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First, I'd like to welcome those of you that tagged along from the last post. I knew the dam would bring you back, it's such an impressive monument to determination.The Glen Canyon Dam is located near Page, Arizona. Page, AZ is located about two hours north of Flagstaff, AZ. Construction on the Glen [Read More]

How can I get my website visitors to stay on my website longer? This is a common question we are asked. It does have many answers dependent on who you ask. A technical mind will speak of properly formatted code, long tails, short tails and other such things that make our eyes glaze over. A design or [Read More]

According to the Consumer Federation of America (CFA), many major auto insurance companies are charging drivers more money for basic liability insurance if they are not home owners. An analysis of premiums shows that a 30-year old safe driver, pays an average of 7% higher premiums, approx $112/year, [Read More]

Brookings Harbor, OR - Brookings Harbor is one road, Lower Harbor Drive. This road runs west from US101 a short distance, then becomes a 6 % grade for about 500 feet. Once at the base you are in Brookings Harbor.There is a concrete retaining wall along the side of the grade that has a sidewalk that [Read More]

This year Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow! Do you know what that means? That's right, and early spring. In the real estate market that is big news! Whether you are in the market to buy or in the market to sell, the Spring season is the 'hot' time for real estate. If you are planning on putting your [Read More]

We begin our California series in Crescent City, CA.Crescent City was founded in 1854. This was about 35 years after Europeans began frequenting the area after it's discovery by Jedidiah Smith. Jedidiah was the first European American to reach the area, overland, on foot. It seems fitting that now, [Read More]

Mortgage Giant, Freddie Mac released this weeks Prime Mortgage Market Survey (PMMS) showing the average mortgage rates on a fixed rate mortgage sinking lower for the fourth straight week.The surveys reveals the following:30-year fixed-rate mortgage (FRM) averaged 3.79 percent with an average 0.6 poi [Read More]

Manitou Springs, CO The Manitou Incline offers a unique challenge that many, yours truly included, find irresistible. An incline is a form of railroad that enable a railway type car to ascend a vertical grade. One of these railways used to operate here. Over time it's operations ceased and the trac [Read More]

The "Garden of the Gods" in Colorado Springs, CO is aptly named. It truly appears to be a Garden of un-probable rocks, shaped and set by Gods on a zero-scaping mission of epic proportions.Ill do my best to be descriptive here. But it will fall very short of the experience. This place, like so many o [Read More]

Brookings, OR - The coast of Oregon is everything you've heard it is and more. The jagged rock cliffs, topped by groves of toweringyoung Redwood trees, with waves crashing at their base, sets the bar for a new kind of experience. Brookings, OR sits at the southern gateway to this magnificent coast l [Read More]