Vaxxed Up & On the Road Again by Peter Kravitz For the first time in 403 days, I was able to travel. Fully vaccinated, I flew to Colorado in late March. I felt safe thanks to the miraculous Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, but I nonetheless took the usual precautions on the Southwest Airlines flight—I wore a mask Read more
Rescue by A. Laura Francis Any shrink worth their salt would probably have a field day if their patient told them that they would be travelling halfway across the country to fetch their twenty-year-old son from university with their mother-in-law driving shotgun. But when COVID numbers began to creep up in March of last year Read more
Making Waves in Myrtle Beach by Tammy Grey Myrtle Beach is South Carolina’s most famous stretch of beach for good reason. I finally got the chance to see it for myself, and it exceeded my expectations. There are a wide variety of activities to keep your days as busy, or relaxed, as you want. Of Read more
Cross-Country, COVID-19, and Sweet Lemonade Part 4: Heading Home by Christina Fain Our route home would not be I-70. We decided that, “since we were in the neighborhood,” we would take in a few more sights using a more northerly route. With a little stab of disappointment, we drove our way through Wyoming in complete Read more
Cross-Country, COVID-19, and Sweet Lemonade Part 3: Colorado By Christina Fain As we entered Colorado and approached Denver, we could see the land begin to boil up with rolling hills capped by bursts of lush green trees. It was time to kill the WiFi and make the kids enjoy the scenery. The Rocky Mountains erupted Read more
COVID and Conflagrations by Tracy E. Hill, Ph.D. This month, I decided to see how the United States was faring with interstate travel during the current pandemic as well as witness firsthand the devastating wildfires out west. My 90-year-old engineer-trained father-in-law spends countless hours in assisted living isolation (due to COVID) trying to figure out Read more
Cross-Country, COVID-19, & Sweet Lemonade Part 2 – Missouri and Kansas by Christina Fain After a pizza and a good night’s rest in St. Louis, we continued west. The Missouri landscape soon began to change from our familiar rolling hills to an ebbing and flowing terrain of green hills settling into miles of flattening fields. Read more
Cross-Country, COVID-19, and Sweet Lemonade Part 1 – Heading West By Christina Fain This spring, I agreed to accompany a friend on a cross-country drive to visit her oldest daughter in Littleton, Colorado. We are two Silver Sage moms with two eight-year-old kids. The pandemic has upended our lives, as it has for many of Read more
Historic Churches: A Glimpse into the Past by Tammy Grey When most people think of Georgia, they envision Atlanta, peaches, and peanuts. Once you get away from the bright lights of the capital city, however, you will find there are dozens of small country towns all over the state, each with its own unique treasures. Read more
Top 8 Reasons to Retire to Arizona Most Silver Sagers who reside on the East Coast, retire to Florida. But we’re going to give you the top eight reasons why you should really consider Arizona as your retirement destination. Publisher, Tracy Hill flew to Arizona (not during COVID) and the streets of Phoenix and Scottsdale Read more
