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A product of North County, St. Louis, home of The Castaway Club and Sts. John and James Parochial School. Working RN in a large nursing home, happily married, sixty-one years old. My father was born in Coleraine, Ireland, came through Ellis Island and worked

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Travel > Travel Planning & Advice Packing tips: What not to take on a tropical vacation: 3 of 12
Leave your troubles behind and forget the alarm clock because you are headed for paradise. My favorite tropical delight is Sanibel/Captiva, Florida. It's a little slice of heaven nestled in the Gulf far from the madding crowd. Your trip will improve quite a bit if you pack the right things.Choose light colors in clothing inst... More..
Travel > Vacations Combining volunteering with your vacation: 4 of 10
Volunteer on vacation? What a strange concept but it happens more than you might think. My brother used his vacation time helping other people after a tornado hit a Missouri town. Many people I know dropped everything and headed South to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. America has problems but our country shines when i... More..
Travel > Travel Diaries & Adventures (Other) Travel experiences: Road trip horror stories: 39 of 71
This could never happen to me as you listen to another victim lamenting their latest road trip horror story. My husband and I became members of this elite club on our vacation trip to Wisconsin. We couldn't wait to find the little cabin on the lake and do some relaxing fishing for pike and muskellunge on beautiful Fawn Lake n... More..
Travel > Travel Diaries & Adventures (Other) Travel experiences: Best road-trip tales: 34 of 46
I won a trip to Florida with three other ladies from work. Our boss gave us his condo for a week plus the company van. All we needed was gas money and spending money. We had meetings after work and planned accordingly by figuring the mileage and cost per person at the current gas prices.Each person brought a week's worth of s... More..