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Travel plans in your palm: These apps organize trips

Tired of printing confirmation emails for every flight, hotel, car and restaurant table you reserve? Or typing the…

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Rumming around

“Care to kiss the ground?” The question came from Norman Murray, local sage and tour guide in the…

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Tours and tastings highlight wine lover’s trek to Healdsburg

HEALDSBURG, Calif. — I’m no wine connoisseur. I have enjoyed many a $10 bottle without wishing it was…

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Travel to Morrow County

BOARDMAN — Unlike many Central Oregonians, I’m not a farm boy. I didn’t grow up with cattle and…

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A look at Korea’s culture from the bathhouse

My friend Arcadia Kim has three children and a Harvard business degree, but when she tried to negotiate…

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It’s your family’s turn to vacation like royalty

For the royal treatment, spend the night in a castle. Here are four to consider. 1. Castello di…

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Travel to Santa Rosa, Calif.

SANTA ROSA, Calif. — Take a drive through the streets of Santa Rosa, in the heart of California’s…

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Romantic Oregon getaways

No longer allowed in patient rooms at St. Charles hospitals, many therapy dogs are sitting idle

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Going insane for cranes on the Great Plains

KEARNEY, Neb. — Just before sunrise, in the hourglass heart of the North American continent, the temperature has…

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Safaris that are easy on the land, easy on the traveler

“Want to have lunch with the elephants?” That sounded like an offer we couldn’t refuse — even if…

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