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Wed, 27 May 2015 | By kelseysutor | Views [145] | Scholarship Entry
Bags of all shapes and sizes did laps before our darting eyes. A dark blue bag, a leather bag, a red bag with a ribbon tied, repeat. I wondered if our weary bodies would be even able to lift our luggage after fourteen hours of travelling. My life had ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By orbiterlover | Views [161] | Scholarship Entry
White picket fences. Rolling green hills. Clock towers. What’s not to love about crazy golf? And where better than Cave City to satisfy this passion? It’s home to several courses. People may say “but you can do crazy golf anywhere”. But really, when was ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By hayleybee | Views [160] | Comments [1] | Scholarship Entry
The yellow, orange, and red hues turn the blanketed mountains a deep green. The day’s last light is mirrored across the endless Pacific Ocean that surrounds Kauai. Over the roar of the engines a bodiless voice commands, “Please fasten your seatbelts for ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By katherinebellinger | Views [90] | Scholarship Entry
Out on the East Coast of America there lays a town called Boone, surrounded by the Appalachian Mountains. (Be careful how you pronounce that, it will set you apart from the locals in seconds) It was my home for nine months. I visited New York in ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By carlieoconnell | Views [158] | Scholarship Entry
After weeks of road tripping from the East to West coast, Ryan and I had seen many incredible views, and yet the Golden Gate Bridge, protruding red and grand through a rising mist, still took our breath away. We had walked for hours from the city to ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By alessiadg | Views [187] | Scholarship Entry
The day we set out for the Temple a dust storm engulfed everything; we could scarcely see a meter from us. Bikes and people and towering sculptures emerged from the whiteness of the air like visions, and if I raised my eyes I could see the stark blue ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By laniandthebeekeeper | Views [82] | Scholarship Entry
Up in Devils Lake, North Dakota, yellow fields of canola flowers whizz by the car window. A worker bee buzzes near my shoulder; I crank open the window and let it free. Chip and Simon, whom I have only met in person five minutes ago, are in the front ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By lizdtraveller | Views [67] | Scholarship Entry
Snow. Snow is everywhere. On the sidewalk, car bonnets, leafless tree branches, my jacket. Snow gives the streets of New York a fresh façade, a new charisma that it lacks during the summer months. Yet the locals go about their daily activities as if the ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By usbeaches | Views [166] | Scholarship Entry
My travel treasure will be discovered. I haven't made the trip I dream of and have now the opportunity to make it true. I've been to some beautiful beaches in San Diego in 2008. Now I suggest a road trip in the US coast to show the impressions of a visitor ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By freefalljim | Views [122] | Scholarship Entry
The highways of Los Angeles twist like a macramé knot around the city. Immortalised by the infinite simulacra of Hollywood, they seem familiar – though this is the first time I’ve really seen them. Heat distortions from the blazing sun add to the haze ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By carolinaroadtrip | Views [123] | Scholarship Entry
My wife Liz and I recently went to a friend's wedding on Daufuskie Island off the coast of South Carolina. We planned to be there most of the work week, so we made a vacation out of it. Our first stop was Russ and Nancy's house in Traveler's Rest, a ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By lostadvenchoi | Views [141] | Scholarship Entry
I would have liked to believe the cold sweats were the symptoms of my hangover resulting from the heavy drinking the night before, but I knew deep down I was drenched in sweat from regret. The night before in a drunken frenzy I had convinced my friend ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By beefy | Views [136] | Scholarship Entry
Making the drive south from Oklahoma to Dallas, I passed through such urban metropolises of Ardmore and Sanger before stopping for fuel in the seemingly dead-end town of Denton. Pulling off I-35, H-shaped goalposts standing proud in the fall sun caught ... Read more >
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Tue, 26 May 2015 | By justinpluslauren | Views [114] | Scholarship Entry
Waking up to the crowing of roosters might not be on anyone's bucket list, though it's a complete departure from city life. Leaving the chaos of my metropolis behind, I escaped to the charming village of Watkins Glen, nestled in the Finger Lakes region ... Read more >
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