http://www.solotravelgirl.com Traveling alone, not lonley Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:35:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/xm-satellite-radio-and-the-southern-sky/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/xm-satellite-radio-and-the-southern-sky/#comments Wed, 12 May 2010 02:08:37 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=1675 Pin itI’m a Saturn gal and was crushed when I learned GM was discontinuing the line. In January of this year I purchased a 2009 Saturn AURA Hybrid, my third Saturn vehicle, and absolutely love it. XM Satellite Radio came as a three-month trial (as it does in all GM vehicles) and I admit  to...]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/xm-satellite-radio-and-the-southern-sky/feed/ 0 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/patriotic-road-trip-september-11/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/patriotic-road-trip-september-11/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:49:09 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=253 Thursday after the final show, we hit the road at 7:30 p.m. By this time we asked the car rental representative at he show to have the mileage and drop-off fee waived and she did (as other companies eventually did). We also stopped at an AAA office for directions but unfortunately the clerk routed us THROUGH New York City. We were smart to follow detours around the city knowing roads into the Big Apple were closed.]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/patriotic-road-trip-september-11/feed/ 1 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/lying-for-a-ride-september-11/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/lying-for-a-ride-september-11/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:47:42 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=248 While this was happening during my day, my now friend Cham was on her way to the road show flying from Tampa to Providence, Rhode Island, but her flight was grounded in Philadelphia as all flights were immediately grounded by the FAA. Rather than expressing concern on how to get home, the dedicated worker found a way to get to Rhode Island: she lied.]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/lying-for-a-ride-september-11/feed/ 2 http://www.solotravelgirl.com/eight-years-and-still-vivid-september-11/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss http://www.solotravelgirl.com/eight-years-and-still-vivid-september-11/#comments Fri, 11 Sep 2009 04:46:12 +0000 Solo Travel Girl http://www.solotravelgirl.com/?p=239 I have few triggers which break me down and 9/11 is one of them. Eight years ago day I was in a hotel in Peabody, Mass. It was a Tuesday and as I was getting ready for breakfast, NBC's The Today Show played in the background. Matt Lauer broke with the news of a plane crashing into one of the World Trade Center towers. I headed down to the restaurant and met up with the rest of the group I was traveling with.]]> http://www.solotravelgirl.com/eight-years-and-still-vivid-september-11/feed/ 1