For many years, every winter my sons and I have gone on a week-long ski trip, usually with the local ski club. Often it was the only time all three of us got together. Since I’ve stopped skiing, I’ve tried to replace this annual event with a hiking trip. Last year we went to Tucson, AZ to visit and hike with my brother. This year we decided to join a small group of ski-club friends who were going to Big Bend National Park. As it turned out, there were a few ups and downs to this memorable trip.
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Author: accidental goddess
Amazing Morocco
Why Morocco?
My father was an aircraft mechanic who often flew to Morocco in the 1950s to repair downed aircraft, probably at the Port Lyautey Naval Air Station near Casablanca. He sent us postcards of exotic-looking people leading camels through the desert and brought home cherished gifts of tooled leather and decorative brass. I was delighted to finally visit with NextTribe and learn more about this place of my childhood fantasies.
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Discovering Vietnam
Until I took this trip with NextTribe, my favorite all-women travel group, I always associated Vietnam with the ugly war of the 1960s and 70s. It hit my generation hard, affecting all those around me. You couldn’t avoid it; the nightly news always included horror stories, body counts, protests and counter-protests. It tore our country apart. I grieved over the loss of friends, wrote admission letters to get my brother into college, and helped others leave for Canada to avoid the draft. March 2023 commemorated 50 years since the war ended and this trip seemed like a good opportunity to reconcile my old, negative association with the modern reality.
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