As promised I took Anna and Sarah to Chicago for the weekend. We had a blast. We purchased a CityPass which got us in the Shedd Aquarium, Field Museum, Art Institute, the SkyWalk at the top of Sears tower and the Science and Technology building (which we didn’t make it to). The hit of the trip as it turns out was Navy Pier as well as tea at the American Girl Doll store.

Ruby Falls is a 145-foot high underground waterfall located within Lookout Mountain, near Rock City and Chattanooga, Tennessee in the United States.  The cave which houses Ruby Falls was formed with the formation of Lookout Mountain. The Lookout Mountain Caverns, which includes Ruby Falls Cave, is a limestone cave. These caves occur when slightly acidic groundwater enters subterranean streams and eats away at the relatively soft limestone, causing narrow cracks to widen into passages and caves in a process called chemical weathering. The stream which makes up the Falls entered the cave sometime after its formation.

This week I had the privilege of attending a publishing conference by publishing innovators nStein in old Montreal. I stayed at the Nallagen hotel on Rue St Paul. The street is full of art galleries, shops, restaurants . . . . Rue Saint-Paul has vibrant character.

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I just went through a fantastic demo of www.homeandabroad.com and their trip planning capabilities. You should try and set up a trip and itinerary for yourself, takes about 10 minutes or less. They can customize the site to your brand. They can even incorporate our campgrounds into their pages so they are recommended places to stay. Here are a couple customized examples:

• Marriott
• Hawaii Airlines

Looks pretty darn good.