Travel Tips & Trends
Dr. Beach’s Top 10 C
“Dr. Beach,” the man with the best job in the world.
This year’s Top 10 list:
1. Coopers Beach, Southampton, N.Y. 2. Siesta Beach, Sarasota, Fla. 3. Coronado Beach, San Diego, Calif. 4. Cape Hatteras, N.C. 5. Main Beach, East Hampton, N.Y. 6. Kahanamoku Beach, Waikiki, Oahu, Hawaii 7. Coast Guard Beach, Cape Cod, Mass. 8. Beachwalker Park, Kiawah Island, S.C. 9. Hamoa Beach, Maui, Hawaii
10. Cape Florida State Park, Key Biscayne, Fla. Colorado GEM:
oopers Beach in Long Island, N.Y., is America’s top
beach, according to Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman, otherwise known as “Dr. Beach,” of Florida International University’s Laboratory for Coastal Research. The grass-covered sand
dunes of Coopers Beach border historic mansions in the upscale village of Southampton. Nearby parking is pricey. Leatherman’s criteria
for picking his annual Top 10 list includes: water quality, sand softness, wave height and width, insects, midday air tem- perature and background noise. He surveys all 650 of America’s major public recreational beaches.
Disabled parking overseas
in most Western nations. In Great Britain, Ireland, Scotland
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and Wales, the Blue Badge allows use of designated disabled parking, on-street parking in zones that are not otherwise legal, and free park- ing at meters and many pay-parking machines. The rest of the European Union
offers similar privileges. In smaller towns, a parking space with the wheelchair symbol and a person’s name and/or vehicle license number
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mericans traveling abroad can use their disabled- accessible parking permit
painted on it is not available for use by other motorists, even with permits. Canada, Australia, New Zealand,
Japan and Korea allow the use of foreign permits in disabled parking spaces. All normal parking fees and rules apply.
Denver Art Museum M
ore than one million fac- eted glass tiles cover the 24-sided North Building
of the Denver Art Museum, designed by Gio Ponti. The most recent addition, the Frederic C. Hamilton Building, is clad in tita- nium and was designed by Daniel Libeskind to evoke the jagged peaks of the Rocky Mountains. Visitors have varied thoughts on what this unusual building most resembles—a paper airplane or a crashed spaceship are just a couple of ideas. A glass-enclosed bridge across 13th Avenue con- nects the two buildings. The museum has a collection
of more than 60,000 art objects from around the world, both modern and historic. Additional galleries focus on architecture, design, graphics and textile art. Artists represented include Cassatt, Degas, O’Keeffe, Matisse, Monet, Picasso, Remington, Russell and Warhol. Denver Art Museum is located
at 100 W. 14th Ave. Parkway in downtown Denver. It is open daily except Mondays and major public holidays. The most con- venient parking is in the Cultural Complex Garage, with entry from 12th Avenue west of Broadway. Museum admission is $10 adult, $8 senior or student, $3 child, free for children under 5, and AAA members get a $1 discount. AAA Tour Books are free to members. Get them at branch offi c- es (see page 11 for locations) or at
www.AAA.com/travel. For informa- tion on the Denver Art Museum visit
www.denverartmuseum.org or call 720-865-5000.
Courtesy of Dr. Stephen P. Leatherman
© Robert Robinson
Courtesy of the Denver Art Museum
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