http://vacationspots.gather.com Recent Articles on Gather by Tell us about your vacations en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 Fri, 08 Jan 2010 00:51:20 GMT 2010-01-08T00:51:20Z en-us Copyright Gather Inc 2009 http://www.gather.com/images/header/logo_gather.gif http://www.gather.com/ http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956149&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace This post is part of an ongoing series about a trip we took to Spain to ride roller coasters.  Here are the previous installments: Las montañas de España, day "0", getting there . . . Mon, 21 Dec 2009 01:19:00 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977956149&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Dave Sandborg 2009-12-21T01:19:00Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977943972&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace This is part of my ongoing series of posts about a 2007 trip we took to the UK to ride roller coasters and see the sights.  Here are the previous installments: Coasting Across the Pond, day "0": . . . Sat, 12 Dec 2009 16:26:53 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977943972&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Dave Sandborg 2009-12-12T16:26:53Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977926274&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace This is the second post in an ongoing series about our 2009 trip to Spain, mostly to ride roller coasters.  The first post is here . I have a rather idiosyncratic way of numbering the days I'm . . . Wed, 02 Dec 2009 01:07:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977926274&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Dave Sandborg 2009-12-02T01:07:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977904052&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace This is the continuation of a series of posts describing our trip to the UK to ride roller coasters.  The first, describing our travels to England, is here .  This post describes our first . . . Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:58:32 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977904052&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Dave Sandborg 2009-11-17T02:58:32Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977887649&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace In the past decade I have traveled several times to Europe to ride roller coasters there.  (I would love to extend my reach to other continents, but to date there has been plenty to attract me to . . . Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:21:51 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977887649&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Dave Sandborg 2009-11-06T03:21:51Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977873357&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Having spent an inordinately long time documenting my coaster travels to Germany and other locations in 2006, I now soldier on to describe another international trip I took--this one a week spent in Britain, . . . Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:28:17 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977873357&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Dave Sandborg 2009-10-28T02:28:17Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977855925&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Denver, CO -  Four hours and thirty-seven minutes, the most cherished number by all children living in the midwest. Spawned from a broken lamp in his parents’ bedroom, on July 20, 1972, Mitch . . . Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:17:34 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977855925&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Erik Kartman 2009-10-16T04:17:34Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977840178&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Finally!  At long last this is the final post in a series on my 2006 trip to Europe to ride coasters and visit Oktoberfest.  If you want to review the series, you can go to any of the other . . . Tue, 06 Oct 2009 01:12:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977840178&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Dave Sandborg 2009-10-06T01:12:42Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977832884&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace This is the penultimate post in my long-running series about my trip to Oktoberfest in 2006.  Here are links to the previous installments. Okcoasterfest 2006 part 1, getting there Okcoasterfest . . . Wed, 30 Sep 2009 23:31:03 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977832884&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Dave Sandborg 2009-09-30T23:31:03Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977806464&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Believe it or not, I'm still writing about a trip I took in 2006!  This is the tenth post in this long-running series.  Here are links to the previous installments. Okcoasterfest 2006 part . . . Thu, 10 Sep 2009 01:31:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977806464&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Dave Sandborg 2009-09-10T01:31:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977796006&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Summary of Summer   Well friends it's been a long time since I've written anything for Gather. Life has been a series of ups and downs but, as usual I've been able to muddle through. With . . . Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:03:13 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977796006&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Miz Lynn aka/BooBoo 2009-09-01T18:03:13Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977779865&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Today will be the first time I have flown in five years without having someone trying to put stickers in my hair.  Tonight, I'm flying to India, to visit my husband's family.  My husband and . . . Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:57:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977779865&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Jiya S. 2009-08-19T15:57:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977777238&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Yesterday evening, my husband and I were traveling down memory lane and talking about our camping expeditions during our lifetimes.  