This Land is My Land…
by Theresa Garcia
We buy at least two newspapers, if not three, every Sunday; The Ledger-Enquirer, The New York Times, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution. I read the front section and the Local section in the LE, every word of Sunday Styles and the Travel section, Sunday Review, and most of the front section of the New York Times, and then I skim the AJC. I read all three online throughout the week, but I especially look forward to Sundays and having the real thing in my hands.
My favorite section is the NYT Travel section and I have to admit that there are times when I am incredibly jealous of the person who gets paid to travel and write about the hotel room they stayed in. But it’s not usually the articles about places across the seas that grab my attention. It’s usually the place just a few state lines away that makes me look up from the paper and say to the Manpanion “Let’s go there!”.
Last weekend I read about Mount Dora, Florida and an incredibly expensive antique show they have a few times a year, but what really got me was the description of the “tiny little vintage town” with Victorian-era homes, good food, and live music…AND giant oak trees with Spanish moss. My mind is already painting pictures. And, yes, I have already googled “Lakeside Inn.” You should too.
Another spot that caught my eye was Roanoke, Virginia. Apparently, you can do some salvaging, some hiking and biking, and enjoy a great historic district all while staying at a neat-o restored Tudor-style hotel called Hotel Roanoke. Adding it to the list as we speak. (Although, I have to admit, it sounds a lot like Columbus with a few variations).
But, whowouldathunk I would be itching to head to Wisconsin. I am dying to visit one of Northern Wisconsin’s so-called “Supper Clubs”, a hold-over term from the Prohibition-era. Cabins and woods and snow and cheese. Yes, please?
The more I read about ice cream cocktails and fried cheese curd, the more and more I re-realized that our country has far more intricate cultural differences than just sweet tea vs. un-sweet tea. And I am so interested in exploring what we have here in our country and seeing cities and states I haven’t been to before. So, while there are places all over the beautiful earth that I want to visit (i.e. Rome, Paris, Spain, Germany, Africa, etc…), I am more than content to see the rest of the good ole’ U.S. of A. in the meantime.
Where do you want to go?
