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COLLECTORS What they gather and why they do it

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Senior Fair 2013

10 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Tuesday, June 11 | Palouse Mall Details, schedule inside, Page 3

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he annual celebration of all things good about aging gracefully, Senior Fair 2013, returns to Moscow June 11. This year’s fair, which runs 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. in the cozy, comfortable, climate-controlled Palouse Mall, promises to be one of the biggest and best to date. The annual event is organized by the Moscow-Pullman Daily News and held for the past five years at the mall. This year the fair welcomes two major sponsors, Gritman Medical Center in Moscow and Whitman Senior Living in Pullman. The two sponsors will be in featured locations the day of the event and have plenty for attendees to see and do. The Whitman Senior Living staff will be playing Bingo all day, so be sure to stop by

if just to catch a few games. A variety of workshops, booths, vendors and senior-related information tables will be available throughout the day. Many vendors will be giving away great door prizes, raffle awards and gift baskets in addition to great information about what they offer to make your life better. Following is a list of anticipated vendors at the fair (we’re adding more every day), and a preliminary list of workshop times and topics. The workshops will be at the Ross entrance to the mall and are free to all.

Senior Fair 2013 Sponsor booths

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Anticipated exhibitors Sterling Insurance Auburn Crest Hospice Gentiva Aspen Park Seubert’s Quality Home Care Alternative Nursing Services Today’s Dental Circles of Caring Friendly Neighbors Pullman Senior Center Clearview Eye Clinic Disability Action Center Sid’s Professional Pharmacy Whitman County CASA Idaho Dept. of Insurance - SHIBA AARP Whitman Hospital and Medical Center Pullman Regional Hospital Idaho Assistive Technology Project Lincare WSU Memory and Aging

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Workshop Schedule

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10 - 11 a.m. – Fit & Fall Proof Exercise for Seniors: Learn how to reduce your risk of falling by increasing your muscle strength and balance. This presentation is led by Odette Engan of the Martin Wellness Center and part of a statewide effort led by the Idaho Department of Health and

Welfare and our local North Central District Health Department. Wear comfortable clothes. 11 a.m. - noon — Golf game Warm-up — Milo Griffin, a certified Titleist Performance Institute golf professional will help you avoid injuries and improve your score. Milo is a physical therapist with Gritman Therapy Solutions. Noon - 1 p.m. – Moscow Food Co-op Cooking School: The good folks at the Moscow Food Co-op are back with a presentation called “One-Pot Meals.” 1-2 p.m. – Audio technologies: Presented by Disability Action Center’s Independent Living office. 2-3 p.m. – Cooking tips for a diabetic lifestyle: A demonstration focused on healthy menu planning. Recipes and samples. Presented by the culinary director at Whitman Senior Living.

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COVER STORY

Gathering memories A look at area seniors, the items they collect, and why they do it By Judy Sobeloff for Palouse Seniors

natured ribbing from friends and former colleagues, it also holds a wealth of treasured memories. She says fondly that her children inifred Dixon’s fought over who would get to keep Moscow neighit when she downsized a couple of bors found some years back. unidentified flying A retired University of Idaho objects in their yards following a librarian with a background in storm that blew in suddenly about history and English, Dixon has seven years back. pursued her interest in cataloguing As Dixon recounts in a typewritbeyond the world ten narrative, of toilet paper and she was outside the University when she saw of Idaho library; “what looked more recently, her like toilet paper passion for family sailing away like genealogy has also a kite.” When taken her around she finally manthe world. aged to catch a So what would piece, she was possess a self-destunned to find scribed perfectly it labeled ‘Anne normal and very Frank’s house orderly person to 1991.’ Then undertake such I realized the a thing? What enormity of motivates people what was going to start and mainon — my toilet tain and add to paper collection Jack O’Shaughnessy, collections, much was blowing 78, collector less to begin new away ... .” collections? Why Dixon, 85, do their family who has been collecting toilet members and friends also seem to paper from around the world for enjoy getting swept up in contribmore than 45 years now, was able uting? to recover the sodden pieces of For Dixon, the toilet paper her collection with the help of her samples serve as a unique way to neighbors, who “handed them to remember the many places she and me without comment. I did get some strange looks from them ... .” her family have been. “I’ve been very lucky. I’ve had a very enjoyWhile Dixon’s collection is able life.” quirky enough to prompt good-

