Beth Blair

Archive for April, 2010

Amelia Earhart was one of my childhood heroines. I loved reading about her adventures and found her passion and zeal for flying inspiring; therefore, it’s no surprise that before I became a travel writer my time was spent in the sky as a flight attendant. Over the years I thought it would be interesting to learn to fly the plane and, even better, get a private pilots license, but I never enrolled in lessons. However, my interest has piqued again -  I had my first flying lesson! In March 2010 I had the opportunity to take a discovery flight with the Let’s Go Flying! program which was created by the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association. The flight was one of my most memorable experiences as I was able to taxi, take-off and fly the Cessna 172 myself!

I know flying seems like a far-fetched dream for some people but the Let’s Go Flying program really is a great way for future pilots to get a sample of flying, learn some terminology and fall in love with the adventure – because after you do it once, it’s very likely you will want to return.

You can read more about my flying experience on The Vacation Gals.

Since January 2010 I’ve been writing articles for the fun, female-geared website, SheKnows.com. Two of my most recent articles include: Quick ways to cure bad breath and 5 Most common oral health concerns after 50. I enjoyed consulting experts on the topic of oral health and learned quite a bit while researching the article. Take a peek at the articles if the topics interests you. You may learn something, too.

Another interesting article I enjoyed developing was, What’s your man backup plan? I interviewed four women of varying backgrounds who are not married. The gist of the article is…how do you feel if you don’t meet a man? Each woman has a different perspective on life.

This winter my family booked and took a trip to Orlando, Florida via LastMinuteTravel.com (our sponsor). We had the typical fun-filled, over-stimulated, non-stop time.  We stayed at the Omni at Gates Pass and the kids are still asking to return to this Omni because of its family-friendly recreational area which consists of a swimming pool, water slide and lazy river (my idea of a good time after a day on roller coasters). The weather was much cooler than we anticipated (it was the week there was snow in all 50 states). While it rained the entire day we were at Disney World, we managed to make the most of it. You can read about it on my Rain at Disney World post on The Vacation Gals.

Our other adventures on this trip included Sea World, Gatorland, Downtown Disney and Pirates Dinner Adventure.

Thank you for stopping by my *new* personal website: BethBlair.com. While I’ve been writing for nine years, I’ve been in the blogging world for almost four. I’ve contributed to mostly travel, culinary and parenting blogs and currently own TheVacationGals.com and TheSpaGals.com with two other writers.

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