Tag Archives: travel

Americans Discover Vacation: Under the Influence of PR

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Ken Dowell

As more Americans started to go on vacation there were more folks around ready to tell them where they should go. Continue reading →

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Americans Discover Vacation: As Well As Discrimination and Bigotry

Posted on December 21, 2014 by Ken Dowell

From the very beginning vacationland America was a reflection of the society of which it was a part. And for racial and religious minorities that meant discrimination and bigotry. Continue reading →

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Americans Discover Vacation: Finding the Time

Posted on December 14, 2014 by Ken Dowell

The history of American vacationing in the 19th and early 20th century is a story of gradual growth in the number of people who went on vacation and the places they choose to go.  But by well into the 20th … Continue reading →

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Americans Discover Vacation: Women on the Loose

Posted on December 7, 2014 by Ken Dowell

When a gas station attendant advised Katherine Hulme not to try to cross the Big Horns, she blew him a kiss and drove on. Continue reading →

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Americans Discover Vacation: Overcoming Our Heritage

Posted on November 30, 2014 by Ken Dowell

Since a good percentage of the American public with some disposable income in the 19th century was pretty Waspy, the whole idea of vacation took hold rather slowly here. Continue reading →

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A Couple of Days In and Around Denver

Posted on November 9, 2014 by Ken Dowell

Beer, biscuits and doughnuts, pot shops and some serious geology Continue reading →

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Take Exit 0 for America’s Oldest Seaside Resort

Posted on September 4, 2014 by Ken Dowell

Cape May As numerous comedians have pointed out, in New Jersey we often refer to where we live by our exit number (I’m 151). The Garden State Parkway runs the length of the state and if you hit Exit 0, … Continue reading →

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city of bridges/city of gardens

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Ken Dowell

city of bridges city of gardens                                         and food city of books and dancin’ in the street

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A Week at the Shore 2014

Posted on July 17, 2014 by Ken Dowell

  Earlier this week I posted a story about my childhood vacations at the Jersey Shore, Growing Up in the 50’s: A Week at the Shore. Fifty plus years later I still spend at least one week of the summer … Continue reading →

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Growing Up in the 50’s: A Week at the Shore

Posted on July 14, 2014 by Ken Dowell

We had one week of vacation when I was growing up. It happened in July and it was at the Jersey Shore. Seven days on the beach, seven nights on the boardwalk. Then we came home and waited for next … Continue reading →

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