them.

Chessel’s Court

Edinburgh, 

Chessel’s Court, a courtyard in the Old Town of Edinburgh surrounded by fine restored tenements, dates from about 1745.

In the 1850’s one of the upper flats was said to be haunted by the ghost of a woman, who had hanged herself there.  Breathing and other sounds were reportedly heard, and also apparently spotted was the apparition of a tall woman clad in a black silk dress and with a black veil hiding its face.

Haunted Places in Scotland

Martin Coventry

New Guyandotte Water Trail opening in southern W.Va.

If you or someone else removed the gift from the well,  the person who removed it is said to receive the illness complaint of the person who left the offering.

How To Make A Dollar Store Halloween Hat

The wells were and some still are decorated with garlands on special days.

WATCH: Teachers help make virtual learning cool with back-to-school rap video

This day I will be happier than a bird with a French fry

take a virtual walk thru:

St. Mary Abbots Church

                                        Photo added by Bobb Edwards

for BIO

Illustrious parishioners throughout the years have included: Beatrix Potter, Sir Issac Newton, William Wilberforce, William Thackeray, and more recently, PD James, MP Michael Gove and former Prime Minister David Cameron.

READ AN EXCERPT

Look Inside

 Half Moon Bay

COVID-19 (coronavirus): Long-term effects

The Otherworld is but a short distance from theirs where humans continue to live a similar life.  (like the Castle of the Grail.

Beltane

The last of the spring festivals (Imbolic   Ostara and Beltane) and the second  and the second principal Celtic festival (other Samhain ).  It was traditional to      celebrate it between the Vernal Equinox and the Summer Solstice (Spring and Midsummer) in ancient times to mark the arrival of summer.

In ancient times the year was divided into two parts  winter or the Dark part where the sun is held in hiding.. A time which  honors the dead and summer when the sun is released the time of the light.honoring the living.

Beltane (and Samhain) is a period of “no time”—and the veil between the world and the otherworld is at it’s thinnest—a time that the beings of both mingle resulting in a time of strong magic.  A time when the faeries return full of mischief and delight.  In days gone by the night before Beltane the people would place rowan branches at their windows and doors to protect them from the otherworldly beings that were about at this time.

For instance The Isle of Man –(it’s past) here the youngest member of the family gathers primroses on the eve before Beltane and throws flowers  about the home for protection

HawkAye the drone firm sharing breath taking photos of Scotland from a different perspective

The Otherworld was a resting place of the gods and the dead (alive again).  A marvelous paradise, an orchard where the fruit is ripe all year and there is no death or old age

Sherlock Holmes Tour London

Arthur Conan Doyle Biography

The Beatles – Live At SHEA STADIUM (August 15, 1965)

It is said that the Queen of the Faeries rides out on her white horse.  Roving about on Beltane eve.  She will try to entice people away to the Faeryland.

I have no remembrance where the main picture was taken…but the first and this the last are from the Royal Mile Edinburgh

So last week we looked at deciding how we were going to go on our next vacation and where to go to find out about if there are problems going to that location as well as what you need (i.e. paper work—i.e. pass ports etc)…..

Really it is a good time to do this looking and when the place you want to go is a good fit for you—-which is our next step—-if you like lush and full service you don’t want to go on a safari—– or do you:

African Adventures

advertise:

Award-Winning Luxury African Safaris

including:

Custom Safaris in Africa Tailor-Made for You

and

Luxury African Safari

Always check sites like Trip Advisor or other ratings site and reviews before you settle of course

Oh the pictures are of the Florida Keys and Key West on a trip we took and stayed with friends.

Here’s What a $100,000 Per Night Private Island Rental Gets You in the Maldives

Why Go To Bora Bora

Not all of us know exactly where we want to go—–I mean you might love westerns and all that but….then what—

there are ranch vacations

which  may include some of all of these,  Western-lodging and an occasional time camping out, steer roping, fishing,   and as much horseback riding as you can handle, many scene sites and some offering historical destination, and some even have stagecoach and horse drawn coach rides.  And don’t forget the chuck wagon dinners and campfires under the stars.  And for those real Dude cowpokes—some have spas to relax after all that activity.  If you can only go in winter look for one that offers indoor riding adventures.