Winifred Dixon of Moscow began collecting samples of toilet paper when her family lived in India in 1967. The fist sample was saved so she could show her friends back home how different the toilet paper was, and the collection grew from there as she traveled throughout the world.

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“Something attracts you. You bring one home and a week later you bring home another one and a year later another one.”

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For Lucille Magnuson, 93, of Moscow, the first hands in her collection, a pair of praying-hands bookends, were a gift. Her daughter-in-law, Cindy Magnuson, says many of the other hands were found at thrift shops; others were the prized results of Lucille’s children’s and grandchildren’s searches in antique shops in remote places. Although Magnuson never planned to collect them, hands have a special significance to her on many levels. In 1968, when her son, Robin, was drafted to be an army medic during the Vietnam War, Magnuson wrote a poem

called “Peace Maker,” in which she contrasts the healing acts her sons hands will do with the destruction wrought by the war, stating that “no battle weapon’s as strong as loving care.” Before her retirement, Magnuson used her hands in other ways as well: she was a pianist, piano teacher, and organist as well as a poet. Now she sees the gift that some caregivers have “with tender hands, to do what’s needed with their gentle hands.” Another local collector, retired UI librarian Beth Paulsen, collects miniature furniture and miniature

household items. Along the way, she’s managed to read every miniature-sized book in her miniaturesized library. “If you’ve got a book, you might as well read it,” Paulsen says. “The print isn’t as bad as you’d think.” Jack O’Shaughnessy, 78, finds that most of the items he collects, particularly marbles and toy trucks, remind him in some way of his childhood. Not particularly skilled at playing marbles as a kid, he jokes that he was “always losing my marbles. Now I’m finding them again.” Now O’Shaughnessy has

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LUCILLE MAGNUSON > Where she lives: Moscow > What she collects: Hands, made from glass, ceramic wood, metal, plaster, even a pair of hands made from ash from Mt. Saint Helens. She has hands that form vases, cups, a candle holder,

a flag holder, a soap dish, a hand holding a perfume bottle with a cork, a pair of rubber hands she uses to hold jewelry. Also, she has other collections of bells and butterflies. > How many she has: Approximately three dozen hands. Each of her five children has taken his or her favorite, and she has given away another half dozen over the years. Her bell collection has about 129 bells. > Why she started collecting: The first one was a gift, a pair of bookends of praying hands that she used for many years. “Several people saw them and brought little items to match. I would pick one up when I saw one. I think they’re beautiful to look at, the muscles and the fingers. I think of all the good that hands can do.” > Her favorite item in the collection: “They all have a dear meaning, depending on who gave it to me.” > What most people say when they see the collection: People have always loved to come and handle the hands.

BETH PAULSEN > Where she lives: Moscow > What she collects: Miniature furniture and other miniature household items. (see FRONT COVER) > How many she has: “Too hard to count.” She has kept a journal listing every single item she has bought. She has approximately 20 dollhouse-sized rooms, which she estimates contain a total of 1,000 to 2,000 pieces. Some of the rooms have 5-10 pieces of miniature furniture, while the dining room, for example, has six full place settings: six placemats, six plates, six cups and saucers, six sets of silverware, 12 wine glasses, etc. > Why she started collecting: “I found that I’m not a very crafty person, so I started collecting things.” She made some miniatures herself, and found that

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Lucille Magnusen of Moscow on he collection hands: “I think of all the good that hands do.” become fascinated with old glass marbles hand-made by glassblowers. He says, “Something attracts you. You bring one home and a week later you bring home another one and a year later another one. At 78 you’ve got quite a lot of anything.” Here’s a look at some area collectors and what makes their collections special.

