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I’m Kate
For more than a decade and a half, I’ve helped people create a life by design through my lifestyle and travel blog.
I’m a mom of 3, a full-time romance author, and I’ve been to more than 40 countries and nearly all the states.
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Texas Hill Country in August Is a Different Trip Than the One in the Photos. The Wildflowers Are Gone and the Rivers Are Slammed
Every photo of Texas Hill Country that circulates online was taken in April: bluebonnets carpeting the fields around Fredericksburg and…
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Elko, Nevada Has More Gold Mines Than Casinos That Matter. Las Vegas Is 450 Miles Away and a Different Planet
Say “Nevada” to most Americans and they picture the Las Vegas Strip or, at a stretch, Reno’s smaller version of…
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Chattanooga Called Itself the Dirtiest City in America in 1969. It Now Has 10,000 Miles of Municipal Fiber Internet
In 1969, Walter Cronkite’s CBS Evening News reported that federal air quality data had identified Chattanooga, Tennessee as having the…
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Marfa, Texas Has 1,700 People and 45,000 Annual Visitors. Show Up Expecting a Cute Town and You’ll Be Disappointed
Marfa, Texas sits in the high desert of Presidio County, three hours from the nearest airport with regular commercial service…
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A Weekend in Traverse City Runs $600 to $900 Before You Buy a Single Bottle of Wine. Here’s Where the Money Actually Goes
Traverse City sits at the base of two long, narrow peninsulas that split Grand Traverse Bay in northern Michigan, and…
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Wyoming’s Tourism Economy Is $4.9 Billion a Year. Its Ranching Economy Is $1.6 Billion. Both Sides Think They’re the Real Wyoming
Wyoming has about 580,000 people spread across nearly 98,000 square miles, and depending on which Wyoming you’re looking at, you’d…