GET AWAY FOR THE DAY (OR WEEKEND)

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  Weekend Escape: Cowichan Bay, B.C.

  Meet Cowichan Valley, an undiscovered land in British Columbia where food is ultra-local, vineyards are low-key, and canoes replace taxicabs

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  Day trip: Downtown Tempe, AZ

  Forget football and focus on the emerging art scene in Tempe, AZ this fall

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  Day trip: Malibu, CA

  Malibu in fall: Southern California's beautiful summer weather without the summer crowds

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  Wyoming day trip: Laramie

  Explore Laramie: a college town with mountain spirit and cowboy characteristics

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  Classy cowboy day trip: Ellensburg, WA

  A Washington rodeo town with a city-slicker side

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