Your travel4seniors.com editor pauses near the standing rock structures at the ancient religious site dating way, way back to 2,500 B.C. Stonehenge is about 88 miles west of London in Wiltshire, with many tour schedules available.

Remember the old days when you boarded your long cross-country flight dragging a big stack of magazines? They were necessary to pass the long hours by reading.

Of course, during these days and nights in the air your Smartphone can provide lots of movies, music and publications. For much more reading material, and if you’re a frequent flyer and want access to more than 200 magazines, take Texture with you.

Just a few of the publications include Sunset, National Geographic and Southern Living. Subscriptions start at about $10 a month, and the software is compatible with  IOS 8.0, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android and Amazon 4.1 and higher. There’s a free one-month trial period offered to subscribers. For enrollment and more info, go to texture.com

The famed vineyards of Provence on the southern coast of France are in a beautiful region. Spring and summer are excellent times to visit, because everything is in glorious, colorful, sweet-smelling blossom.

The Champagne air is enough all by itself to cause joyful giddiness. Consider staying in a comfy b&b in the area. Where else but in Champagne would you get wine with your morning jambon et oeufs (ham and eggs)?

The most famous natural beauty in the Cactus State is the Grand Canyon, featuring the South and North Rims. Because they’re more than 200 miles apart across the vast Canyon floor and Colorado River, their weather patterns are different.

The North Rim has the cooler summer temperatures, rarely rising above 80 in daylight and drops to the low 40s at night. The South Rim, where about 80 percent of tourists visit, has delightful summer daytime temperatures in the 70s to 90s, and 60s at night.