Tag: vacations
group name: famiilyhistory
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October 29, 2006 02:20 PM EST --
We were too old, flat chested, and boring to be real Girls Gone Wild, even if we had wanted. Besides, this happened in the days when college students, not under-chaperoned high schoolers, comprised . . . more
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December 23, 2007 11:47 AM EST --
Our trip got off to an odd start. We were to change planes in St Paul Minnesota, but they had overbooked the flight and we got bumped. Instead that gave us a 1st class detour to Seattle. The . . . more
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January 12, 2008 06:59 PM EST --
The second half of the trip was a cruse to Vancover. We left Valdiez and our first stop, in two days, was Sitka, the old Russian capital. It still retains a lot of Russian feel to . . . more
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January 16, 2008 05:47 PM EST --
I think the part of our trip I enjoyed the most was seeing (and hearing) the glaciers., I had no idea glaciers came in so many sizes, shapes and colors. Several times the cruse ship sailed . . . more
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July 31, 2007 02:06 AM EDT --
Road Tripping: Day One
We felt restless, both of us stirring to get out and about, so my younger Mini-Madame and I took a road trip. We travel north on the freeway past Camp Pendleton.
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December 26, 2007 11:28 PM EST --
We left Fairbanks for a five seven hour trip to Anchorage by rail.
All the train cars were Observation cars.
And they did, for a price, . . . more
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January 25, 2008 02:05 PM EST --
I was lucky enough to catch these pictures of about twenty tons of ice breaking off a glacier. It was maybe a half mile away and the process is called calving.
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November 28, 2007 05:19 PM EST --
I thought I' d see if there was any interest in the trip my wife and I took a couple years ago. It was the maiden voyage of the Queen Mary II into the North Sea. We first caught sight . . . more
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December 02, 2007 10:34 PM EST --
We left Scotland and sailed into the North Sea. Since Norway is really only about a six or seven hour trip, the QM2 sailed in a big circle so we would have the whole first day to explore the fjord. . . . more
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December 05, 2007 11:37 AM EST --
We left the fjords as the sun set and sailed around the tip of Norway and then north to Oslo. The closer we got to Oslo the more small ships and boats joined us, Soon we were surrounded . . . more
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February 04, 2008 12:45 PM EST --
We had one final day at sea, but I didn't take many pictures since I didn't want to carry the camera all day. We ended the trip with a day in Vancouver. Of all the cruises I've . . . more
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November 30, 2007 05:36 PM EST --
WE sailed up the east coast of England and entered the Firth of Forth. We sailed down the Firth to Edinburgh and ancored for the day
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December 16, 2007 12:50 AM EST --
After we left Hamburg and the Elbe River we sailed a day before going into Rotterdam's harbor.
View from our stateroom as we entered Rotterdam harbor.
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December 30, 2007 08:50 PM EST --
The day before we boarded the cruse ship we went whale watching. Whales are very clever. They know which side of the boat most of the cameras are on and always surface and blow . . . more
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June 11, 2007 09:38 PM EDT --
But first you have to write about it.
Find yourself in the forest and tell us how you got there, what surprised you, and why you love the wilderness and you can win a signed copy of Pennsylvania Wilds: . . . more
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