My Itchy Travel Feet | The Baby Boomer's Guide To Travel

36 Hours in Tucson for the Active Baby Boomer

January 5, 2010

36 hours in Tucson? How would you spend the time? According to this week’s article in the The New York Times, you should visit old standbys like the Pima Air and Space Museum, Saguaro National Park, Cafe Poca Cosa and Maynards Market and Kitchen. Granted, you’ll have fun with the New York Times list [...]

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Tempting Tubac

December 3, 2009

Are you looking to combine art, shopping and history on a day trip from Tucson? How about throwing in a gentle hike, just to keep the trip active? Let me introduce you to Tubac, Arizona.
The artsy community, a 44-mile drive south of Tucson, tempts baby boomer travelers with shopping, gallery hopping, and working studios. Adobe [...]

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Driving New Mexico’s Enchanted Circle

October 29, 2009

Baby boomer roadtrippers, do you like to travel around in circles? A drive on New Mexico’s “Enchanted Circle” offers scenery, activities and unique stops as it circumnavigates Wheeler Peak (13,161 feet), New Mexico’s highest point.
Every circle needs a start. To begin the circuitous journey, take NM Highway 522 north from Taos for the day’s first [...]

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