Join Nancy J. Reid and Lisa D. Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Vacation Station travel show focusing fall events and activities in Tulare County, Central California. Home to Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks, the Giant Sequoia National Monument and Sequoia National Forest, the region is a year-round destination offering a variety of outdoor activities, a calendar full of events and festivals, and an eclectic selection of shopping and dining opportunities in the local communities.   

Featured guests from the Sequoia Tourism Council include: Denise Alonzo - Sequoia National Forest, Sandy Blankenship – Exeter Chamber-of Commerce, Donnette Silva Carter – Tulare Chamber of Commerce, Monte Reyes - Porterville Chamber of Commerce. 

Featured music is “California Days” by Josh Pfeiffer.

Join hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio with 5000, a guitar duo based in Denver, Colorado featuring lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter Meghann Jordan and lead guitar partner Matt Youngblood. Hear about their music and music career, listen to their songs “Wade It Out” and “Shell Shocked”, and a fun round of Spontuneous “The Song Game.”

Join hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio with author Antoinette Clark and beekeeper Dr. Holt.

Antoinette’s debut children’s book, “Kindness Matters: Sharing Bees,” teaches young kids the importance of spreading kindness. With a strong focus on sharing, her book proves that anyone can be a hero, even the buzzing bees. While showing examples of selfless kindness, it also teaches about the important role of bees play in helping spring flowers come to life each year.

Featured music is “Be Kind” by Brian Bourgault “Borgo.”

Join hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio with Peter Noble Darrow, award-winning author of “Wise Millennial: A Field Guide to Thriving in Modern Life.” 

They’re supposedly the “failure to launch” generation, content living at home, “influencing” on Instagram, and taking a parental handout. Millennials are compared to their Baby Boomer parents and the strong economic power of previous generations, criticized for generational immaturity and told they aren’t achieving the success of their parents because of an inability to buckle down and work hard for better personal and professional lives. Many of the books written for or about Millennials seem to pander to these ideas about them—books instructing readers on how to learn “adulting” may amuse, but there is another side to the most criticized generation.  In “Wise Millennial,”  Peter Noble Darrow asks Millennials to think deeply about their parents’ expectations for their lives and find their own paths, instead.

Featured music is “Things are Looking Up” by the Walk-A-Bout Band. Thanks for JKS Communications for sponsoring this segment.

Join hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Parks & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio airing live from Historic Florence, Colorado. 

On This Episode: 

- The Many Flavors of Whidbey Island- Travel writer Hilarie Larson discusses Whidbey Island's agricultural heritage including a bounty of wine, cider and spirits, plus, the freshest, most inspired and downright tasty cuisine you can imagine.  

- Fall Fun in Anacortes - From Bier on the Pier to BrewGrass, Anacortes Chamber of Commerce representative Christy Lyman gives an overview of Fall events and activities in beautiful Anacortes, a charming Island getaway in Washington State.

Featured music is “Fresh Squeezed CoolAid ” by Johnny Mastro & Mama’s Boys, and “On the Bay” by the Walk A-Bout Band.

Join hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio with acclaimed author Pam Webber who discusses her Southern fiction novel “Moon Water,” a captivating standalone sequel to her bestselling novel “The Wiregrass.”

In the summer of 1969, an old medicine woman gives Nettie, a gritty sixteen-year-old, a cryptic message about an impending darkness. To save herself and those she loves, Nettie must build a unique dreamcatcher, one that requires scouring the perilous Blue Ridge Mountains for Nature’s ancient but perfect elements. elements.

Featured music is “Moon Madness” by Blind Lemon Pledge.

Join hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Eat Drink & Be Merry show covering the food and flavors of Santa Fe, New Mexico as part of the Love Your Parks Tour's adventures in “The City Different."

ON THIS EPISODE:

- Food Tour New Mexico - Nick Peña discusses their progressive walking food tours through the heart of historic downtown Santa Fe that provide a peek into the city’s diverse culture and hidden delectable gems.

 - Thunderbird Bar & Grill - Rick Galligan discusses the restaurant that's known for its ideal upstairs location overlooking the historic Santa Fe Plaza, as well as its contemporary Southwestern cuisine, popular margaritas and expansive tequila selection.

Featured music is “Terra Bella” by guitarist Jim Stubblefield and “Chase, Dance, Laugh” by guitarist Domingo DeGrazia. Thank you to the International Food Wine & Travel Writers Association (IFWTWA) for sponsoring this show.

Join hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio's Showcase on the Love Your Parks Tour in Louisiana’s No Man’s Land.The Neutral Strip region, (a.k.a. No Man’s Land) draws its name from the area’s brief stint as an official buffer zone between Spain and the United States following the Louisiana Purchase.

ON THIS EPISODE: 

- Cruisin’ Cane River Lake - Captain Paul Lohr and Julia Coleman-Kiefer of Cane River Queen Boat Tours and Cane River Paddle & Pedal Sports, plus, Arlene Gould of Natchitoches CVB in Natchitoches,.

- Toledo Bend’s Lake Country - Linda Curtis-Sparks and Wanda Rivers from the Sabine Parish Tourism Commission provide an overview of beautiful Toledo Bend Lake Country.

- Vernon Voyager - Kim Wallace discusses the outdoor opportunities in Vernon Parish including Kisatchie National Forest.

Music is "Luke's Stomp" by Johnny Mastro & Mama's Boys and "Swamp Thing" by the Paul Nelson Band.

Join hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio with leading trust expert Lea Brovedavi. 

Trust can make the difference between success and failure. It precedes profits, leadership, and even love, and is paramount to succeeding in our personal and professional relationships…yet we often don’t think about it, until it’s gone. Lea discusses her lates book, “Trust Me - Restore Belief & Confidence in an Uncertain World,” that shares simple, powerful strategies to help you become the leader that clearly recognizes who you can trust and shows others you can be trusted.

Join hosts Nancy Reid & Lisa Smith, the mother-daughter travel team and publishers of Big Blend Radio & TV Magazine and Park & Travel Magazine, for Big Blend Radio’s Success Express Business & Career Show airing live from historic Florence, Colorado.

On This Episode:

- Land of Last Chances - Author Joan Cohen discusses her illuminating new novel “Land of Last Chances” that shines light on the silent but sizable struggles faced by real-life career women.

- ABC Independent Contractor Test - San Diego employment attorney Ward Heinrichs discusses the new legislation for California’s ABC Independent Contractor Test that’s used to determine which workers are independent contractors and which are employees. 

Featured music is “Ain’t Nobody’s Business” by Allison August.