Have you noticed there’s never an empty middle seat anymore? Shouldn’t be surprising, it turns out, as the Department of Transporation reported that for 2013 the number of flights operated by U.S. airlines went DOWN by 1.5% while the number of passengers went UP by nearly 1%.
I’ve noticed: when we’re flying in a 3-across section, we always try for aisle and window, hoping the middle will be empty…but in the past couple of years it’s only worked once!
DETAILS from the Dallas Morning News.
A visit to the Desert View Watchtower on the eastern portion of the Grand Canyon’s South Rim. Constructed in the 1930s, it offers magnificent canyon views and a tie to the Native American history of the Canyon.
I was visiting a friend, and this was the view from their house. I could understand why they built their house facing this direction. I was taken by the beauty!
Samantha shares some street art pictures from her recent trip to Bogotá, Colombia.
A garden in South Wales is the topic of today’s post from ProfessorAbe
DrFumblefinger shares photos of the Fitz Roy Massif, one of the most famous and difficult to climb peaks in the world, situated in Patagonia.
Vienna’s Clock Museum, one of the biggest and best of its kind doesn’t really have 10,000 clocks, but you’d never know that as you get lost in its world of time.
The oldest monumental fountain in Paris has a long history of rebuilding, renaming and relocating
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