WINIFRED DIXON > Where she lives: Moscow > What she collects: Toilet paper from around the world, labeled and saved inside the plastic pockets of a photo album. She has samples from China, Italy, and a ferry to Tangiers. Friends and fam-

ily members have sent her samples from places such as Russia, Yemen, and the Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, Terminal 2B. Also, for many years she and her husband found golf balls in the Arboretum which they sold at the Farmer’s Market and then donated the money to the Found Money Fund for scholarships at UI. She’s also very interested in genealogy. > How many she has: “I haven’t any idea.” (She starts to count samples from the toilet paper collection and estimates there are about 125.) > Why she started collecting: “It all started when we lived in India in 1967. When you got to a restaurant or a public place, if you needed to use the restroom

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Palouse Seniors | Senior Fair Edition she preferred collecting the ones other people had made. Her sister had given her a dollhouse when she was in second grade, and as an adult she re-did it for her brothers’ daughters. She was working at the University of Idaho library when she “saw a magazine that the library took, Hobbies. I read about this lady up in Spokane who sold miniatures from around the world and was fascinated. I think you get started, and then you have a collection.� She went from buying bunches of little things to one more significant higher-quality thing every four to six months. > Her favorite item in the collection: a green Victorian-period hand-carved chair made by a woman who lived in Spokane, who was one of the first members of the International Guild of Miniature Artisans. Paulsen had been collecting smaller items for 10-15 years before she bought this chair, her first truly high-quality piece. > What most people say when they see the collec-

Jack O’Shaughnessy’s collections include toy trucks and marbles, right, of which he estimates he has enough to fill a 10-gallon container. “If it’s shiny, pack it home,� he said. Geoff Crimmins Daily News

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JACK O’SHAUGHNESSY > Where he lives: Clarkston > What he collects: “Whatever I run into. Toy trucks, marbles, and more. He has “a few Nez Perce Indian beaded bags that remind me of the way the Native Americans were treated.� > How many he has: Unknown. About 15-20 toy trucks, and maybe 10 gallons of marbles. > Why he started collecting: “I still have enough kid in me — the toy trucks just appeal to me. Most of the time it’s a truck from my childhood.� He never intended to start collecting, but started going to the auction on

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Saturdays about 20 years ago. “It’s exciting to bid against somebody. When you start collecting something, your collection always branches into something else. I think it’s the pack rat mentality: If it’s shiny, pack it home.� > Favorite item in the collection: The marble collection is probably his favorite. He doesn’t have a favorite marble, though the Lutz, which has gold flakes inside, “catches your eye more.� > What most people say when they see the collection: “Most people never see it. A couple of nieces tell me, ‘Your computer room’s more like a museum than a computer room.’�

LINDA KING > Where he lives: Clarkston > What she collects: Anything to do with M&M’s, ceramic Boyd bears and “my hero� Mickey Mouse. > How many she has: “Too many to count.�

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Linda King’s collection of M&M’s memorabilia lines her office wall in Lewiston. > Why she started collecting: “When my children were small I thought it would be fun for them and me. It gave them something to buy me for holiday that were inexpensive. About 40 years ago the collection outgrew my house so I moved them to my office at the Lewiston Tribune in about 1992, where I work as mailroom supervisor. The collection has probably tripled since then because my employees have contributed to the collection and have some ownership to it. My assistant said that when the

M&M’s disappear that means I have retired.” > Her favorite item in the collection: “I have a love of real babies so my favorite is the nine Danbury Mint M&M’s babies that my son bought me for Christmas.” > What most people say when they see her collection: “Most people are just in awe as to how many there are. They love to stop and just look and bring their kids or grandkids in to see them. When times are stressful, I just turn and study the goofy looks all the M&M’s have and life goes on.”

