The Winter 2010 Edition American Roads Magazine

Main Street

By Kathleen Walls

American Roads is proud to present the 2010 Winter Edition of American Roads Magazine. I have included a wide variety of destinationa.All of my books all still available at my personal site, www.katywalls.com   or at Amazon.com   or Just click here to email me

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Art Trails

ART OVERLOAD IN TAOS
Article and photos by Anne Jenkins

Long an acknowledged art center, Taos continues to outshine just about any other art town. It's reputation for the arts started back in 1898 with a visit by Bert Phillips and Ernest Blumneschein, who promptly fell in love with the place. Within a couple of years they were joined by Joseph Sharp, W. Herbert Dunton , Irving Couse and Oscar Birminghaus and these famous “original Taos 6” formed the Taos Society of Artists. Over 110 years later, Taos is home to well over 1,000 artists and stacks of art galleries.

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The AuCoin Reportt

News Briefs from the Great Outdoors
By Bill AuCoin

This column is a potpourri of news with links to the sources that will be of interest to any one interested in nature travel, fishing, boating or anything related to The Great Outdoors.

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Cort's Crossroads

Black Bass Hotel Revisited
By Leigh Cort

Time moves slowly on the Delaware River, the pulsating eddies swirling past the glorious Black Bass Inn in Lumberville, Pennsylvania, reminding visitors that a hotel's pedigree from the 1740's is worthy of their stay. Without an inkling of what the past twenty years had brought to this legendary property since my last visit, I dreamed that I was sitting in the historic dining room gazing out of the picture windows at the panoramic view that enchanted me decades before. The dream became a reality when I learned that the Black Bass was enjoying a new beginning – but only since June 2009. And I had to be there. I yearned to know what happened when the hammer went down at the March 2008 auction of the Black Bass Hotel.

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Fork in The Road

An Ol' Southern Tradition
Article and photos by Kathleen Walls

There are those restaurants you go to because they have a sparkling decor. Then there are some which are just conveniently located in the heart of a metropolitan area. Sparkling crystal, white table and chefs with a delightful accent are fun but when you are looking for good down to earth barbeque in north Alabama's Tennessee Valley the place to go is Old Greenbrier Restaurant located on Old Hwy 20 between Decatur and Huntsville.

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Genuine American Quality Travel

Suwannee River Valley Experience
By Suzanne Moses

Traveling the roads on a limited budget, I've always been a last minute get on the road kind of person making plans “on the fly” and seeking the experience of the travel, not necessarily the attractions and destinations that would give me status among my co-workers.   In today's ever evolving global society with information at lighting electronic means, the overwhelming abundance of products on the shelves, how overwhelming to me it is to go to the grocery store, answer all my emails, take all my cell phone calls, much less take a break to travel leisurely down the road looking for someplace special, someplace unique, from hotels, restaurants shops, products, a true genuine American quality that is so hard to find.

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Heritage Trail

Selma, Alabama: From Civil War to Civil Rights
By Kathleen Walls

Indian lore says Selma is built where Chief Tuskaloosa met with explorer DeSoto. Whether that is true or just myth, no one knows for sure but one thing is sure Selma is filled with history.

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Inn Roads

The Ellis Hotel: Atlanta's Historic Gem
Article and photos by Kathleen Walls

Downtown Atlanta is filled with many chain hotels but one small boutique hotel stands out above the rest. The Ellis Hotel on Peachtree is that special little jewel every traveler loves to discover. It has style. It has history. It has legends. Most of all it has all the comforts and luxuries to coddle a weary traveler.

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Leigh's Table Talk

Private Islands of Georgia Low Country Boil
By Leigh Cort

In the winter, thoughts turn to chowder, soup, gumbo and bisques. On the Georgia coast, one might gather friends to enjoy a meal that is something to treasure, although it only takes an hour (start to finish).  It's the famous Low Country Boil.

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Pot Luck

COLLECTING RECIPE CARDS WHILE YOU TRAVEL
By Mary Emma Allen

Throughout your travels, you may find interesting postcards and note paper with recipes. These are fun to send to friends and relatives who enjoy cooking and collecting recipes. You also may want to accumulate them yourself.

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Rolling with Rudy

Brooksville, Florida
Story by Rudy Ferraro
Photos by Adel Assily

How can you tell if where you live isn't healthy for you? Well, you could go through a battery of medical tests to determine what ails you…OR. Visit Hernando County Florida's quaint little town of Brooksville.

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Scenic Highway

Honeymoon Island and Caladesi Island
Photos by Martin Walls
Text by kathleen Walls

Honeymoon Island State Park provides a wonderful beach for swimming, sunning or shelling.

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Vagabond Traveler

VISITING PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES & HOMES
By Mary Emma Allen

Visiting Presidential Libraries provides a sense of history and adds to youngsters' knowledge of their country. I enjoyed this as a child and still do as an adult.  When my husband and I were in Grand Rapids, MI on a recent business trip, I glimpsed the Gerald Ford Presidential Library (from the outside since we didn't have time for a tour) and remembered visits of my childhood.

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View from the Marina

Thanks to medical science we are living longer. Thanks to ibuprofen, we're also functioning longer. Retirees, especially, are beneficiaries. With time and a bottle of friendly caplets on their side they can do things earlier generations of retirees could not. Instead of sitting in a rocker and watching re-runs of Golden Girls, retirees today are sitting in a catbird seat and self-directing their lives into new and exciting adventures.

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Wild Roads

Yellow River Game Ranch
Article by Kathleen Walls
Photos by Martin Walls

Every now and again, you step just off the main road and discover a hidden wildlife wonderland. Yellow River Game Ranch is just such a spot. Less than an hour's drive northeast of Atlanta, Georgia is a wonderland filled with both domestic animals and wildlife that is or was native to Georgia.

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