With that said, here's a winter time action option while there's snow to enjoy. It's cheaper, and you can do it as a group activity. Steep or not, if there's a way you can get up the hill without walking, go for it. Also, because tubing hills are connected to ski resorts, you can enjoy the comfort of their lodges.

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• Snow tubing: winter time action that packs a thrill

Filed under: Cultures, History, Learning, Business, Blogs, Podcasts, Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, Oceania, Antarctica, Video The online video space right now is hotter than Georgia asphalt...hotter in fact than a griddle sitting on a bonfire burning on the surface of the sun.

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• Gadling Podcast: Travelistic

Filed under: Food, Georgia, Red Corner We've posted a couple of times before about the wondrous wines which hail from the former Soviet republic of Georgia. And now, the New York Times has discovered them as well. C. J. Chivers, writing in last Sunday's paper, takes us to the fertile valleys of Georgia for a bit of the old world wine tasting.

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• Red Corner: The Napa Valley of Georgia

Filed under: Hiking, Georgia, Red Corner One of the more phenomenal locations I've trekked in the last few years is the former Soviet republic of Georgia.

I only had a small taste of this trekking nirvana two summers ago when I visited the village of Kazbegi near the Chechen border.

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• Red Corner: Trekking in Georgia

Passenger train travel on Amtrak and freight trains have been severely disrupted by a defect in a bridge near Rocky Mount, North Carolina that was discovered and required immediate repairs. About 50 passenger and freight trains pass daily over the bridge which is near Rocky Mount, North Carolina, according to CSX Corp., owner of the rail line.

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• Amtrak and Freight Rail Travel Disrupted on East Coast from Florida to New York