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Volunteer helps Whitman County keep tabs on past Wanda Alderman instrumental in Rural Heritage Project By Ryan Tarinelli Daily News intern

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ties across Washington State. The project aims to document history through pictures, artifacts and documents around the community. The project accepts almost any old pictures from the community, learning the background and story behind the picture along the way, then scans them to be put online for the public, said Patti Cammack, a Whitman County librarian who has worked on the project since day one. Volunteers like Wanda Alderman know the process all too well. She often spends 10-20 hours a week gathering photos from people in the community and finding out the background behind them. She knows so many people in the community, which is a real advantage to finding historical photos, said Cammack. “They had me scrapbooking for the first few years, and then they found out I knew a lot of people in Whitman County,” Alderman said. “I contact a lot of the older residents in town and talk to them, and see if they want to share their pictures with us.” Alderman has been working on this project for the past five years and has been a large part of the success of the project, said Cammack. “She’s amazing. She knows so many people in the county. She’s really been the face of this project out there in the county,” said Cammack. “She talks to everyone she knows, and she also does a lot of phone calling and marketing.” Alderman said that many times old photos sit in boxes in peoples houses not being shared, and when elderly citizens pass away, photos get taken by their children and either thrown away or taken outside of the county. This rural heritage is important for the community to have, to be able to see where we have come from, and it could be lost forever unless we document it said Alderman. Alderman found out about

the project after she started to volunteer at the library to fill her free time. “I retired from the school district in 1996, and then my husband died, and my son died, and I was quite bored. I wanted to volunteer somewhere, so I volunteered at the library,” Alderman said. People have been positive and willing to share their historical photos with the library, which makes the project much easier said Alderman. “They’re wonderful. They’re proud of their heritage, and they know too, say in 50 years, everything could be lost,” said Alderman. Whitman County is one of 26 other counties across Washington State that take part the Rural Heritage Project. The project is funded by federal, state and county grants that are apart of a national initiative to digitize rural community’s images. The library follows very specific national guidelines to digitize photos into a format that can be put online said Cammack. “We digitize in CHIP format because that’s a better quality image, and those are archived, as is. Then we make copies, and do a little touchup and Photoshop if needed,” Cammack said. Once the photos are scanned and are digitized, the librarians send a copy to the Washington State Library in Olympia to be archived. “We give every photo a title just like you would a book. We try to describe where it is, when it was, who the people are in the picture, what we are seeing, if there is some sort of description.” Alderman said that the library accepts pictures from all decades before 1970, however the image must be from Whitman County. To visit the Rural Heritage Project website and see images from Whitman County go to www. washingtonruralheritage.org.

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Making time to connect provides health benefit By Susan Faltermeyer Whitman Senior Living

