The News-Reporter accompanied this group of vacationers to Daytona Beach, Florida, last week and convinced Jon Conard to take the picture of Logan Warrenfells and Jonathan Conard (front), Scott and Jennifer Cragle, Renee Young, Jeff and Shelley Warrenfells, June Durden, Linda Smith, Beth Conard, Pauline Bell, and Bill Smith. This News-Reporter is 327 miles from home.

... in the Garden State Andrea Lance took the News- Reporter to New Jersey where she and her trusty newspaper traveled all over the state from Atlantic City to Lakehurst Navel Base. This News- Reporter is 640 miles from home.
... at the recruit depot Floyd Higgins took his News-Reporter along for a trip to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot at Parris Island, South Carolina. Marines have trained on the Depot during each major conflict of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries including WWI, WWII, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm, Operation Restore Hope, Operation Enduring Freedom, and Operation Iraqi Freedom. Parris Island is one of the most visited military facilities in the world, hosting more than 120,000 visitors a year. This News-Reporter is 154 miles from home.