This wackiness — a week of beach fun, shopping and other diversions in Perdido Key on Florida's Panhandle — is all in the name of raising awareness and funds for ovarian cancer research.
Decades ago, a trip to segregated Ocean City presented far too many challenges for African-American families. Instead they went to a sandy peninsula near Annapolis, known as "the beach," for a day's outing.
If you want to travel to the remote Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan, you will need two days, minimum, travel time on several planes and thousands of dollars. Or you can come to El Paso.