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May is Military Appreciation Month, and a good time to remind ecoXplorer followers that current and retired US Military and Gold Star Families now are entitled to FREE admission year-round to national parks and historic sites and other federal lands. It’s a new lifetime perk, authorized in 2022 by the Biden Administration. New lifetime passes
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Lucky me – I met King Charles III – when he was still Prince Charles – up close and personal, however briefly. He was in Austin to celebrate the Texas Sesquicentennial (150th Birthday), and I was there to film him cutting the world’s largest birthday cake with Sam Houston’s sword. The cake measured 110 feet
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Live Nation is bringing back Concert Week, offering music fans an unbeatable deal: $25 all-in tickets to more than live 3,800 music shows from top acts across North America in 2023. The limited-time ticket offer includes more than 300 of todays most popular performers across a wide variety of genres, including: Country, Latin, R&B, Metal,
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Active duty U.S. military and their families receive free admission to more than 2,000 museums and other attractions throughout the United States through the Blue Star Museums program. The 2023 Blue Star Museums program begins on Armed Forces Day, Saturday, May 20, and ends on Labor Day, Monday, September 4. When it launched in 2010, there were 700
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Circle K is the latest national chain to open EV charging stations at its roadside locations – and the first to use chargers made in the USA. The first site is in Wytheville, Virginia, along Interstate 81 at State Highway 121. This site supports still-limited charging availability in the Appalachian region, and is part of
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You are busy. So busy that you sometimes miss things. That’s why we are publishing this Weekend Round-up of the most popular articles of the week, along with some reminders of things to come. ecoXplorer readers have been clicking on these posts past week: Dining Out – Food is always popular with ecoXplorer followers. Save
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Some vehicle interiors are more functional, comfortable and luxurious than others, including in vehicles under $50,000. You’ll be spending a lot of time inside your new vehicle, so interior design is an important consideration. Vehicle interior design is a blend of art and science, and fortunately, beauty and function can coexist and appear across a
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Celebrate National Park Week with FREE admission and FREE events in many of the 424 national parks in the USA. National Park Week 2023 is April 22-30, and encourages all of us to discover something new about their national parks and monuments, from the Statue of Liberty in NYC to Yosemite in California. With at least one
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Despite the abundance of buffets and restaurant choices on cruise ships, until now Vegans have not had much choice. That is changing with new plant-based menu items aboard all six ships of Windstar Cruises. The menu rolls out fleet-wide in June. In addition to being plant-based, dishes also are prepared without added salt, oil, and
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There are five FREE admission days to national parks, monuments and historic sites in 2023, one less than in 2022, including on Earth Day, which is also the start of National Park Week. There are more than 400 National Park Service sites nationwide, with at least one in every state. The fee-free days continue a
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