Word: parkes
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After retiring in 1990, Charles and Helen Short did something they had talked about for years. They packed a tent and headed south from their Rochester, N.Y., home to camp, hike and enjoy some sunshine. On their way to the Gulf Coast, the Shorts stopped at a state park in Hattiesburg, Miss., where a camp ranger regaled them for hours about the town. As a result, they never did get to the coast. But five years later, having returned to that same park every year on vacation, the Shorts came back to Hattiesburg for good. "Going home that fourth year...
...Downtown Crossing or Park St. Local Italian established in 1876. Huge inexpensive pasta plates. Hard to find, but worth the hunt...
...best way to break your neck? Tipping your head back to stare at the screen on the ceiling. The Mugar Omni Theater is showing Alaska: Spirit of the Wild. Charlton Heston narrates the journey into one of the world's last great frontiers. Museum of Science, Science Park. 723-2500. Call for daily show times...
Feel like enjoying a primal afternoon with the "Kalahari Kingdom?" Spend a few hours at the Franklin Park Zoo. You can trek through the Bongo Congo, converse with a snow leopard or try out the zoo's new addition: Its Outback trail which hosts kangaroos, wallabies and emus. Franklin Park Zoo, 1 Franklin Park Rd. 541-LION. Open daily...
...powerful lions of the Serengeti, "Cats! Wild to Mild" provides a comprehensive overview of the feline species. The exhibit displays more than 25 taxidermied cats--effectively letting the cats out of the bag so that visitors can learn about their favorite "Fluffy." Through May 9. Museum of Science, Science Park. 589-0250. Sunday-Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Friday...