So it may be a good idea to see you and any one going with you want to see and then check for places on line—make a list —easy done online for each location……and what you want to do, see or experience doing the visit—what type of food do you want

It all depends on what you’re looking for for those bucks

The Ranch at Rock Creek—-Philipsburg, Montana

In the summer there are rodeos which include professional cowboys

Brush Creek Ranch

Saratoga, Wyoming

had me at this picture

Gateway Canyons Resort & Spa

Gateway, Colorado

as if the spa isn’t enough there a classic car museums, five restaurants and several national parks nearby

Seriously roughing it in Australia

How to Vacation Like a Royal

Of course  if it’s a group of 2 or three then you might take your Favorites

Say a trip to Paris with 3 people with interests in sport,  art and the revolution.

You could visit in July—14th for instance which marks Bastille Day which is a  celebration of the beginning of the Revolution and on the 146th there are big outdoor military parades, music not to mention fire work displays and I’m sure you could find much more to tie into that given it’s celebration time.

The Tour de France—Is also in July and Paris is the Start of the Race and it is said to be an impressive sight and an event for Paris.

and if you can’t find art museums and venues in Paris      maybe you should rethink going anywhere beyond your yard for vacation.

Fan Travel: Vacations for Movie Buffs

Alternative Iceland, far from the maddening crowds

And then there’s traveling with children–say to

Japan.

In Tokyo 

There’s always Tokyo Disney, which gives them lots of fun, but very little in the way

If you have teens you might be better suited to

Tokyo Disney Sea

Which has more older kids and adult themed entertainment for your enjoyment involving the sea etc

and there is a zoo, 

a fire museum   with all kinds of kid’s activities

and so much more. in Tokyo and about the country

Unusual Attractions in China

20 Must-Visit Attractions in Spain

For old Teens—-Ghost visits in Scotland might be interesting and a bit scary something teens seem to relish —and you can throw in some painless (and not often recognized as such and so they might even remember) history lessons while you’re at it.

First there’s

Deer Abbey

9 miles west of Peterhead

2 miles west of Mintlaw

Deer Abbey was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and contains mostly foundations and the like—but there are a few of the buildings still there.  The illustrated Book of Deer from here is now at the Cambridge library.  The road that passes the abbey site has often been the site of an appearance of a monk dressed in dark robe and hood but with a blurry face.

You could make a day of it by including:

Peterhead  has a self guided tour which includes:  Smugglers, Jacobites, secret passages, heroes, poets, unexpected Royalty, influential ladies, ghosts, war, witchcraft, murder, armed rebellion and piracy – a fine day out in Peterhead. Put on your walking shoes and let the story begin.

and a

Prison Museum 

to name a few.

and stop by

Mintlaw

to see if you can find the:

Beast of Buchan  Woods near The Beaches Further Comments: Local man James Maskame watched a large black cat-like creature leave the woods before running across nearby farmland. This is just one of several in the area, where local media have dubbed the cat ‘The Beast of Buchan’.

that’s just a sample of gathering ideas and thing to based on interests  and then build your vacation days on places in the area your going to be to make up a vacation that’s ALL THAT and much more.

Underground Jerusalem: An Interactive Journey

8 Best Places for Stargazing in the U.S.

and what about those persons with mobility issues:

Responsible Tours

Has tours for those in wheelchairs those with sight, hearing. mobility and other issues.

They have accessible vacations to:

India

Japan

Spain

Egypt

check the site for a full offering

Cities around the world dedicated to Accessibility for all

Berlin, Germany

Seattle, Washington

Stratford-upon Avon, UK

Sydney, Australia

Montreal, Canada

Dublin, Ireland

San Diego, CA

Loutraki, Greece

SEA OF CORTEZ SAILING ADVENTURES

Most Dog-friendly Vacation Destinations in the US

 The Fjords of Norway

Looking for a little adventure, steeped in mystical history, wrapped in absolute beauty? The Fjords of Norway offer all of it and a dog-friendly atmosphere too. Most hotels, restaurants, and hiking trails are dog friendly. With a package like this, who could resist?

Hilton Sedona at Bell Rock, Arizona

Why you should go to the world’s least-visited countries

14 Top Vacation Spots