New Smyrna Beach's Smyrna Dunes Park has a wide path to the beach as well as a boardwalk © Jo Clark New Smyrna Beach, Florida, has an easygoing charm that’s hard to miss. Maybe it’s the ocean breeze drifting in from the Atlantic, or the way locals welcome you like you’ve always belonged. It might be the colorful art on the streets, the quiet beauty of the parks, or the sound of live music...
Mama's Oyster Stew is a Christmas Morning Tradition © Jo Clark There I sat, with my mouth full of Oyster Stew and tears rolling down my face. The power of food to transport you to another time and place at work! Only food can take you by the shoulders and turn you around to stare right into the face of your past. In Hallmark’s movie, The Christmas Doctor, the main character says, “Every time I...
A beach on North Island, a part of Yawkey Wildlife Center © Jo Clark Georgetown County, South Carolina, is blessed with four rivers, the Winyah Bay, the Atlantic Ocean, and two jewels of nature: Hobcaw Barony and the Yawkey Wildlife Center. Hobcaw means “between the waters” in a Native American dialect. The word Barony is simply a unit for measuring land granted by the King of England to...
Soaring over Chemung County and the instrument panel of the glider © Jo Clark Harris Hill, near Elmira, is in Big Flats, New York, and is the glider-soaring capital of America. It is smack in the middle of the Finger Lakes. With an elevation of 1,709 feet above sea level, the view is spectacular, and winds are all but guaranteed. The location is perfect for so many reasons. The most important...
Corning's iconic Gaffer tops the Little Joe Tower © Jo Clark Corning, a city in New York’s Steuben County on the Chemung River, is inching toward the mark of eleven thousand residents. Named for financier Erastus Corning, the town is in the Finger Lakes region, and it appears everyone has realized the area has exceptional wine and food. But they have so many other amazing things to see and do....
Buffalo Gals Connie and Carla run a herd of American Bison and the Buffalo and More restaurant. The popular eating place is on Route 8 in Riner, Virginia. Have you heard of it? You will know this shortcut through the mountains if you drive to Radford University or Virginia Tech in Blacksburg from the Blue Ridge Parkway, Martinsville, Floyd, Stuart, Ferrum, or Mt. Airy, North Carolina. Buffalo...