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hose of us approaching our seventh, eighth, ninth and even tenth decade can relate to the fact that getting out and making time for family, friends and even church can be more difficult. However, recent studies reported by AARP and Dr. Andrew Steptoe highlight that social isolation can be a detriment to longevity. “Social contact is a fundamental aspect of human existence,” said lead researcher Andrew Steptoe, director of the Institute of Epidemiology and Health Care at University College London. “The scientific evidence is that being socially isolated is probably bad for your health, and may lead to the development of serious illness and a reduced life span.” There is also research suggesting that loneliness has similar associations with poor health, he said. “In many ways, social isolation and loneliness are two sides of the same coin,” Steptoe said. “Social isolation indicates a lack of contact with friends, relatives and organizations, while loneliness is a subjective experience of lack of companionship and social contact.” Studies show that choices to lead a more social life today can bring a healthier tomorrow. Most of us don’t need a study to tell us that being in a stimulating environment and enjoying converIf you live alone, you’ll be wise month can help provide a healthier life on a whole new course. Many sation and another’s company is a to make the effort to keep up with outlook. assisted living communities state spirit booster. Reaching out to oth- friends, make some new ones, get Attend activities hosted by local that the benefits of this lifestyle are ers can seem like a chore, but there out of the house, or at least call senior centers or senior living immediately apparent in those who are solutions to the problem – the your friends and family once or communities. Your local paper is a make this lifestyle change. first being able to recognize it and twice a week. When your adult resource for these types of outings. An AARP study reports that bring concerns into the open. children and grandchildren want to Many senior living communities there is a connection between an Many of us who experience visit or take you out – go for it. have their own bus and may agree active, socially engaged lifestyle and health issues may feel embarFamily members can take part in to arrange to pick you up so you a longer life. AARP reports that rassed about joining others for the solution also. Intergenerational can attend. Reach out. Joining oth- exercise has been touted as the closseveral reasons. We may feel that families including the elder genera- ers in our own age group for social est thing to a fountain of youth, it’s embarrassing to join others for tion in activities allows the younger activities is a sure way find that while, according to WEBMD, a meal when stomach problems set to learn some valuable skills, many of the issues we perceive as socializing has been proven to be or frequent trips to the rest room traditions, and family stories that factors to staying put are the same an important factor in determining may interfere with the enjoyment. may otherwise be lost. All of us issues others tackle and we just a person’s longevity, even stronger These are normal conditions of would be wise to take the time to might find some clever solutions. than other health factors like blood aging that are inconvenient, but let enjoy those that have come before Another solution if you find pressure and cholesterol. your loved ones know your hesita- and after us. Sharing our journey is that your ability to get out is Choices to lead a more social life tion. Keep in mind that those of us what life is all about. limited, is to consider changing made today will bring a healthier Many churches offer seniors your lifestyle and investigate senior tomorrow. Pick up the phone and experiencing these symptoms are rides to services. Attending these living options. The social benefit make a connection, go out for a not the first to have these sympweekly or even a couple of times a and safety benefits may take your meal with a friend, attend church toms nor will we be the last.

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services, plan to attend a local event sponsored by a senior living community. Just try it. If you need an encouraging hand, call Whitman Senior Living at (509) 332-2629 and perhaps we can provide some additional resources.

Susan Faltermeyer is a community relations professional with Regency-Pacific at Whitman Senior Living, located in Pullman. Faltermeyer has worked with senior populations in Washington and Idaho for more than a decade. Whitman Senior Living is a major sponsor of Senior Fair 2013, and was invited to submit a story for publication in Palouse Seniors.

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Dangers of dehydration When you exercise in hot weather, you cool off by sweating — which causes you to lose body fluids. If you don’t replace these fluids, you can become dehydrated. Your body may then have difficulty sweating and cooling down. This can lead to heat injury, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS). There are several types of heat injuries, ranging from moderate problems, like heat cramps and heat exhaustion, to medical emergencies, like heat stroke.

Keep your cool Talk to your doctor or Gritman Medical Center physical therapist about an appropriate exercise plan for you. Call (208) 883-1522.

Heat injuries are preventable. But you’ve got to take steps to protect yourself when exercising in hot weather. To reduce your risk of getting a heat injury, the AAOS offers these tips: • Stay hydrated. Drink fluids before, during and after exercise.

• Reduce the intensity of your workout. • Wear lightweight, loose-fitting clothing. • Use sunscreen to protect your skin. • Try to exercise outside early in the morning or after sunset.

We do what you do Summer and fall are popular times to increase your activity level, whether it be running in fun runs, biking or gearing up for hunting season. With this increased activity, injuries can develop. If you have a new injury or have a nagging injury resurfacing from last hunting season, we can be there to help. Don’t let another year of pain or discomfort keep you from maximizing your potential. Ask you physician for a referral or call us for more information — we have the experience to assist you with your therapy needs. Call Gritman Therapy Solutions at 208-883-1522 for infomation on how you can stay fit.

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usan Snelson Spiegel loved her 1975-76 junior year spent at Gonzaga-in-Florence, Italy. But the business major, weighed down with required classes that year, regretted she never took a class from Mercedes Carrara, an Italian professor famous for her knowledge of art history. So eight years ago, Spiegel, now 58, took a sabbatical from her busy life as spouse, mother of four, active volunteer, and she spent a summer term back at GU in Florence, taking Carrara’s art history class that included walking tours of Florence’s museums.

