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Nashville is

MUSIC CITY

Luxury on the Zambezi

RI’s Magical Foliage

Jaunting to Angkor Wat

Autumn 2021

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Autumn 2021

Nashville is Music City – 5

Where Am I? - 15

Luxury Meets Wild Africa – 19

Jaunting to Angkor Wat – 27

RI’s Magical Fall Foliage – 35

Seven Adventures in Moab – 45

Fiesta Louisville - 47

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Nashville is

Music City

Story by Paul Pence

On our trip to Nashville, we attended a concert at

the Grand Ole Opry, relaxed in the Gaylord

Opryland Resort, and partied in Nashville’s Lower Broadway entertainment district. For most country

music fans, that alone would make a dream vacation,

but let me proudly add that I got to see Allie Sealey

play in a Lower Broadway honky tonk.

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You’ve never heard of Allie Sealey, or any one of hundreds of

other artists whose dreams of

stardom have carried them to

Nashville, but if fate rewards sheer

talent and perseverance over blind

luck, the day may come that I can

impress people by saying that I

knew she was destined for

greatness.

Nashville is the one place that

can make that happen.

Nashville is Music City.

In 1925, a tiny radio station,

barely more than a hobby,

broadcast a local fiddle player to

fill in after a program of classic

music. Fiddle music wasn’t new –

it had been a staple of folk music of

the lower Appalachian “Smoky Mountains” for over a decade and had recently begun being

commercially available on records,

but broadcasting it on the radio was

a novelty.

It resonated with the listeners in

Nashville. Soon, the owner of the

station created his own recurring

program, which eventually became

what we now know as the Grand

Ole Opry.

Over the years, the folk music of

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the Smokies spawned the jazz and

blues-nspired Bluegrass, 50’s Cowboy music, Elvis’s Rockabilly, and today’s Country.

The Grand Ole Opry changed

too. What was originally a studio-

performed radio program gained a

live audience, then a larger

audience., then started moving to

local venues to accommodate the

crowds, before settling for decades

in Nashville’s downtown Ryman Auditorium. The local radio

program went national in 1939.

That began the era that many of

us grew up in, with classic country

music from the likes of Johnny

Cash, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride,

and Dolly Parton on stage at the

Ryman Auditorium and on radio

stations across the nation.

Going to the Grand Ole Opry

wasn’t a simple outing like going to the local park for a summer

concert at the gazebo. Like going

to Disney World or Paris, it didn’t begin and end at the doors of the

auditorium. That meant that the

local hospitality industry

blossomed.

Nearby Lower Broadway

became the place to go if you

wanted to eat before or have a drink

after the show. And that meant that

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Lower Broadway needed talented,

up-and-coming performers who

will bring in customers.

By the time that the Grand Ole

Opry moved into its current 4400-

seat Opryhouse auditorium in the

1970’s, Lower Broadway had

become a destination of its own.

Now, block after block of

restaurants, souvenir shops,

western wear stores, and of course

bars make up Nashville’s entertainment district.

Rippy’s Honky Tonk is a great

place to grab Southern BBQ, a

burger, nachos, a beer, or a glass of

iced tea and listen to performers

who may someday be at the center

stage Circle at the Opry.

Each venue on Lower Broadway

is distinctly different. One may

concentrate on quiet, soothing

acoustic music, another may

glorify the idea of an alcohol-

induced escape to Margaritaville.

Some offer rooftop bars, while

many have wide open windows to

share the music with the people out

on the street.

During one visit, we passed one

place that went well outside the

country music motif and had head-

banging heavy metal performers

blasting away at 4pm.

So we

listened to

performers

who aren’t… yet… nationally-

known names.

Like Allie

Sealey. People

who have

talent and

passion and

determination.

If life were

fair they would

all be famous.

But the day

will come that

some of them

will be

famous. Old

standbys in

country music

retire, new

folks take their

place.

And when

they do, the

very best of

them will be

asked to

perform at the

Grand Ole

Opry.

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The concert at the Grand Ole

Opry was amazing. Rather than

two hours of one performer, the

show is broken into multiple

segments – a little classic country,

a little modern country, a little

bluegrass, and a little comedy.

Wait… Comedy? Yes, even comedy. In the old days, in the

days of Porter Wagner and Connie

Francis, Minnie Pearl frequently

made an appearance. About

midway in the show we attended,

Gary Mule Deer provided the

laughs, starting with Johnny Cash’s Ring of Fire, but when he got the

audience singing along to the

words “… I fell in…” his guitar pick fell into his guitar body’s sound hole. As he fiddled and

fumbled to retrieve it, he told a

series of jokes.

