LIFE AND LEISURE ON THE ROAD FAMILY ROAD TRIP TIPS
The piece offers practical advice for family road trips with planning ideas from SmarterTravel.com and AAA. It suggests involving kids in route planning, choosing varied dining experiences, keeping a camera ready for roadside sights, and using maps and guides like RoadSideAmerica and National Scenic Byways. It also covers travel pacing, booking ahead, renting homes, and enjoying local culture rather than rushing between major destinations.
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Anne Banas
SmarterTravel.com
Point A
Point B
Beth Moser
AAA
RoadSideAmerica. Com
Taylor Swift
Nicki Minaj
Radiohead
Rolling Stones
National Park Service
Nps.gov
Byways.org
United States
Banas
HomeAway
Appsbybrandon
Lost in Suburbia: The Guide Goat Tale on the Street
In a suburban stroll a man with a coat clad service goat approaches. The writer learns the animal is a guide goat aiding a legally blind passerby who jokes about household chores and goats replacing dogs for assistance. Tracy promotes the book Lost in Suburbia.
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Tracy
Amazon
Ottawa County parks cite loose dogs causing issues this summer
Ottawa County parks officials warn about careless dog ownership at parks with dogs roaming leashless through picnic areas and beaches. Parks director John Schultz says stricter rules are needed as enforcement improves this season.
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Ottawa County
Parks Commission
John Schultz
Announcements of historic U.S. milestones on four dates
On this day in 1846 California was proclaimed annexed at Monterey after a Mexican garrison surrendered. In 1865 four people were hanged in Washington for conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to kill Lincoln. In 1952 the Republican National Convention opened in Chicago nominating Eisenhower and Nixon. In 1981 Reagan announced nominating Sandra Day O’Connor as the first female U.S. Supreme Court justice.
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U.S
California
Monterey
Washington, D.C
John Wilkes Booth
Abraham Lincoln
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard Nixon
Chicago
Ronald Reagan
Arizona
Sandra Day O'Connor
U.S. Supreme Court
Holland Hospital births prompt Holland area notices
June 28 2013 births listed for Holland area: Jacob Leon Ason to Victoria Garcia and Jimmy Holmes III. Cornelia Cherlene De Waard to Holli and Jason De Waard. Victoria Peyton Morales to Nay Sil about and Alfredo Morales. Duke Richard Ason to Elizabeth and John Maxwell of Zeeland. Josiah Jonathan Ason to Kara and Evan Haskill of Wyoming. Jaron Gabriel Ason to Myra and Jason Drew of Holland.
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Ason
Jacob Leon Holmes
Victoria Garcia
Jimmy Holmes III
Holland
Cornelia Cherlene
Holli
Jason de Waard
Victoria Peyton Morales
Nay Silabout
Alfredo Morales
Duke Richard
Elizabeth
John Maxwell
Zeeland
Josiah Jonathan
Kara
Evan Haskill
Wyoming
Jaron Gabriel
Myra
Jason Drew
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Life&leisure
Moser
Tracy Beckerman
Pheoilar
Teerman’s
Homfcrest
Lloyd/Flanders
Teermans.com
E. 8Th St
Publig
Blue Star Hwy
Saugatuck
Sun
MichiganAuctionCompany.com
David McCullough
Shelley Duvall
Jim Gaffigan
Michelle
Cullough
Kwan
Holland Hospital
Afasis
IRA
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