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192 SUN VALLEY IDAHO

Soft snowflakes fluttered as I stepped off the
planeatthetiny,friendlyairportinHailey,Idaho
(population 9,463). I breathed in the fresh
mountain air and I could feel the spaciousness–
just trees, snow, and sky as far as I could see.

TRAVELS WITH JOHNNY

They were standin’ on a corner with their
202 twentysomething sons, Jeremy and Lee, 2,200
miles from home in Staten Island, New York.
They were smiling, taking pictures and
enjoying the idea that their road trip
through Arizona took them to Winslow.

224 BUCKET LIST HOLIDAYS

Let’s say that your beloved’s fondest wish is to see
theLochNessMonster.You’redeterminedtomake
that happen, but unless you’ve had the foresight
to resurrect a Jurassic-era plesiosaur—and let’s
face it, so few of us have—your options are limited.

236 REDISCOVERING ITALY

“Italy offers one the most priceless of all one's
possessions - one's own soul.” So wrote
American journalist Barbara Grizzuti Harrison,
a sentiment with which anyone who has had
the opportunity to visit Italy would surely agree

Alison DaRosa

Alison DaRosa is a six-time winner of the Lowell Thomas Gold Award for travel
writing, the most prestigious prize in travel journalism. She served 15 years as
Travel Editor of The San Diego Union-Tribune and was the award-winning editor
of the San Diego News Network Travel Page. Alisonwrites a monthly Travel Deals
column for the San Diego Union-Tribune and is a regular freelance contributor
to the travel sections of the Los Angeles Times, USA Today and AOL Travel.
Learn more about Alison on her website, www.AlisonDaRosa.com

Carl H. Larsen

Carl H. Larsen is a veteran journalist based in San Diego. He now focuses on
travel writing, and issummoned to pull out his notebook whenever there’s the plain-
tive cry of a steam locomotive nearby. In San Diego, he is a college-extension instruc-
tor who has led courses on the Titanic and the popular TV series “Downton Abbey.”

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