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Cruising the Fjords of Norway

December 2, 2018 Charlotte Seniors

By Bob Gloor ~ Established by the Norwegian government to facilitate travel along Norway’s long, jagged coastline, the Hurtigruten Cruise Line was founded in 1893 to sail along Norway’s western and northern coast between of the southern city Bergen and the northern city of Kirkenes, 1374 nm away (1600 miles). Hurtigruten ships sail almost the […]

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Juanita Wood’s Waxhaw, NC

July 16, 2018 Charlotte Seniors

Juanita Wood is a resident of Sun City Carolina Lakes and a frequent contributor to Living @ SCCL magazine both as a writer and as a photographer. Please check back for more of Juanita’s photography and writing.

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A Visit to Camden, South Carolina: The Oldest Inland City in the State

July 1, 2018 Charlotte Seniors

By Nick Suhr ~ Situated about seventy-five miles south from Sun City Carolina Lakes on US 521, Camden proudly proclaims itself to be the oldest inland city and the fourth oldest city in South Carolina. Camden’s main thoroughfare, Broad Street, is also the “business” portion of US 521 and one of the widest streets I […]

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Up North (Michigan)

June 12, 2018 Charlotte Seniors

By Juanita Wood ~ In the stifling heat of summer in South Carolina, one can only think of a cooler place where the humidity is low and temperatures are in the 70s. Ordinarily, people conjure up thoughts of New York, Connecticut, and other states in the Northeast. Think again. How about the area in Michigan […]

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Washington, DC, in Five Days (or More)

June 8, 2018 Charlotte Seniors

My wife and I lived in Alexandria, VA, for almost fifteen years during the last part of my military career and at the beginning of my second career as a high school teacher. Despite the traffic congestion and often ridiculous work commutes, DC is an awesome place to live. We know that because of all […]

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The Coolest Small Town in America – Grand Marais, MN

February 1, 2018 Charlotte Seniors

Grand Marais, Minnesota, is the equivalent of dead center under your king size bed—a place you’ll never be unless you are going there. There is a big difference, moreover, between a small town near a larger city and a small town in the middle of nowhere. As Mark, the UPS delivery guy in Grand Marais, […]

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Travel – From the Jump Seat

February 1, 2018 Charlotte Seniors

I’m guessing by this point in our senior lives, all of us have flown on passenger planes, and many of us fly more for leisure than we ever have. But have you noticed that airlines have been in the news lately, and not necessarily in a good way? We thought it would be interesting and […]

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Airbnb: The Peer-to-Peer Online Marketplace

February 1, 2018 Charlotte Seniors

No, you don’t need to buy a vowel. You pronounce Airbnb exactly the way it looks – Air-b-n-b, as in Air Bed & Breakfast. Get it? Pretty clever, although, even after some admittedly lethargic research efforts on my part, I’m still not sure what the “Air” part of the name refers to. I imagine, since […]

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TSA Precheck

February 1, 2018 Charlotte Seniors

Yogi Berra once said, “The future isn’t what it used to be.” Post-9/11, nothing could be more true. I don’t think any of us who were in the DC or NYC area that day can enjoy a cloudless blue sky the way we once did. And as a consequence of that day, security procedures at […]

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A Guide to European River Cruising

February 1, 2018 Charlotte Seniors

A river cruise through Europe is truly a treat for your senses. Imagine the different cultures that line each river. The diversity of food, architecture, history and traditions you’ll find as you pass through each captivating country, each more fascinating than the last. A European river cruise promises visually stunning panoramas around every bend. Lush […]

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Cruising with Grandchildren

February 1, 2018 Charlotte Seniors

Dr. Samuel Johnson, the 18th Century British writer, said, “No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned.” Carnival Cruise Lines and my granddaughters beg to differ with Dr. Johnson. A boat […]

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The Bucket List

The Big Lake and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness (BWCAW)

January 8, 2018 Charlotte Seniors

There are several ways to go with this, but let’s focus first on kayak tours on the Big Lake (Lake Superior) out of Grand Marais, MN. What makes this a bucket list adventure is Superior is the same body of water Gordon Lightfoot memorialized in the song “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald.” The lesson […]

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