School’s almost out and if you’re not planning a vacation, you’re wishing you had a vacation coming up or you’re complaining you can’t afford a vacation. This summer travel agents say Europe’s hot. “Every other year it’s cruises or Europe and this summer it’s Europe,” says Mary Ellen Crowley at Carlson Wagonlit Travel in Jupiter and Palm Beach Gardens. Read more…
Most of our inland waters are frustratingly inaccessible to the foot traveler. Humanity’s private properties block the ponds, and nature’s marshy holdings guard the rivers. But here and there we may directly approach the waters to which we are so mysteriously drawn. The Phillips Wildlife Area in East Bridgewater is such a place. Flowing along and shaping its northern boundary is the feature in question — the Satucket River. Together with the forest bordering its southern bank, it is an attractive summertime destination full of birds, painted turtles and a scenic picnic spot or two. Read more…