Archive for June, 2010

Splash into Family Fun at Chattanooga’s Lake Winnie Amusement Park

Antique cars at Lake Winnie

I like an amusement park with a pedigree.  In this era of mega parks and corporate-run kiddie events, there’s nothing more charming than a family-owned, old school amusement park.  Nestled on the banks of Tennessee’s Lake Winnepesaukah, the namesake amusement park opened in 1924.   Back then, the focus was a sprawling [...]

New and Improved: Traveling to Machu Picchu

Travelers wanting to travel to Peru this summer, will be pleased to hear the railway heading to Machu Picchu should be fully repaired by June 25.  Earlier this year, extreme flooding from torrential rain caused severe damage on the railway leading to the historic site, causing some train services to close for several months. The [...]

Amtrak Downeaster Adventure – Old Orchard Beach, ME

The Ferris Wheel at Palace Playland in Old Orchard Beach.

The Amtrak Downeaster Rail begins in Portland, Maine and ends in Boston, Massachusetts. In between there are stops in Old Orchard Beach ME, Saco ME, Wells ME, Dover NH, Durham NH, Exeter NH, Haverhill MA, and Woburn MA. For this series of articles I [...]

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