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  • Famous Jamaican Jerk Chicken on the grill at Button Beach
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    What’s On Your Bucket List? Add GoldenEye

    Byuser June 19, 2021July 9, 2021

    It’s small enough that there are no conflicts over finding a beach chair. And with its tropical gardens it’s easy to forget what’s happening in the world

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  • Ian Fleming at work on his James Bond novels (historical photo)
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    Communing With James Bond at GoldenEye

    Byuser June 18, 2021July 9, 2021

    Fleming wrote every one of his 14 James Bond novels here in a tropical villa off Oracabessa Bay. He took the name of an English ornithologist for his hero

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  • What we ate instead. Wonderful lunch cooked by Mark Lindsay at Lindsay's Seafood Joint and Bar (Photo: Richard Nattoo)
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    Good To Have a Plan B – Authentic Jamaica

    Byuser June 18, 2021July 9, 2021

    Cummings explained he has fond memories of growing up in Jamaica until his parents moved him and his siblings to Brooklyn when he was 13

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  • The True family.
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    Calling all cowboys and cowgirls

    Byuser June 18, 2021June 28, 2023

    Russell True jokes that his mom thought her husband was crazy when he said in 1965 that he was done with his job in Denver and wanted to buy a ranch in Arizona

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  • Captain Grregory Chance
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    In Jamaica, it’s all about YA MON

    Byuser June 16, 2021July 9, 2021

    Everyone is so friendly. Even if you don’t know the person, it’s common courtesy to say hi — “YA, MON,”

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  • Duck and Lamb at the French Restaurant
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    Can’t choose entree? Choose everything!

    Byuser June 16, 2021July 9, 2021

    when we couldn’t choose between Duck Bigarde (with an orange sauce) or Carre D’Agneau (rack of lamb) our waiter encouraged us to try both

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  • The wedding at Sandals Royal Plantation
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    Wedding are back at Sandals in Jamaica

    Byuser June 16, 2021July 9, 2021

    The music alerted those of us in the water and on the beach as the bride floated down the dock in her long, white dress to the Gazebo

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  • Armed police greet passengers after the THIRD JetBlue aircraft fails to depart
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    JetBlue and the Terrible Day at JFK

    Byuser June 16, 2021July 9, 2021

    What should have been a simple 3 ½ hour direct flight from JFK Airport in Queens, NY, to Montego Bay, Jamaica, turned into an all-day and night travel odyssey

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  • Bayonne jambon
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    Celebrating Dads cooking prowess

    Byuser June 15, 2021July 9, 2021

    Is the dad in your life suddenly waxing eloquent about camping trip meals? Has grandpa become an oenophile during the pandemic?

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    Walking on a cloud

    Byuser June 8, 2021July 9, 2021

    Have you ever made the mistake of going sightseeing in uncomfortable footwear?

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  • Foam Party at one of Yogi Bear's Jellystone Park Camps
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    Why Moms and Kids are Gaga for Glamping

    Byuser June 7, 2021June 28, 2023

    Nine-out-of-10 moms reported in a survey say camping/glamping leads to greater family communication and bonding compared to other activities.

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    How to Prevent & Treat Hiking Blisters

    Byuser June 7, 2021July 10, 2021

    Blisters are more common than most people think. For example, women who wear high heels are likely going to have to deal with a blister situation every week.

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  • Sue the T-Rex at the Field Museum.
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    What’s ahead for summer

    Byuser June 3, 2021July 10, 2021

    If you are thinking about renting an RV or a car, heading to popular national park lodges or camping, you need to book or you may be out of luck

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  • The Colorado River at Moab UT
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    To Moab: an outdoors-oriented vaxication

    Byuser May 27, 2021July 16, 2021

    I wanted a place where we could cook with distance from other families. And with my outdoors-loving gang, it needed to have plenty of hiking and biking

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  • A Princess Cruise in Alaska's Glacier Bay
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    Cruises Returning for Summer 2021

    Byuser May 26, 2021December 5, 2021

    The US cruise industry is moving quickly to resume sailings with a flurry of announcements that some cruises to Alaska will resume in mid-Summer from Seattle

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  • Heaven for dogs and humans
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    Heaven for dogs and humans

    Byuser May 20, 2021January 5, 2022

    Our 10-year-old pooch Jake, a 14-pound poodle mix, was greeted at check in with a packet of treats and is lazing on the couch in our room

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  • A late pandemic trip to Walt Disney World
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    A late pandemic trip to Walt Disney World

    Byuser May 20, 2021December 5, 2021

    We’re talking about the masks you’ll see adults and kids buying and wearing throughout the parks and Disney hotels, often with mouse ears to match.

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  • Families connect at White Stallion Ranch
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    Families connect at White Stallion Ranch

    Byuser May 20, 2021July 16, 2021

    Dolores Day and her husband had gathered her two daughters and three grown grandchildren for the first time in four years from all over the country

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  • A trail ride at the White Stallion Ranch near Tucson AZ
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    Family activities and, of course, horses!

    Byuser May 19, 2021July 16, 2021

    The Mattsons were so fearful this trip would also get derailed that they didn’t tell their daughters until they got to the historic White Stallion Ranch

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  • The White Stallion Ranch experience
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    The White Stallion Ranch experience

    Byuser May 18, 2021July 16, 2021

    If you thought a dude ranch was just about horses, think again—even a historic one like the White Stallion Ranch in Tucson, owned by the True family for decades

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