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United and American Monterey to Baltimore and Milwaukee $300

Monterey, California to Baltimore BWI or Milwaukee MKE is around $300 round trip for flights on United or US Airways for travel August to December on many weekdays and Saturdays. American Airlines Monterey MRY – Phoenix PHX – Milwaukee MKE

Point Lobos is my mistress

Point Lobos is my mistress. At least that is what my wife claims. She accuses me at times of spending more time with Point Lobos in her part of the woods than here at home in our part of the

Last Day Monterey 2014 photo essay

New Year’s Eve started in some ways like a typical tourist day in Monterey since I went to the Holiday Inn Express Monterey Bay for my shower, breakfast and to pick up the hotel folio for Kelley’s fourth IHG Rewards

Humpback whales in our faces at Moss Landing beach

This week locals have been talking about how the humpback whales are close to shore and more visible around Monterey Bay than anyone remembers. Yesterday, for the second time this past week, we set up our chairs on the beach

Gray whale travelers have arrived near Monterey

A woman from Iowa standing next to me on the granite rock outcrop at the westernmost point of Point Lobos State Park asked me if I still feel a special excitement as a local resident when I see whales around

See Life in Monterey

Monterey has had gorgeous weather the past couple weeks. These are the September days when the 24-hour temperature range is typically 60 as a low at 5am in the morning and around 70 to 74 as a high in daytime

Loyalty Traveler July 2013 annotated post list

Here is a list of all the Loyalty Traveler post titles with a brief description of the post content for July 2013. This provides readers a recap of posts you might have missed. July 2013 Loyalty Traveler posts July 1

Hiking the Million Dollar View from Hyatt Highlands Inn at Point Lobos State Reserve, California

This article is not a review of the Hyatt Highlands Inn in the Carmel Highlands of Central Coast California. This is a photo essay of the hike I took at Point Lobos State Reserve, the park seen from the windows

Hotel Loyalty Promotions April 2013

April 2013 is a time of reassessment for many hotel loyalty program members. The sudden and dramatic changes to the structure of hotel rewards across five of the top ten global hotel loyalty programs in the first quarter of 2013

SPG Snap, Post, Win 100,000 points Photo Contest

Starwood Preferred Guest has a Twitter and Instagram photography contest running March 18 – April 5, 2013 for a chance to win 100,000 Starpoints. There are only 248 entries with just one week left to go in the contest. Contest

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