Tennessee Ski Vacations Located near Gatlinburg, Tennessee, Ober Gatlinburg is the only ski resort in the state. It is a complete family vacation spot with an amusement park, indoor ice skating, a bungee tower, an alpine slide, and many other activities and attractions - there is something to please everyone.

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Remember, Santa Cruz is one of several islands that make up the Channel Islands off the coast of California, about 20 miles from Ventura, and I've posted about them several times before because, well, they're a great place to go and hang out on a lazy California weekend, and b) the paddling around Santa Cruz itself is superb.

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• Eagle Hatches on Santa Cruz

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There's never a shortage of places to go or things to do in the Golden State. Feel glamorous in L.A., be charmed by the City by the Bay, enjoy the sun in San Diego, or hit the links in Palm Springs. Ride a cable car, windsurf the Golden Gate, scribble poetry in a North beach cafe.

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• Cheap California Vacation Packages With Orbitz

They wanted me to bring them home with me We took the midnight train from Saigon to Nha Trang (12 hours) We shlepped our luggage and the bikes through a sea of humanity (including beggars, pimps and vendors of everything) and threw our bikes through the windows of the train.

The next day we could ride from 15 to 37 miles.

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• Differences Cycling in Vietnam and Cambodia in 1993 and 2006

There are six of us on today's ride: me; Todd, the tour guide; Jim and Louise, a couple who won the trip as a door prize and who unfortunately don't drink and don't like bicycling - which leaves them pushing up most of the steep hills; and my parents, Ellen and Brian, who do both drink and bicycle.

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• Bicycling Under the Influence