Sept 30, 2022 — If you are a fan of Scotland and/or love fiddles, we have a great armchair visit in store for you, complete with short videos of mini-concerts on scene. Mrs. Topretirements, aka Lucy Burdette, set up this tour for us and 5 friends last month with one of America’s top fiddlers and one of northern Scotland most accomplished tour guides. We visited Wick (famous for its herring fisheries early in the last century) and then took overnight ferries to the Orkneys and Shetland Islands. We saw the haunts of the fictional detective, Jimmy Perez, created by author Ann Cleese, along with prehistoric standing stones and homes from 4,000 B.C. It was a great tour, and Lucy’s blog on Jungle Red makes you feel you were there. You will love the music!
Spring Hill Florida is one of the northernmost retirement communities on Florida’s (west) Gulf Coast. If you drive between Tallahassee (on the inside of Florida’s elbow) down the coast toward Tampa you will be struck by how empty the landscape is for almost 100 miles. Development starts just above Spring Hill; bulldozers relentlessly churn further north from here every day. Spring Hill is about 38 miles north of Tampa, and is somewhat inland...
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Kennesaw is one of the fastest growing towns in Georgia - it increased 43% between 2000 and 2007.It is now considered a suburb of Atlanta. Kennesaw is of course famous for the Civil War Battle of Kennesaw Mountain. Kennesaw was named a Preserve America Community by former First Lady Laura Bush. It was also named a "Top 10 Town for Families" by Family Circle Magazine in 2007. Kennesaw State University in located here...
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Rutland is the largest town in the Green Mountains of west-central Vermont. Rutland Town surrounds the smaller City of Rutland, the Town has about 16,000 residents. Nearby Killington is the largest ski facility on the East Coast. Hiking, biking and walking trails, world class golf courses, superb restaurants, and many shops and boutiques are nearby. Several lakes in the region provide the community with access to water sports, fishing, and boating...
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Marlboro Township is located in Monmouth County, New Jersey, with a population of about 40,000 residents and grew as a suburb for those working in New York and and for nearby corporations. The town has a significant number of historical sites, as a few skirmishes occurred here during the Revolutionary War, and an active Historic Commission to help preserve them...
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