North America Stories and Tips

Quote: It’s difficult to imagine a more picturesque Maritime village than Alma, New Brunswick. Nestled into a tiny delta where the Upper Salmon River runs into the Bay of Fundy, Alma is also located at a point along the coast where the giant tides of…

Quote: Rent a Wreck is a budget car rental company that operates on a franchise basis in the US, Canada, Scandinavia and Iceland. In addition to renting cars they also offer second hand vehicle sales. The company motto is "Don't Let the Name Fool You".We were…

Quote: FLORAYellow Flower Cactus: Snapped in the Beverly Hills Municipal Cactus Garden, the largest of this type of garden in the U.S. The garden was developed in 1911 as part of a larger garden which runs 14 blocks along Santa Monica Blvd. (The cactus…

Quote: Once you have traveled, the voyage never ends, but is played out over and over again in the quiestest chambers. The mind can never break off from the journey. -- Pat ConroyWhat began as sorting out photographs from the past five years to post on…

Quote: Oatman, ArizonaIt was one-thirty, the sun was high in the sky, and it was hot enough to cook an egg on the sidewalk. An aged cowboy sat in a rocker on a wooden sidewalk, fanning himself with a hat. A woman wearing an…

Quote: By day I was working in a call center answering phone calls from the general public. We "supported" medical supplies by addressing concerns and questions from consumers. I was assigned to the incontinence products. My most used line was that our product…

Quote: One can argue that Canada, as a single national entity, was created as much by the construction of the railways as by any Acts of the British parliament. These railways originally carried people as much as cargo and provided cultural as well as economic…

Quote: My daughter, an only child, light in my life etc. was graduating high school -- after many years of struggling with A.D.D. I couldn’t let this milestone pass by so we arranged to go by bus to Chicago. There, I would incorporate something…

Quote: I don’t know why I did it. I suppose the concept had been developed years ago, back in my 20s. My best friend and I had made a pact. Whenever one of us would have a break-up, we would go out together…

Quote: I admit it, I’m a foodie. There, I said it. When a waiter reveals daily specials to me, it’s like a song from Heaven. When my better half tries to disguise vegetables on my dinner plate, she uses words like froth, foam…