Tagged With "cold"
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Gumbo's Pic of the Day, Nov. 3, 2013: Brandenburg Gate
Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate is surely one of the world’s most-recognized landmarks, and symbolizes Berlin in the way the Eiffel Tower means Paris and the Parthenon means Athens. It’s been the ceremonial center for marches and...
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Easy trick keeps water cold while you tour
Here's our easy sock trick to keep your water cold while you wander... We tried freezing the bottles we usually keep in the outside mesh pockets of our backpacks, but found that condensation on the bottles wet the backpacks. And the ice...
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Hoar Frost
Hoar frost is caused by the freezing of humid air, depositing ice crystals. The results are often beautiful!
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A Hudson Valley Road Trip
Jonathan L takes a road trip up along the Hudson River, visiting some of the towns that have been there for hundreds of years
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West Point Foundry Preserve: A walk through history and nature
Jonathan L takes us to visit the historic West Point Foundry Preserve in Cold Spring, New York
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Seal Beach, California: A Walk Along the Pier and Memory Lane
Samantha shares her visit to the Seal Beach Pier and all the wonderful memories it brought up from her youth.
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Cold Spring Storefront
Jonathan L found some interesting items on the street in Cold Spring, New York
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After Halloween in Cold Spring
Jonathan L noticed a porch that extended Halloween's spirit well past the day itself
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Cold Spring Christmas Lights
Jonathan L takes an evening walk through Cold Spring, New York
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Re: Cold Spring Christmas Lights
I would like to visit this town, looks lovely, you did another article on it, it attracted me then. Fingers crossed.
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Titan Missile Museum, Green Valley, Arizona
From her temporary home in Tubac, Arizona, Judy Barford discovers some thought-provoking history at a local museum.
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Re: Titan Missile Museum, Green Valley, Arizona
Brings back anxious memories. I served on active duty with the US Army in Germany 1972-73 during the Cold War, and when I was in High School we did drills if Russian ICBM's were sent to target my hometown steel mills in Pittsburgh. Drills encompassed curling up under our shoddy wooden desks. That was real protection !!
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Re: Titan Missile Museum, Green Valley, Arizona
Yes, glad those days are over, but still so much conflict around the world. Sad.
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San Vicente Mountain Park, California
Gumbo was at San Vicente Mountain Park in Southern California. See what role the peak played in protecting LA during the Cold War
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Albania's cold-war fortress to become a resort
Albania, whose tourism industry amounts to less than 5% of its gross domestic product, would like to change that. One big step is a plan to develop Sazan Island, a crumbling military installation, into a tourist attraction and resort.