Of course the show was mostly

music. Chris Janson, Tommy

Emmanuel, and Trace Adkins

among others. -- top names in the

industry, just like every show.

Being invited to perform at the

Opry is the highest recognition for

achievement in the industry, but

performers are so respected that

they are anointed as “Members” of the Grand Ole Opry, are welcome

to come perform without an invite.

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Those of us who love music but

don’t perform ourselves find simply attending the show the

fulfilment of a dearly-held dream.

Before the show, we explored

the Opry Mills Mall. This huge

mall is built on the property that

was once an amusement park. It

contains restaurants like the

Aquarium and the Rainforest Cafe,

a huge Bass Pro Shop, unique

shops and old standbys, an IMax

theater, Madame Troussard’s Wax Museum, more restaurants, more

shops… 200 in all. The mall looped around on itself, doubling the

walking needed to see everything.

And seeing was just about all the

time we had for after stopping to

get whisky-themed candles and

buy-one-get-one-free cowboy

boots.

After the show, we could have

gone back to the mall for late-night

dinner of BBQ, or dinks at the

Bavarian Breuhaus.

The next day we spent inside the

Gaylord Opryland Resort. Seven

acres of atrium, with walking trails,

fountains, streams, waterfalls,

tropical plants, nineteen

restaurants, shops, wrapped around

by 2888 rooms, and a riverboat

running through it all.

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The Delta Riverboat

is a great way to get a

guided tour of the

mechanics and history

of the Resort. The

original water in the

watercourse that circles

the atrium was swept

away when the

Cumberland River

overflowed, leaving

behind a huge catfish

who makes the atrium

its home. The riverboat guide

pointed to a high water mark a

good seven feet up one of the

massive support columns for the

atrium.

The resort has other activities for

the kids – often princess themed,

sometimes pirate themed, but for

the adults we could enjoy just

relaxing as we watched the

syncopated fountains putting on

their show, or as evening set in,

listening to even more country

music at the Falls Bar and Lounge.

It’s possible to spend the entire trip inside the Gaylor Opryland

Resort – there’s even a water park – but just outside is the Opryhouse.

And the Opry Mills mall. And

things we didn’t have a chance to experience,

like the General

Jackson Showboat

offering an opportunity

to see the river, eat

dinner, and watch a

country music show all

without changing seats.

But Nashville isn’t just Country Music.

The NFL football team,

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the Tennessee Titans play in a

stadium across the river from

downtown. There are museums and

parks and restaurants and all sorts

of reason to expand our horizons.

Maybe we’ll do that on our next trip.

But we’ll make sure to spend time on Lower Broadway to listen

to artists like Allie Sealey who

deserve to make it to the Grand Ole

Opry. Who knows, maybe we will

find her on the center stage Circle

at the Opryhouse..

Visit them online at:

• Grand Ole Opry –

www.opry.com

• Gaylord Opryland Resort -

gaylordhotels.com

• Rippy’s Bar and Grill –

www.rippysbarandgrill.com

• Allie Sealey –

www.alliesealey.com

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Where Am I?

Clues:

• This place is fit for a

king!

• But I stay in the

garden.

• How do you say

“ostentatious” in French?

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You are in the

gardens at the Palace

of Versailles, 12

miles west of Paris.

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Lavish Luxury Meets

Wild Africa

The five-star Victoria Falls River Lodge is the first

private game lodge to be set in Zimbabwe’s Zambezi National Park. The luxury lodge is built on the banks

of the mighty Zambezi River, with the Zambezi

Crescent Collection’s pioneer lodge close

enough to Victoria Falls to see the spray

of the “Smoke that Thunders.”

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Victoria Falls River Lodge

offers wonderful wildlife viewing

opportunities, fine dining, and easy

access to the historic town of

Victoria Falls and the opportunity

to visit the world-famous Falls.

Onsite leisure activity options

include guided game drives,

walking- and fishing safaris.

Watch – from the comfort of

Victoria Falls River Lodge’s private river cruiser – as the world

awakes and the sun’s first rays skip and dance across the shimmering

surface of the mighty Zambezi. A

truly revitalizing way to start any

day!

A Victoria Falls Game Drive is

one of the best activities to enjoy in

order to truly experience African

wildlife. Elephant, hippo,

crocodile, buffalo, giraffe, zebra,

sable, kudu, impala wild dog and

the occasional big cat can be

viewed in the park (to name but a

few).

