Turning Stone Resort is a luxury oasis located on land owned by the Oneida Nation in Vernon, NY and is a destination that is perfect for anyone seeking out a short weekend getaway or longer.  The level of service that is evident from the moment you drive up to the main entrance of the Resort continues as you check in and are escorted to your room by friendly, knowledgeable Resort staff who...

I travel often, so I spend a lot of time renting cars from various car rental companies.  Unfortunately I have had quite a few bad experiences, like many.  If I have time to plan ahead, I generally will rent vehicles from Alamo. After doing a complete price comparison across the board, including all the major car rental companies, Alamo will usually come out with the best price for me...

The Magellan Explorist 210 was purchased for me as a gift.  My primary use of this hand held GPS system was to go geocaching and for hiking in woods and fields.  My first impressions of the unit were good:  it has a compact size that fits easily in my hand.  The screen is large and protected slightly by a raised lip around the edge.  The buttons, though small, are easy ...

Bali, a tropical island in the Indonesian archipelago, is so picturesque and immaculate it could almost be a painted backdrop. It has rice paddies tripping down hillsides like giant steps, volcanoes soaring up through the clouds, dense tropical jungle, long sandy beaches, warm blue water, crashing surf and friendly people who don't just have a culture but actually live it. In Bali spirits c...

I bought these skates as a gift for someone who loves to skate.  They have lasted and have been something which she has enjoyed and has had tons of fun using.They have proved to be durable.  I would recommend these skates for anyone who loves to skate.  They are worth the money.  They are affordable and well designed.  They have all the features which provide my daughte...

No one who lives in Ohio and has faced the dreaded winters we have had could ever forget sled riding.  Next to building snowmen, it is a great pass time for kids and their families when there is snow on the ground.My children always loved to go sled riding.  They would pray for a snow day just so they could go sled riding.  Even grown people enjoy sled riding.  You can visit...

I have a budding artist at home - my daughter. I bought this book from Magrudy's to enhance her skills and make her more crafty as she is into arts and crafts. One look at the book, I knew this was the one that she will be referring to whenever she needs ideas for her tinkering hands to work on. The book is hard bound and very colorful. It's so colorful that it catches the eyes of the r...

I love leather. It is one of my favorite materials. Most of the bags I have used or carried have always been leather. Why should my backpack be any different?About 6 years ago, I bought the Jackson Leather Backpack. Since then, this backpack has been used for many purposes. It was about this same time that my legs were beginning to fail me. I was walking with the aide of forearm crutches, which...

We have very active children who just loving jumping around.  That is how we decided to purchase a trampoline.  We decided that it would be wise for us to invest in a larger size one due to the size of our family and when the kids have their friends over we really have a crowd. It is made of durable and sturdy materials and assembles rather easily.  This particular trampolin...

Take a good, close look at the picture. Go ahead. Look familiar? If it does, it's probably because that's a picture of Portland Head Light, Maine's oldest lighthouse, located in Fort Williams Park in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.I have lived my whole life in Maine, right on the coast. I have also been visiting Fort Williams my whole life. I have so many memories from spending tim...

With summer weather finally here my family is spending more and more time in the water. All of us have sensitive eyes and use swimming goggles if we are going to be in the water for long. Everyone seems to have his or her favorite brand with three of us preferring the Speedo Vanquisher Swim Goggle. We are easily able to tell which are ours, as we have them in blue, clear and mint. They are also...

We stayed at the Gawahon Eco-Park in Victorias City, Negros Occidental, Philippines for a 5-day, 4-night summer youth camp.The place is actually nice, picture perfect and cool, because it is quite high than sea level. The problem was the service. We were booked and paid for the duration, but somebody took over one of our cottages and the management allowed it. It was really crazy. For a group o...

Since I was young, I've been a fan of boardgames. I have played quite a number of them but there is only one particular board game that I realy enjoy playing, Monopoly Trading Game.I had a chance to buy my own Monopoly Trading Game about 5 months ago from a toy shop. I bought it  simply to serve as a time-killer whenever friends hangout at my house. But what seems to be a very classica...

Panaad Sports Stadium is located in Bacolod City, Philippines. It is a very big stadium for football and other sports like swimming, running, etc. On the stadium itself, we have held pageants and concerts. It is located on several hectares of land and is not merely a sports stadium. Around it are heritage displays of the cities and municipalities of our province, Negros Occidental, of which Bac...

This guide leads you on a tour of some of the best sections to hike on the Buckeye Trail in the state of Ohio.Of course my first travel guide review would be for a hiking trail!  This is a 292 page paperback, written by Robert J. Pond in 2003.  Black & White photos. Bob is a friend of mine, and he not only hikes the Buckeye Trail, but is a long-time supporter and also works to bui...

In it's own words, Dutch Blitz is a "vonderful goot game," that's "such vonderful goot fun"!This game is for 2-4 players, or up to 4 two-person teams.  It contains four decks of cards that contain 40 cards each.  Each deck has 10 cards in each colour--blue, yellow, green, and orange--are are labled 1-10.  The object of the game is to get rid of a small...

Wilmar Enterprises is a local store in my city that specializes in sticker cut-outs. Bikers frequent the store for customized, computerized designs that are machine cut. They can do almost anything and I love the fact that I can choose the materials for my stickers--either vinyl or reflectorized.They charged by the square inch and they don't require minimum orders, so I can just have one st...

  I've always had fun with the laser tag games.  The problem was that everyone else had one and not me.  I never really thought that I could afford a toy that was so complex and expensive.  I was browsing through eBay with a hankering to buy something.  Yes, I'm guilty of loving to shop.  There was an auction up for Lazer Mad and it was within my budget.&nb...

Most every camper will be familiar with mosquito coils.  They seem to be the oldest way of lessening the bug problem while you are trying to sleep.  However two problems with these coils are the dirty ashes they leave behind, and the risk of burning the table, or even your fingers if you try to pick it up too soon.  That's where this handy little contraption comes in.Coghlan&...

This summer my husband and I decided to take bike rides in the evenings for exercise and together-time.  We both owned good bikes sitting untouched in the corners of our respective parents' sheds, so we arranged to get them. When they arrived, we realized that my husband's bike needed a bit of TLC, including a new set of tires.   We ended up getting these on the suggestio...