LAS VEGAS — I sit here in the Las Vegas Airport. It’s a little after 12:30 in the morning back on the east coast. I don’t care what time that makes it here.
That annoying sound of the slot machines wafts through the airport terminal’s air. I cannot escape gambling hell.
I’m a bit of a fiend [...]

BETWEEN ATLANTA AND PHOENIX — The plane idles on the taxiway just a few feet from the gate.
That annoying safety video plays. If we crash, leave everything behind. The cushion is a floatation device. Jump down the slide. I know the drill; I’ve heard it a thousand times before.
I think three people on the plane [...]

ATLANTA — I’m on the plane again, headed to Vegas…again.
I’m excited to see friends. I’m not as excited to see Sin City again.
It’s not that I’m opposed to a city like Las Vegas. Rather, I have a “been there, see that” attitude toward the town.
The gambling is nice and the slot machines are a sight [...]

ATHENS, Ga. — Sure, head out to Clayton Street on the typical Saturday night after a University of Georgia football game and say, “There’s nothing to do in this town.”Yeah, right.
But what about Sunday and those other 40 or so weekends a year where there is no football game?
Don’t fret, you’re in luck. Athens is [...]

CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. – The Downtown Arrow ground to a halt as it approached the crossing with a major freight artery.
In the distance a Norfolk Southern mixed freight train whizzed by, not taking notice to the excursion train and its passengers patiently.
Within minutes, the freight had passed and the Arrow’s locomotive, an EMD GP7, picks up [...]

From my seat on the Airbus, I can’t say I felt like I was in Italy. Really, other than the fact that the stewardesses gave the safety instructions in Italian, I might as well have been in Schenectady, New York. Well, Italian safety instructions and the Alpha Romeo they were giving away. That’s not something [...]

I think it’s fair to judge the success of a trip by how sad you are to go home. I think this as I stand on a bus that will take me across the tarmac of Florence’s airport to the airplane that is waiting for me. And, I don’t want to go home, but go [...]

ROME, Italy – You don’t have to be a history major to understand the impact Rome has had on the world. From aqueducts to roads, the Romans were ahead of their time and their influence can still be felt on society today.But, the best part about a trip to Rome is that you don’t need [...]