Passionate and knowledgeable

guides lead an unforgettable tour of

Victoria Falls, the rainforest of the

Zambezi National Park, and of

course a stop to take pictures with

the ‘Big Tree’. With intimate knowledge of the

local fauna and flora and other

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points of historical interest,

coupled with advice on the best

viewing spots (and an extra pair of

hands to help get that ‘full’ family photo!), the guides help ensure that

the memories created at this World

Heritage Site will last a lifetime.

Victoria Falls River Lodge and

the Zambezi National Park are a

bird watcher’s paradise. Access to these habitats is via the

network of roads and

walkways within the

Zambezi National Park

and Rainforest and

boating offers the

opportunity to get up

into riverine fringes.

In this remote

location, you have two

safari options: river

cruise along the

Zambezi or the ultimate

bush experience within

the expansive park

where you are located.

A safari by water is a

perspective not many

have the opportunity to

experience – and the

closest you may get to a

hippo in the wild.

Or, explore the

150,000 acres that

make up Zambezi

National Park and track the

elephant herds as they move

silently through the bush (by car or

on foot). And, because the lodge is

so close to Victoria Falls and the

bridge that connects Zimbabwe

and Zambia, the activity options of

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a typical safari lodge are doubled.

Choices include rafting, the

bungee jump, bridge swing,

canoeing the Zambezi wine route,

tours of the Falls,

helicopter flights, a

boma dinner

experience

(sample some local

Mopani Worms),

village tours,

sunset steam train

trip and a guided

tour of the town of

Victoria Falls (note: some

activities may be an additional

cost).

Local species include Rock

Pratincole, Schalow’s Turaco, African Finfoot, Half Collared

Kingfisher, Thick Billed Weaver,

African Skimmer,

Pels Fishing Owl,

Collared Palm

Thrush and

Western Banded

Snake Eagle

Sit back on

your private deck

and spot one of

the 415 bird

species recorded in the park – or

opt for in-room massage, manicure

and pedicure services.

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The main lodge has an open plan

design with a beautiful thatched

roof and allows guests to easily

migrate from the

lounge to the bar to

the dining area

within the

structure.

As a five-star

lodge, fine dining

is made possible

by a Blue Ribbon

designed kitchen, designed for

bringing the latest culinary trends

and igniting passions. The Lodge’s menu caters to all tastes and

includes a variety of local

traditional dishes prepared by its

expert Zimbabwean Chef

Even the suites evoke adventure,

with luxury tents

and tw-story

treehouses.

All Luxury

Tents offer a

larger than king

size bed,

comfortable

sitting area, open-

plan bathroom with freestanding

bath and both indoor and outdoor

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showers. Twin bedded sleeping

configurations are also possible.

Luxury Family Tents offer

guests travelling as

a family an

adjoining tented

room as well as a

second bathroom.

The expansive en-

suite bathrooms –

with twin vanities,

private toilet,

indoor and outdoor

showers and private and

freestanding bathtub – are open

plan and shared.

The more recent expansion onto

Kandahar Island is reached only by

boat ride from the mainland,

ensuring guests a completely

exclusive and private experience.

The spacious open plan suites jut

out over river and jungle, elevated

on timber decks with generous

glass windows and doors ensuring

uninterrupted flow from the

luxurious comfort of the indoors to

the expansive natural beauty of the

outdoors.

Two magnificent double story

Starbed Treehouses offer a truly

unique opportunity for guests to

immerse themselves in nature. The

open air Starbed decks with

bedroom and sitting area are

suspended above the treetops

offering expansive views and an

unforgettable

experience.

Victoria Falls

River Lodge is

child-friendly

with special

activities and

tours for children,

as well as the

option of child

minding services. Children are

invited to participate in local

activities like grass weaving,

bread-making and fishing.

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Zimbabwe has opened up to the

world as an up-and-coming

destination. Its economy is on the

upswing,

especially

since it now

has the US

dollar as its

currency.

And,

Zimbabwe’s government

has

identified

the revival

of tourism as

a factor for

its economy,

and is

focusing on

the tourism

sector with

renewed

fervor.

The parks

have not

been visited

in depth for

some time,

and are

waiting to be

explore once again (notably,

Hwange National Park, Mana

Pools National Park and

Matusadona National Park). And

remember, Zimbabwe’s side has the best view of the Falls when

water levels

are low. To

top it off,

Zimbabwe

has always

had the best

guides, with

the

continent’s most

stringent

regulations

to gain a

guiding

license.

