Centennial Travel - Weekend Escapes - 80 Perfect Places to Get Away: Budget-Friendly Travel Tips, National Parks, Natural Wonders, Scenic Routes, Mountain Hideaways

Centennial Travel - Weekend Escapes - 80 Perfect Places to Get Away: Budget-Friendly Travel Tips, National Parks, Natural Wonders, Scenic Routes, Mountain HideawaysSometimes youve just gotta get away! Today, its time to once again to escape the demands of day to day life, experience a change in scenery, learn something new and recharge. And there is so much in this country to see. Several years ago, at Colorados Rocky Mountain National Park, I stood atop a rugged outcrop at 12,304 feet. More recently, I soaked in the sun of Clearwater Beach, Florida, where the perfect white sand is made up of ancient quartz

Sometimes you’ve just gotta get away! Today, it’s time to once again to escape the demands of day-to-day life, experience a change in scenery, learn something new and recharge. And there is so much in this country to see. Several years ago, at Colorado’s Rocky Mountain National Park, I stood atop a rugged outcrop at 12,304 feet. More recently, I soaked in the sun of Clearwater Beach, Florida, where the perfect white sand is made up of ancient quartz crystals that washed down from the Appalachian Mountains. In between, I floated down the Gilded Age staircase of a Newport mansion, paraded through the streets of New Orleans and stood at the lowest elevation in North America in California’s Death Valley. It all goes to prove that life is a constant balance of highs and lows. Discover all of these getaways and more in these pages, and find your own sense of renewal after just a few days in a captivating new place.