We've had some doozies, I can tell you that much!   Starting . . . Mon, 17 Aug 2009 18:34:20 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977777238&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Barbara B. 2009-08-17T18:34:20Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977725815&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace I have had some real adventures over the years. Copenhagen was my first really big trip. I was probably 20 or 21 when I went there. It was a charter trip put together by the recreation area where I . . . Tue, 30 Jun 2009 23:48:02 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977725815&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Margaret G. 2009-06-30T23:48:02Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977721503&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace I recently went on a group tour of the Olympic National Park in Washington, and while I was expecting magnificent waterfalls, lonely sweeps of beaches, moss-covered trees and general gloriousness, what . . . Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:35:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977721503&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Jennifer M 2009-06-25T20:35:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702843&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace The U.S. State Department has launched a new partnership with China, North Korea, Russia and Thailand. This new agreement establishes a prisoner-for-student exchange program and allows up to 200 of . . . Sat, 06 Jun 2009 01:07:41 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702843&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Erik Kartman 2009-06-06T01:07:41Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702279&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace      One of our favorite things to do when we take a trip is to try foods from the region. We are constantly asking the locals where to eat because they know all the best little hidden . . . Fri, 05 Jun 2009 15:19:11 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977702279&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Sue * 2009-06-05T15:19:11Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977701718&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace      We returned yesterday from a week in Michigan. Under normal conditions, I would write about the entire trip in one post, but Sleeping Bear Dunes deserves its own article. Located . . . Thu, 04 Jun 2009 21:59:38 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977701718&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Sue * 2009-06-04T21:59:38Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977700852&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace This is the ninth post in a long-running series on a trip I took in 2006.  Here are links to the previous installments. Okcoasterfest 2006 part 1, getting there Okcoasterfest 2006 part . . . Thu, 04 Jun 2009 02:50:35 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977700852&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Dave Sandborg 2009-06-04T02:50:35Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977700684&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace A little, green, liberal frog is behind bars after he impersonated God. Gather police responded to a call early Tuesday evening at 6 p.m. after a female Gather member read a post, and questioned . . . Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:55:40 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977700684&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Erik Kartman 2009-06-03T22:55:40Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977693487&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Recently, an article about a man , Desmond Hatchet, who fathered 21 children by age 29, was posted to the Gather website.   Members were quick to disparage the young father, with comments like: . . . Wed, 27 May 2009 23:10:12 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977693487&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Erik Kartman 2009-05-27T23:10:12Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977691544&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Palm Coast, FL    -- Nineteen years after entering a completely stoned, marijuana-induced, state, Thomas H. Cromwell, also known as THC,   finally talked.   Now he is learning . . . Mon, 25 May 2009 20:52:07 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977691544&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Erik Kartman 2009-05-25T20:52:07Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977687614&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Atlantic Ocean --   Congratulations, French drivers! You are officially the worst drivers on land and at sea! No, we didn't just pull off the Autobahn with this conclusion. The findings . . . Wed, 20 May 2009 19:39:05 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977687614&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Erik Kartman 2009-05-20T19:39:05Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977686759&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace   myFave Five of the Day ~ Seattle Museums for Kids       Welcome members of myFaves Group and anyone who happens upon my random list! Yesterday . . . Tue, 19 May 2009 20:35:22 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977686759&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Susan B. 2009-05-19T20:35:22Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977683972&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace For years many experts believed that Gather.com was just another Ponzi scheme - waiting to implode.   Now some scientists believe there may be a much more sinister plot. The annual literature . . . Sat, 16 May 2009 06:13:27 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977683972&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Erik Kartman 2009-05-16T06:13:27Z http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977683621&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Palm Coast, FL -- A longtime children's nursery rhyme is being criticized by many area preschoolers, as homosexual propaganda. 'Rub-a-dub-dub, three men in a tub' is obviously referring . . . Fri, 15 May 2009 19:37:42 GMT http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474977683621&grpId=3659174697242676&nav=Groupspace Erik Kartman 2009-05-15T19:37:42Z