Your safari

guide will

make or

break your

experience,

so ensure

it’s a great one by

going to

Zimbabwe.

For more

information,

visit

www.zambezicrescent.com

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Jaunting to

Angkor Wat

The Angkor Archaeological Park, an immense

Hindu-Buddhist temple complex, lies in the jungles of

northwest Cambodia. The temples at Angkor

represent the pinnacle of the Khmer civilization,

which ruled most of the region between the ninth and

fifteenth centuries AD. They are considered to be

among the great architectural wonders of the world.

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Following its peak in

the twelfth century,

Angkor began a long

decline. By the end of

the sixteenth century,

only the temple of

Angkor Wat was still in

use. The jungle

swallowed much of the

ancient city, and its

temples were relatively

unknown to the western

world until French

archaeologists

“rediscovered” the complex in the late

1850s.

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In 1989, a World

Monuments Fund team

arrived at Angkor to

conduct one of the first

international surveys of

the damage wrought by

decades of civil war and

neglect, and, in 1991,

WMF embarked on a

comprehensive program

of conservation and

training at Preah Khan.

Over time, this effort

expanded to include the

temples of Ta Som,

Phnom Bakheng, and the

Churning of the Sea of

Milk Gallery at Angkor

Wat.

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The Magic of RI’s

Fall FoliageStory and Photos By

Paul Pence

The iconic patchwork of stone-walled farms that

blanketed the rolling hills of New England so familiar

from Currier and Ives prints existed for just a

generation; over the last 100 years, the cleared fields

have regrown into lush hardwood forests. Every year,

as the cooler nights set in, those forests burst into

brilliant autumn oranges and reds and browns and

yellows and purples that attract leaf peepers from

every corner of the country.

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Before I came to Rhode Island,

“autumn” was an abstract concept. I grew up in Texas, two thousand

miles southwest of Rhode Island,

where autumn is best described as

the brief time between summer and

winter when you can turn off the air

conditioner and open the windows

for fresh air. Colorful leaves

appeared only on the teacher’s bulletin board, and what real leaves

that didn’t stay green year-round

turned a dusty dull beige before

collapsing at the base of the trees.

Now that I live in Rhode Island,

on autumn mornings my wife and I

sip our tea on the slate patio I built

behind our house and listen to

squadrons of Canada geese

squawking in their flying wedge

formations as they migrate to

warmer climates.

To her, as a born-and-bred

Rhode Islander, New England

autumns are normal, but to me it is

magical. I had no idea that I could

wake up one morning and see a

golden yellow tree outside my

window, that I would look forward

to walking my dog just so that I

could see her dive nose-first into a

sea of vivid orange oak leaves in

quest of an imagined chipmunk, or

that a gust of frosty wind could

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shake red maples, causing them to

toss their leaves into the air like a

flock of crimson birds.

Not every tree erupts into color

at the same time. The first hints of

yellow appear on the birch leaves

at the end of September with the

onset of the first cool nights,

particularly those lining the south

and west sides of ponds and fields

where the northern wind blows

unrestricted against their canopies.

As the days progress, the red

maples, almost black through the

summer, retake their vivid red

springtime hue. By the time the last

tree starts changing colors, the first

trees are already bare and ready for

winter. The best colors appear in

northern Rhode Island’s Blackstone Valley area first,

usually around Columbus Day; the

Atlantic coastline 70 miles to the

south reaches its peak a week later.

Living in Rhode Island, I’ve learned that you very literally can’t see the forest for the trees; vistas

where you can look out and see

entire forests are rare in Rhode

Island, and with every clear line of

sight blocked by a tree, you can’t see entire forests.

One of the few vistas in the state

is just off Tower Hill Road in South

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Kingstown, where a

round half-dome of

stone called “Treaty Rock” or

“Pettaquamscut Rock” offers a view

across the fjord-like

Long Lake, outward

toward Jamestown

Island and

Narragansett Bay.

Athletic hikers can

scramble up the

steep trail to its

summit to take in

the foliage without

too much difficulty.

Legend says that

a lovelorn maiden

waited her entire

life on a nearby cliff

overlooking

Narragansett Bay’s west passage,

waiting to spot her

true love when he

returns from the

sea. But with the

resurgence of the

forests, her perch’s view is now

obstructed in all

directions by just a

couple dozen trees.

