I can never tell if boaters are an extremely creative group with a high command of the English language or simply in love with poor puns. What I do know is that they name their boats in ways that make

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Earl and I arrived at our final destination in the Florida Keys this afternoon, a little bedraggled for having driven 1590 miles to get here. At the same time, the temperature was a balmy 82 degrees. As always, Earl soaked

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Earl and I drove into Chicago this afternoon to meet someone. Nothing unusual here. We’ve made the two hundred mile round-trip uncountable times. But what made this ride stressful were the weather and traffic conditions. Pounding rain, low visibility, a

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We’re driving home from our fishing vacation; it’s almost a thousand miles from Winnipeg, where we left our car, to our home in Benton Harbor, Michigan. And it’s two days at best.

For five days we didn’t read a newspaper

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It’s six in the morning. Our luggage has already been picked up at the door and we’re about to head to breakfast, then start the trek home. I’m not particularly functional at this hour, but I’m conscious enough to realize

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