Peralta Trail ~ Superstition Mountains – We are baby boomers that LOVE to hike. I captured this incredible view while we were hiking the Peralta Trail in Arizona’s Superstition Mountains a few years back.
This particular trail is around a five mile round-trip, involves a bit of climbing (moderate), but the views are breathtaking.
Taxi Fare Finder – When planning a trip to a fairly large metropolitan area, one of the travel planning decisions that needs to be made is your mode of transportation.
Will you use taxis, a rental car, public transportation, walk, or possibly a combination of all?
This decision becomes even more complicated as you consider traffic congestion, cost, convenience, speed to your desired destination, the ability to explore, parking costs, parking availability, safety, and much more.
In our view, when traveling to a very large city, like New York City, taxis and public transportation are generally the preferred method. I can’t imagine trying to get around in a rental car for a stay in New York City.
However, the situation is different in planning our upcoming visit to Miami Beach. Traffic congestion is not so extreme that the freedom of a rental car is not out of the question.
As we were considering the cost of the taxi verses a rental car, we turned to Taxi Fare Finder to help us approximate the cost of using taxis for our trip. At this website, we learned that a round trip taxi ride to our hotel (Canyon Ranch Hotel & Spa) is likely to cost us around $90.
As we are planning to make a day trip to Biscayne National Park, we may likely opt for the rental car. However, this means that the rental car is likely to be unused and collecting parking charges until our day trip.
As of this writing, we haven’t made the decision yet, but we found Taxi Fare Finder to be a useful tool in our decision making process.
Give it a try!
Coming Soon: Eddie V’s new location at Scottsdale Quarter opened on Valentine’s Day and we’re going to check it out. Stay tuned!
Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental – Luxury baby boomer travelers will one day be flying aboard the new Boeing 747-8 Intercontinental.
At 250 ft (76 m) long, with a wingspan of 224 ft (68.5 m), the 747-8 Intercontinental is the largest passenger airplane Boeing has ever built and can seat 467 passengers in a 3-class configuration.
This airplane will carry more people, more cargo, further, faster, more economically than any airplane in its class.” Elizabeth Lund, 747 Vice President and Deputy Program Manager
I like the faster part.
Imagine what would happen to the world of travel if you could get from the west coast to Hawaii in half the time! Imagine getting to Europe in half the time.
This plane isn’t making such claims. I’m just doing a little dreaming.
Would you travel more if it took you 50% less time to get there?
The Grand Canyon – I must confess, when I first stood at the edge of the Grand Canyon, I was so taken with the beauty of the place that a tear found its way down my cheek.
I shot this particular photograph towards the very end of the day, and the light was seemingly changing the color and drama of the canyon every second.
The shadows were moving in from the left, and the saturation of colors on the rocks to the right were a wonder to behold.
It’s hard to grasp the scale of this photograph, but the Colorado river, snaking through the left side of the photograph, is over one mile beneath my feet.
The Roaming Boomers