Tag Archives: High Kick

Kick of the Week: Nottoway Plantation, Louisiana

When planning our Rollin’ on the River road trip in 2011, we thought it would be fun to spend a night in a plantation. Based on positive online reviews, we decided on Nottoway Plantation, right on the banks of the … Continue reading

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Kick of the Week: Toronto

Our favorites: See: View of Toronto from the CN Tower Skypod (1465ft/447m up) Eat: Over Easy in the Hotel Victoria (breakfast)

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Kick of the Week: Devils Tower

Happy 96th Birthday to the National Park Service! In honor of this occasion, here is an early hick-kick photo taken during our Great Western road trip in 2009. A sci-fi icon since Spielberg’s 1977 film Close Encounters of the Third Kind, … Continue reading

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Kick of the Week: Santa Barbara, CA

Our favorites: See: View from the top of the Santa Barbara County Courhouse clocktower Do: Hiking on Santa Cruz Island in Channel Islands National Park (take the boat from Ventura, CA) Eat: Paradise Cafe (dinner) Drink: Wine tasting in Santa Ynez Valley (Roblar and Sunstone … Continue reading

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Kick of the Week: Dubuque, IA

Our favorites: See: View from the top of the Fourth Street Elevator Do: National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium Do: Zipline tour at Union Park Eat: L. May Eat/drink: Pepper Sprout

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Kick of the Week: St Louis

Our favorites: See: Jefferson National Expansion Memorial (Gateway Arch) Do: Ranger-led bike tour along the Mississippi Do: City Museum (if you want to feel like a kid again) Drink: Martinis at Bailey’s Chocolate Bar

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Italian High Kick: Venezia

Our Favorites: Do: Secret Itineraries Tour of the Palazzo Ducale (Doge’s Palace) See: Venice from the top of the Torre dell’Orologio (St. Mark’s Clock Tower) See: Art at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection Eat: Birraria La Corte (pizza), Osteria L’Orto dei Mori (dinner) Drink: Aperol Spritz (preferably obtained … Continue reading

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Kick of the Week: Bastille Day!

Allons enfants de la patrie, le jour de gloire est arrivé… Bonne Fête Nationale!

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Italian High Kick: Roma

Our Favorites: Do: Colosseum Underground Tour See: Duh…everything, it’s Rome. Eat: Est! Est!! Est!!! (pizza) Eat: Glass Hostaria (dinner)

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