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5 Best Hotels in Maui

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From resorts to inns, we’ve got all the spots you’ll want to try.

Travis Rowan/Courtesy Paia Inn

By Juliana Shallcross, March 2, 2021

If resorts aren’t your thing, Maui excels at small inns where you can hide away and go about relaxing at your own pace. We found several of these gems on the island’s North Shore.

And you can always mix and match your lodging options, staying for a few days in a big resort and then doing your own thing at a smaller spot.

Or vice versa. Wondering where to start? We’ve all of collected our favorite spots here, so read on for our list of Maui’s best hotels.

Click the link to read our complete Maui guide.

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Current Affairs, Science & Health, Times They Are A-Changing, Travel

What You Can and Can’t Do Once You’re Fully Vaccinated

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Here’s what you should and shouldn’t do post-vaccination, according to health experts

by Michelle Crouch, AARP, March 19, 2021 | Comments: 304

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En español | If it has been at least two weeks since you received your last dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, congratulations! You are now considered “fully vaccinated.” You are armed with our best weapon against a virus that has killed more than 2.6 million people worldwide and upended our lives in unimaginable ways.

That is truly something worth celebrating.

But before you toss aside your mask and throw a party, it’s important to remember that the coronavirus is still spreading and the majority of Americans have yet to be vaccinated — so precautions continue to be necessary to protect yourself and the people around you.

Source: https://www.aarp.org/health/conditions-treatments/info-2021/fully-vaccinated.html

Love & Relationships, Memories & History, Science & Health, Travel

Carolina Raptor Center – Huntersville, North Carolina – Atlas Obscura

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From golden eagles to peregrine falcons, this rehabilitation and education center is a haven for birds of prey. 

Queen Beatrice, the Eurasian Eagle Owl, with Trainer Colleen Roddick. Photo by William Krumpleman

Sponsored by Visit Lake Norman

In 1975, an injured broad-winged hawk found its way to Dr. Richard Brown, an ornithologist at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte.

Along with several biology students, Brown helped the bird back to health and released it into the wild—it would be the first of many rehabilitations.

Over the years that followed, more and more birds were brought into the makeshift clinic in the basement of the university’s biology building.

In 1980, Brown and Deb Sue Griffin, one of his students, decided to make things more official. Together they founded Carolina Raptor Center, which has admitted some 20,000 birds over the last four decades.

Source: Carolina Raptor Center – Huntersville, North Carolina – Atlas Obscura

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Biden infrastructure plan: Amtrak vows new routes. Here’s where

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By Joseph Spector Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, April 1, 2021

How about a train ride from Nashville, Tennessee, to Atlanta, Phoenix to Southern California, or Louisville, Kentucky, to Indianapolis?Amtrak late Wednesday released a proposed map of new and expanded service if it can land the $80 billion President Joe Biden proposed for the rail service as part of his American Jobs Plan, a massive $2 trillion plan to rebuild the nation’s aging infrastructure.Amtrak’s vision calls for bringing new intercity rail service to up to 160 previously unserved communities over the next 15 years, including 30 potential new routes and enhanced services with more daily trips on existing routes.

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Las Vegas, Nevada, Pleasures, Science & Health, Travel

Nevada COVID-19 Restrictions | COVID-19 in Nevada | Travel Nevada

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Nevada is one of the most incredible places to get outside and play, explore, and get away from it all.

Of course, these days, some things are a little different. Here’s what to consider before you come camping and adventuring, and what to know when you do.

For info on Nevada’s Roadmap to Recovery, please click here.

Source: Nevada COVID-19 Restrictions | COVID-19 in Nevada | Travel Nevada