For a while,

lovers of

sweeping vistas

could thank the

forest service for

building a

watchtower on

the maiden's site

that is open to the

public, provided

that they don’t mind a serious

climb. But now

the trees have

grown up taller

than the tower,

making the

views more and

more restricted

each year.

But you don’t have to trudge up

a cliff or climb a

forest ranger’s watch tower to

admire expanses

of forests. Rhode

Island’s many ponds make

excellent vantage

points, letting

you see the

foliage laid out

like a Degas

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canvas in splashes of bright colors

along the line of the opposite shore.

On almost any hike in Rhode

Island forests or almost any car trip

through the back roads of the

Ocean State, there will be a chance

to stop at a pond and enjoy the

view.

The state’s Department of Environmental Management

maintains the state parks,

frequently placing picnic tables

and information boards at the

ponds with public access. And

since October is also migration

season for Canada geese, there’s a

chance to see these large birds up

close.

Rhode Island’s ponds, as beautiful as they can be, once

served a purely functional purpose.

They date from the days of

powering mills, at first just simple

grain mills with picturesque

overshot water wheels. These

water-powered mills, along with

their windmill and tide-mill

cousins were the height of agrarian

technology in the 1700’s, grinding grain into flour.

The Gilbert Stuart birthplace

museum in Saunderstown, for

instance, is a great stop on a drive

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through Rhode Island’s South County. Its functioning overshot

water wheel is still capable of

grinding dried tobacco leaves into

a fine powder snuff

But ponds in Rhode Island

tended to be small – that was until

Samuel Slater built the first water-

powered textile mill in Pawtucket

along the Blackstone

River in 1793. Using

designs based on pirated

British technology, he

launched the American

Industrial Revolution.

Soon, every useful stretch

of running water in

Rhode Island had been

dammed and rerouted to

drive the water turbines

which powered the

factories of Rhode

Island’s textile industry.

Water power reigned

supreme for fifty or so

years until steam power

took over, but the ponds

and lakes created to

power the mills remain.

Consider a hike

around Ryan Park’s ponds in North

Kingstown or the

Frenchtown Park in East

Greenwich, both former

textile mill sites turned to public

use, featuring extensive hiking trail

systems and beautiful foliage vistas

across their mill ponds.

Or take a more leisurely stroll

through Providence’s urban parks, like the Roger Williams Park with

its world-class zoo, formal

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gardens, museum, and

antique carousel. While

you won’t be surrounded in a

seemingly endless

patchwork of color,

you can still stop under

a tree, crunch through

the confetti of leaves on

the ground, and take a

break from your trip.

Some people aren’t satisfied by looking out

across bodies of water;

they want to get out on the water

directly by renting a kayak or

canoe in Wickford to follow along

the coastline of the Narragansett

Bay as it cuts through the center of

the state?

Canoeists also love the

waterway of the now-defunct

Blackstone River canal with its

placid waters and overhanging

trees. More adventurous paddlers

seek out the occasional swoop of

rapids along the Wood River as it

winds through the west half of

state, punctuated by portages over

Stepping Stone Falls and the

occasional mill dam.

Bicycling Rhode

Island is not a task

requiring Lance

Armstrong – unlike the

Alps, Jerimoth Hill the

highest point in the

state is just 812 feet.

Bicycling is especially

easy along the many

train right-of-ways that

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have been turned into

hike-and-bike trails.

Trains can only

navigate a slight grade,

usually just one or two

percent at most, making

these trails a casual

cruise rather than a test of

physical endurance. The

best bicycle trails include

the East Bay Bike Path

that runs from East

Providence southward to

Bristol and the Washington

Secondary Bike Path that winds

through Cranston and West

Warwick into Coventry. You can

find bicycle rentals in several

locations.

A driving tour has the advantage

of letting you stop and poke

through country diners, antique

shops, and farm stands. Look for a

route that takes you through

farmland, past ponds, and ideally

on roads that don’t have a lot of telephone wires to distract from

that perfect view. My favorite

autumn drive follows highway 102

from North Smithfield all the way

down to Wickford village. If we go

out for a drive in early

October, we’ll stick to the north end of the

state. Later in the

month, we concentrate

on South County,

looking for open

farmland and swaths of

colorful trees beyond.

The side trips and

country are really the

reason my wife and I

go off to see the

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foliage. On our outings, we can

enjoy a home-style meal at

Wright’s Chicken Farm, pick tart apples that will end up in pies at

one of Smithfield’s pick-your-own

farms, stand under the arched

Washington Bridge in Lincoln to

listen to the bouncing echoes when

we speak, feel the mist rising up

from the Blackstone

River as the water

rushes over the

Woonsocket dam, and

comb through

Chepachet’s antique stores in search of

bargains.