She was the oldest person in class, but Spiegel didn’t care. “I have a huge desire to learn,” Spiegel said. “Carrara takes a beautiful work of art and makes it come alive.” Seattle resident Spiegel is an uber-traveler, with more time, energy and resources for travel than most, but Spiegel’s adventures provide a glimpse into how boomers might do travel in the coming years. Older boomers – transitioning soon into retirement and part-time work in greater numbers – will find more time, resources and renewed energy for travel, and they’ll do it in some innovative ways. AARP has approximately 38 million members. The organization polls its members on many matters

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In do-again travel, boomers will return to places they traveled when younger. Or they’ll travel to places they missed out on in childhood. Some Inland Northwest camps offer weekends for adults hoping to recapture camp life, except wine and beer are often wink-winked into the weekends. For instance, Camp Sweyolakan’s women’s retreat, scheduled for Sept. 6 to 8, is so popular it fills up by July. Disneyland opened July 17, 1955, in Southern California, and boomers and their families began to make pilgrimages there. Disney, no stranger to nostalgia, has been adding boomer-attractive features to its theme parks over the

past decade to lure boomers back to reminisce about their Disney childhood and engage in adult stuff, too, such as golf, fine-dining and Cirque du Soleil “La Nouba.� Like Spiegel, some boomers will return to cities where they studied, but they’ll spring for luxuries. In her Florence junior year, Spiegel lived in a “pensione� with other GU students. Hot showers were a rare indulgence. When she returned to Florence in 2005, she rented an apartment with a big kitchen and a courtyard, just a few blocks from the Arno River. “It was just a charming place to live,� Spiegel said. “It was a half hour walk for me to go to school each day, and I loved walking through Florence as things were waking up.�

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Festival. She wanted to see movies, but ticket prices were outrageous. So she applied to be a volunteer. She worked 40-plus hours a week in a ballroom turned theater, taking tickets and answering questions. Her official title: crowd liaison. She volunteered again this January. “When I wasn’t working, I’d watch films,� she said. “I had free admission because I was a full-time volunteer. This year, I saw 27 films.� Spiegel had learned “voluntravel� in 2010 at the Olympics in Vancouver, B.C. She applied three years in advance, stayed with family members, and though she requested a job where she wouldn’t get cold, she was assigned the task of loading people in and out of shuttle buses. “I thought, well, I’ll just buy extra long underwear,� she said. When her husband, then a corporate executive with an office supply chain, was sent to oversee a

Palouse Seniors | Senior Fair Edition project in China in 2010, Spiegel joined him. In November 2010, she and her sister volunteered together at a panda reserve. Many boomers got the “wasting away again in Margaritaville” vacations out of their systems in their younger years. They want to infuse travel now with meaning by volunteering, or they choose vacations that include some education. Jim Owens, regional manager for travel services for AAA Washington, said: “You can do piano lessons on cruises now. If you’re going over to Italy, you can do Italian cooking. Longer stays are coming into play with boomers, too. They want to get more immersed in the local culture.”

Multigenerational adventures Owens, 61, recently took a Caribbean cruise with his folks, who are in their 80s, and with his two grown children, who are in their 20s.

All around them on the ship, from many different countries, they saw “grandma, grandpa, grown kids and the grandkids.” Multigenerational travel will grow even more popular in coming years, Owens and other travel experts predict, because family members, scattered throughout the country, will welcome gatherings where they have family time but “everyone can have some freedom, too,” as Owens put it. All-inclusive family resorts or on cruise ships allow together – and alone – time. Multigenerational travel is popular in less expensive ways, too. “We’re seeing a reasonably sharp increase in what we call everyday travel,” said AARP’s Buckley. “It’s not get on a plane and fly to a destination. It’s drive to visit family members and for weekend getaways. With the economy being a bit down, it’s a great way to save money by combining vacations across your family.” Multigenerational travel is

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