Here's a shot through the door:

USA Today just published an article called "Ten Great Places to Stream Through Cities".
Not surprisingly, San Antonio's Riverwalk made the list. Oklahoma City's Bricktown Canal made the list - quite an accomplishment considering how new it is.
But my biggest congrats go to the gondola operation in Providence, Rhode Island.
Take a look at the article for yourself.
Some time ago, Sean Jamieson and I were talking about the Gondola Blog and he said:
"So basically you just go places, row boats, and write about it".
This wasn't exactly the way I'd envisioned the whole thing.
It seemed to downplay the significance of things.
But the more I thought about it, the more I realized he was pretty much right.
I go places, row boats, and write about it.
Not very important, but not a bad deal either.
It's pretty darn fun, and as a gondolier, there aren't that many things I'd rather be doing.
So how does a guy who "goes places, rows boats, and writes about it" come up with a plan?
Yes, sometimes I put a lot of thought into it, say to myself: "I need to go to such-and-such-place, find the gondola I've heard about and row".
Sometimes I have to talk my wife and family into stuff.
Quite often, my wife (who is a travel agent) will say something like:
"Hey Greg, wanna go to (insert any random place here)?"
And I'll reply with either:
"Oh, yeah! Hey, we could visit the gondola that operates there."
…or simply:
"Are there gondolas there?" Either way, she will roll her eyes, and remind herself that she's a "Gondola Widow", and then count her blessings that I'm not hopelessly obsessed with Ferraris, gambling, or other women.
And while there are times when I build a trip around what I call "gondola tourism", or squeeze a visit to a boat operation into an existing trip, there are also times when something will just fall into my lap.
Such was the case with the Melissani Cave.