Tips
Flying on the Tin Goose
By Kathleen Walls
Ever
wish you could go back to the early days of flight? Well you can. I
recently flew on one of the first passenger planes ever built. It
was a treat where I learned a lot. For instance, we all associate
Henry Ford and his Model T with making auto travel available to the
general public but did you know he was a pioneer in air flight as
well? Read more
Freedom of the Press
Revoked?
by KathleenWalls
I must have missed something on the news while I was
traveling. When I reached Fort Rucker in Daleville, Alabama, I found
out a major overhaul of our constitution had occured! I was
there to visit the United States Army Aviation Museum, open to the
public and free to all by just showing your drivers license at the
gate. All except media that is.Read
more My Best Airport Tips
by Kathleen Walls
After the horrific events at Fort Lauderdale
Airport, I thought it was time to offer some airport travel tips to
keep you safe and make the trek through the airport less of a
minefield. Nothing can guarantee you a safe trip but I intend to do
what I love most, keep traveling. I will not let deranged terrorists
scare me away. However, I will do all I can to minimize my risk and
make the 'getting there' part as pleasant as possible. Here are some of my personal favorite tips
culled from lots of flights in my career as a travel writer:
Read tips here
Too Cose to Home
by KathleenWalls
This is all getting too close to home for me. My home state of
Florida seems to be turning into a shooting gallery. Tonight I am
watching the Fort Lauderdale Airport shooting storyIt is so much closer to home for me since two
of my friends, Renee Gordon, who writes regular columns for
American Roads and Global
Highways, and Barry Gordon, are trapped outside the airport.
For more on shooting
Anne Frank: A History for Today
by Kathleen Walls
How often do you cry in a museum? If you can
visit a museum with the Anne Frank: A History for Today exhibit you
will. I visited the MOSH (Museum of Science and History) in
Jacksonville to see the exhibit about that beautiful, Jewish
girl whose life was brutally ended by Hitler's Nazi 'Final
Solution.' Naturally, I had read the book and
seen the film long ago. I have since seen many stories related to
her and the Holocaust. It was mandatory reading
in the late 50's and still widely used in schools today.
Read more