We head off to the

rural festivals, like the

Scituate Art Festival,

and stop at farm stands

and garage sales. If we

discover a new

historical site, a

museum, or a

cemetery, we’ll stop

and learn a little more

about the history of the

land in which we’ve made home. Of course,

along the way we

always gawk in

amazement at the

foliage, especially

when we crest a hill

while we’re driving and we can see kaleidoscopic trees stretching a

mile down the road.

If you prefer to let someone else

do the driving, there are tours

organized by both local and

national bus services that will

wander throughout New England.

The Blackstone Valley Tourism

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Council runs train excursions each

October to explore the foliage. The

46-mile trip follows the Blackstone

River northward from Cumberland

into Massachusetts and lasts the

entire day.

A creative way to get an

inexpensive foliage tour is to catch

a commuter train from Providence

to Boston and back, or take the

Newport ferry from Providence.

Once you’re in Newport, the city’s shops, galleries, restaurants, and

historical sites are readily available

and generally walkable. Newport is

the home not only of the famous

Gilded Age mansions of the super-

wealthy like Cornelius Vanderbilt

and Doris Duke; it’s also the home of the Turo Synagogue, the first

synagogue in the New World.

Since I’ve come to Rhode Island, I’ve experienced more magical experiences than I even

imagined could exist. I’ve been overflown by a pair of swans,

found a starfish under a flat rock,

sat quiet on a rock in fog so thick I

couldn’t see the ground, and, perhaps most magical, I’ve experienced the colors and tastes

and sounds of a real autumn.

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Seven Adventures in

Moab

The world’s red rock playground of Moab, Utah becomes an artist’s dream world in the autumn, when fringed by the Colorado River’s yellow cottonwoods along the Colorado River and the golden aspens of

the LaSal Mountains. Here’s a short list of how to enjoy autumn in this amazing region.

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After the summer rush, daytime

temperatures in October cool down

to around the mid-70s to mid-80s.

Fewer people around means more

elbow room to be had on every

adventure in two National Parks –

Arches and

Canyonlands.

Fall River

Rafting Adventures

are full or half days,

some served up

with a BBQ lunch

on a world-

renowned stretch of

the Colorado River,

winding through scenes made

famous by dozens of popular

movies.

Horseback Adventures come

with cowboy-trained quarter

horses. A professional wrangler

leads the way on trails made

famous by John Wayne himself.

Hummer Tours are conducted in

style and comfort aboard the

world’s most serious 4x4. Spectacular backcountry opens up

in the hands of professional guides

who help visitors explore seldom-

seen, awe-inspiring Moab

overlooks.

Zipline Tours are always a thrill,

but how about skimming over

sheer sandstone cliffs and

canyons? The Raven’s Rim Moab zip line tour begins with a spine-

tingling ride to the top of the cliff

faces overlooking Moab, swooping

like a bird of prey landing on each

of six gaps.

Hot Air

Ballooning can be

likened to riding a

magical carpet for

hours over the

astounding red rock

landscape of Moab.

It’s an unbelievable way to experience

the sights of Moab in the quiet of

the early morning.

Arches National Park Tours are

stunning, morning or evening.

Arches National Park Tours

showcase the more accessible of

more than 2,000 arches, the highest

concentration on the planet, after

which the park is named.

Mountain Bike Tours are a way

to experience why Moab has

become the undisputed mecca for

mountain bike enthusiasts from all

over the world.

For information about these

adventures and more, go to

www.moabadventurecenter.com

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Taco & Margarita

Fiesta Louisville!

A new outdoor culinary festival debuts this fall at

the home of Louisville’s professional soccer teams. The Louisville Taco & Margarita Festival is taking

place on Saturday, October 2 from 11 am to 6 pm at

Lynn Family Stadium in the historic Butchertown

neighborhood.

At the event, taco and

margarita lovers can savor

different flavors of the tequila-

based cocktail and enjoy a

variety of tacos, nachos and

more. A mimosa bar and full-

service bar will also be available.

Live music + local vendors will

be on site to create a fun

experience for all guests.

The new festival comes after

the city hosted its first Taco

Week this spring and saw several

new taco places open throughout

the area.

For information about this and

other exciting things to do and

see in Louisville, go to

www.gotolouisville.com

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