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Why I told Rick Steves to “be sure to try the testicles”

  By Robert Reid | January 8, 2015 - 3:30 pm | Appearances, Oklahoma, RO-Robert, USA
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Sometimes being a travel writer is exactly what it’s cracked up to be. Like the time I was on the Rick Steves radio show, talking about Oklahoma, where I grew up, and got to tell Rick to “be sure to try the testicles.” … Read on →

I sort of spoke at the White House

  By Robert Reid | December 21, 2014 - 12:39 am | Appearances, RO-Robert, RO-Writing, Uncategorized, USA, Video
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National Geographic Traveler asked me to speak at the White House Travel Blogger Summit on December 9. It was surreal, thrilling, steeped in titles and policies, and… yeah, pretty surreal. As a travel experience, it sort of ranks with my first uncertain steps … Read on →

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Thoughts on visiting the White House, of America

  By Robert Reid | December 16, 2014 - 2:17 pm | RO-Robert, RO-Travel, USA
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For a period of three weeks when I was 10, I wanted to be President James K Polk. He was the standout in my book of presidents that I’d stash in my locker. By comparison, James Monroe looked prissy and mean, James Buchanan … Read on →

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Eastern Oregon: Earn Your Boots

  By Robert Reid | November 21, 2014 - 12:39 pm | 76-Second Travel Show, Articles, Oregon, USA, Video
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When I moved to Oregon last year, I didn’t know they had cowboys. So when when I got a hall pass to write pretty much anything about the state recently for National Geographic Traveler’s Digital Nomad, I headed east — into cowboy country. … Read on →

Failed lake: Oklahoma Panhandle’s Optima

  By Robert Reid | October 6, 2014 - 12:22 am | Oklahoma, RO-Underdogs, USA
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The Oklahoma Panhandle is a rectangle of plains that no one wanted for years. It’s mostly known for being flat and having a lot of bad luck. Boise City, which was accidentally bombed by apologetic Texans during WWII, was the epicenter of the … Read on →

New travel: travel to make things

  By Robert Reid | August 10, 2014 - 3:20 pm | Articles, Uncategorized, USA
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Travel used to be about going to see things – look kids, it’s Big Ben – then increasingly became about going to do things. Like taking a drawing course to draw Big Ben.  Next, I think, travel will be about making things. This … Read on →

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