Celebrated on the first Monday in September, Labor Day gets its roots from the Nine-Hour Movement in Canada.  Peter J. McGuire, an American labor leader, witnessed the parades held in support of a printer’s strike, and returned to New York where he organized the first American Labor Day on September 5th, 1882.  It became a federal holiday a couple of years later, and is also a state holiday in every state.
Early Labor Day celebrations were parades and festivals that celebrated the solidarity of the labor movement, but these days most people celebrate the weekend as the end of the …read more

It’s October already, and another year continuing the Flyaway Cafe tradition of showcasing interesting, unusual and spooky Halloween events and attractions around the world.
You’ll still be getting a regular supply of travel tips and other suggestions, but I’m hoping that you’ll find a little ghoulish fun with all the Halloween posts as well.
Today we’ll go to Visalia, and to Vossler Farms’ Corn Maze.  They have a Pumpkin Patch, too, but it’s the 10-acre Dragon Slayer maze, with 12 hidden checkpoints, that captured my attention.
The maze has become a tradition with the Vossler family (yes, this really is a family …read more