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Explore Space Exploration Day at EPCOT in Orlando, Florida
Story, photos by Jeni Paradiso Planning my family’s yearly vacation took a welcome direction when I was fortunate enough to be offered invitations to the Celebration of Space Exploration day at EPCOT Center in Disney. This catalyst created a wonderful plan to share a childhood iconic vacation at Epcot and the Magic Kingdom, since my niece and nephew, ages 8 and 9 years, have not yet been. Excited and ready to explore, I ventured to Orlando, Florida arriving via the Brightline train easily from Miami and my family joined from the north ready to go to space! Our first family activity was the Space Exploration celebration. We arrived excitedly holding…
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Explore the Buttercup Valley, Imperial Sand Dunes in Yuma, Arizona
Story, video by Cassie Hepler, Photos by Brian Delfin Before I even had the idea of moving to Arizona and was a sparkle in my father’s eye, my mother lived in Yuma, Arizona with one of her Pennsylvania friends who moved with her, Judy. She was full on bohemian hippy with her VW yellow bug and adventurous spirit which I have inherited at least half of… My uncle on her side liked to say that I got the traveling bug from Uncle Jesse who would hop trains and then hustle around the country. And because mothers and grandmothers literally carry the eggs of their children and grandchildren, in essence I…
