by Cathy Hanson | Oct 10, 2016 | HAS, Stories, Travel
My daughter and I just from our vacation in England, so I will be sharing some interesting stuff with you over the next few weeks. First, a tidal island is a piece of land that you can walk to from the mainland via a causeway during low tide. But during high tide, the...
by Cathy Hanson | Jun 20, 2016 | HAS, Stories, Travel
This past weekend my daughter and I spent some time planning our trip to the United Kingdom in September. One website for a B&B in Penzance said that it overlooked the Jubilee Pool and I immediately wondered why that was a big deal. Turns out the Jubilee Pool is a...
by Cathy Hanson | Jun 6, 2016 | HAS, News, Travel
I’m on vacation in Spokane, Washington this week for my niece’s wedding, so today, rather than a full post, I’m going to give you some facts. Yesterday it was 95 degrees, breaking the previous record for this date, which had stood since 1882. Today...
by Cathy Hanson | Feb 8, 2016 | HAS, Stories, Travel
Historians love cemeteries. Years ago I was checking out a cemetery in Spokane, Washington and noticed a high percentage of headstones for babies who had died in the 1950s. Curious, I discovered that Rebecca Nappi, a reporter for the local Spokesman-Review, had...
by Cathy Hanson | Jan 4, 2016 | HAS, Stories, Travel
It probably won’t surprise you to learn that I love bookstores. Combine that with the wannabe artist side of my personality, and I found the perfect place to visit in San Francisco. I knew before my trip to San Francisco last week that I wanted to stop at the iconic...
by Cathy Hanson | Dec 28, 2015 | HAS, Travel
I’m on vacation in San Francisco right now, so I’m not writing a full post. I won’t give you the history of the Golden Gate Bridge, but here’s an interesting photo.
