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Vancouver & Surrey
It has been a busy month, and I find myself flying even when I’m not flying. Nicole’s movie got into a film festival in Vancouver, so we made an effort to attend. The nonrev game is not for everyone and a lot of legwork (literally) to get to Vancouver from LAX. Our first priority was…
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Po-Town and the Hudson Valley
It was not easy to get from Houston to the Hudson Valley. Our initial plan to go to Detroit and connect did not look promising, so we went to Atlanta instead. Once there, we did not get on our intended flight to White Plains, and we weren’t going to get on the next one either.…
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Mo’ Bettah Da Kine
My schedule bid for January centered primarily around getting a week off toward the end of the month, so I could go to Kauai for my parents 40th anniversary. Along with my sister and her family, we stayed in a very nice place in Kapaa. It was a very welcome break from the back-to-back standups…
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Last Day in the Great Plains
It was drizzly today. It was in the 30s pretty much all day, so time outside was limited. As we drove back into South Dakota, we made a stop in Deadwood, the town known for its lawlessness — now home to tacky tourist shops selling confederate flags and t-shirts with Donald Trump riding a motorcycle.…
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Off to Wyoming!
We woke up this morning in our cabin in the middle of the Badlands. I did a little research on visiting an old ICBM launch facility and found out tickets were first come first serve, so we drove just outside of the park to get our tickets for the afternoon, and then headed back into…
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Wait . . . You’re Going Where?
After an uneventful flight up to gloomy Seattle and back, I was overdue for another quick vacation. South Dakota it is! Most people did not readily understand this decision. The Uber driver taking us to LAX was a bit confused. The fact of the matter is, the area around Rapid City has a surprising amount…
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Surprisingly No Rain Today
We were expecting today to to be a complete washout, so when we woke up to the natural light seeping in through the window around 7:30 this morning, we bounced out of bed and went out to take advantage of it. We weren’t sure if it would soon storm again or not, so we figured…
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Well At Least We Have Yesterday
Today was overcast and rainy the entire day. You can’t win them all, though. We were fortunate to have some unexpected sun throughout most of yesterday, so I suppose it’s fair. It wasn’t particularly rainy in the morning — just very grey, so we borrowed some bikes from the hotel and rode over to the…
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First Full Day on Turks . . .and Caicos Too
Fully expecting to wake up to rain, we were surprised to find the sun poking through some cloud cover. After a breakfast of bagels and donuts purchased from the grocery store, we went out to the beach in front of the hotel. After a bit we decided to go into the water. It was a…
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Finally Arrived in Turks . . . and Caicos too.
Well if you read the last post, it was considerable effort to finally reach the Turks & Caicos. I caught maybe 30 mins of neck breaking sleep enroute from Atlanta, but woke up in time for both biscotti and this view out the window. The water was a nice turquoise blue as you can see.…
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