A Summer To Remember

With many vacation plans on hold, our writers look back at some of their favorite adventures and suggest activities you can still enjoy

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Retracing childhood footsteps through South Dakota and beyond

Recreating memories on an anniversary trip

All aboard for sights not seen any other way

From Denver to San Francisco

Bicycles are the preferred means of transportation on Bald Head Island in North Carolina.

Trip to N.C.’s Bald Head Island provides memories of a lifetime

Nothing could be finer…

This 1982 VW camper van was our home for eight months.

Before cellphones or GPS, cross-country trek was ‘journey into the unknown’

An Alaskan adventure

The author with daughters Sara and Morgan at Badlands National Park in South Dakota.

Cross-country journey with daughters helped mom reconnect with America in wake of 9/11

Long haul for healing

The writer is shown in 2012 in Jeonju, South Korea, with a foreign exchange student preparing for American high school.

Korean daze, nights became summer ritual

Food was the centerpiece

Counselors take the plunge at a summer camp on Lake Winnipesaukee.

My favorite vacation wasn’t a vacation — it was a job

Eight weeks at a summer camp on a lake in the woods

Myrtle Beach, Hurricane Bonnie and the magic soda fountain

An unforgettable trip

Winter intrudes on ‘summer’ vacation along one of loneliest stretches in North America

Alone in the wilderness on the road less traveled

Mom, Emily, Becky Nana and the writer at the Golden Gate Bridge.

Trip helps family bonds grow even stronger

Four generations of women — ranging in age from 11 to 87 — enjoyed love, laughs during 2009 vacation journey

Piling up the memories — and the miles

A trip to New Zealand

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