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Author Archives: Thomas Wilmer

Kyle Ellison’s Moon Handbook  to Maui, Moloka’i & Lanai
25 Dec 2015

Kyle Ellison’s Moon Handbook to Maui, Moloka’i & Lanai

by Thomas Wilmer | posted in: Travel Stories | 0

    The downside of a travel guidebook is that it can fail by trying to offer the reader too much, and in the process the author winds up producing a compendium of a zillion places to stay, things to … Continued

Hawaii, Maui
The Hawaiian Aloha Spirit exemplified at the Westin Maui Resort & Spa
24 Dec 2015

The Hawaiian Aloha Spirit exemplified at the Westin Maui Resort & Spa

by Thomas Wilmer | posted in: Travel Stories | 0

  The Hawaiian Islands…the mere mention of the destination evokes a longing to return. I’ve made untold trips to the islands. I lived with a family on Oahu many moons ago when I was a teenager. Smitten since a fifteen … Continued

Maui, native plants, SPG, tropical plants, Westin
Finding Hawaiian Culture at the Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort
20 Dec 2015

Finding Hawaiian Culture at the Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort

by Thomas Wilmer | posted in: Travel Stories | 0

Join correspondent, Tom Wilmer on the island of Maui for an enticing journey of discovery. The Westin Ka’anapali Ocean Resort Villas experience is more like staying in a small home as each spacious villa comes complete with a cool kitchen, and a washer … Continued

Hawaii, Ka'anapali, Lahaina, Maui, Sheraton, Westin
Hawaiian Reforestation–Saving the Earth One Tree at a Time
17 Dec 2015

Hawaiian Reforestation–Saving the Earth One Tree at a Time

by Thomas Wilmer | posted in: Travel Stories | 0

Oahu resident, Jeff Dunster and his business partner had a vision—and they acted on it by creating the Hawaiian Legacy Reforestation Initiative, a non-profit organization with a prime mission to save the earth’s precious resources, one tree at a time. … Continued

Big Island, Hawaii, Oahu, Reforestation, Sustainable forestry
McAllen, Texas World Class Birding, Shopping & Cuisine
16 Dec 2015

McAllen, Texas World Class Birding, Shopping & Cuisine

by Thomas Wilmer | posted in: Travel Stories | 0

McAllen, Texas is so far south that if you headed west you’d eventually pop out on the Pacific Coast around the southern tip of Baja, Mexico. Down here in the Lower Rio Grande Valley it’s a distinctive world, defined by … Continued

birding, Lower Rio Grande Valley, McAllen
Culinary Secret: Salt New American Table, McAllen, Texas
14 Dec 2015

Culinary Secret: Salt New American Table, McAllen, Texas

by Thomas Wilmer | posted in: Travel Stories | 0

For a growing number of travelers, a destination and its cuisine are inseparable, with the most memorable meals capturing a sense of place and ultimately becoming key ingredients in your fondest travel memories. And then there are the bites that make … Continued

cuisine, McAllen, Texas
Quinta Mazatlan World Birding Center-McAllen, Texas
13 Dec 2015

Quinta Mazatlan World Birding Center-McAllen, Texas

by Thomas Wilmer | posted in: Travel Stories | 0

Associate Producer, Kim Schneider reports from the Lower Rio Grande Valley at Quinta Mazatlan where they’re saving habitat…one backyard at a time. And what an incredible backyard you’ll find at this Spanish Colonial estate, hand-built of adobe bricks back in the … Continued

birding, Lower Rio Grande Valley, McAllen, McAllen Texas, Texas
An Exploration–Virginia’s Roanoke Blue Ridge Parkway Region
12 Dec 2015

An Exploration–Virginia’s Roanoke Blue Ridge Parkway Region

by Thomas Wilmer | posted in: Travel Stories | 0

Our journey starts in Blacksburg, Virginia at Virginia Tech State University where we visit with Jeffrey Marks, President and General Manager at Roanoke CBS affiliate, WDBJ Channel 7. Jeffrey shares his passion for the Roanoke region as a year-round destination for … Continued

Virginia Travel
Downing Vodka Shots at Chernobyl
10 Dec 2015

Downing Vodka Shots at Chernobyl

by Thomas Wilmer | posted in: Travel Stories | 0

Join Tom Wilmer as he talks to journalist and author Katya Cengel about reporting on former child soldiers in Burma for Newsweek and covering child migrants in Guatemala for Al Jazeera America among other adventures. Subscribe to the Lowell Thomas Award-winning … Continued

Burma, Cal Poly State University, Chernobyl, Guatemala, Ukraine
Harry Messimer 55 years  2 million-miles Driving Greyhound and Trailways
10 Dec 2015

Harry Messimer 55 years 2 million-miles Driving Greyhound and Trailways

by Thomas Wilmer | posted in: Travel Stories | 0

  Harry Messimer went to work as a Greyhound bus driver back in 1956. When he retired from Greyhound 31 years later, he had driven more than 1.5 million miles. But four days of retirement was enough for Harry. He … Continued

Roanoke, Virginia, Virginia Transportation Museum, Virginia Travel

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