Rivers of Ice Glaciers are ice fields on mountain slopes that remain ice throughout the year. They appear to be stable, but they are continually following gravity down the mountain like a river of ice. On warmer days, the front of a glacier “calves” into the ocean or other bodies of water. In colder seasons, […]
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Freedom! Independence Day Weekend in 2020 America
Freedom … What does that word mean as we are half-way through this strange year during which The Novel Coronavirus/COVID-19 has dominated the daily news cycle? What does freedom mean for Americans on the 244th Anniversary of the founding of our unique and peculiar nation that is indeed exceptional in so many ways? Freedom is embodied in the many small daily […]
Tracking Trends as the World Emerges from COVID-19 – Update 6/6/2020
Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday I update a chart with the total number of reported positive COVID-19 cases in every state and country where we offer tours, plus a few more. I then compare this total with the totals one week and two weeks before to see trendlines. I color code trends: Green: low rate […]
Tracking Trends as the World Emerges from COVID-19
The last three months have been challenging for HE Travel, as with all our peers in the travel industry. In mid-March, India had few known COVID-19 cases, but to be safe, we canceled the extensions for our Jewels of India tour. Our in-house flight specialists rerouted clients onto non-stop flights from Delhi to the US. This avoided the pandemonium in Europe the weekend that restrictions were applied to flights from Europe to the US. That same week we ended […]
What is a Vacation?
By Cliff Locke The other night a few friends and I were at dinner and we were discussing vacations. I didn’t realize that it would be such an open subject. I thought people would say where they have been or where they would like to go, but that’s not what happened. I told them that […]
Asheville Can Be For Lovers
By Cliff Locke Sometimes it’s not all that easy to figure out where to spend a weekend with the person you love. We wanted someplace where we could enjoy each other’s company, be involved in nature and doing things we haven’t done before. We also wanted someplace that wasn’t that far away and not a […]