Archives in Category: Travel

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Photo Albums

Posted on April 18, 2005

I’m almost finished with the photo album of our trip through the Panama Canal, which took place this past January.

For most trips, I merely put the photos in an album and considered the project done. But last year I

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Airports Revisited

Posted on March 20, 2005

My visit to Fargo is over, and I’m sitting in the local airport waiting for a plane to take me to Minneapolis where another, smaller plane will take me to South Bend, Indiana, where Earl will pick me up in

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Great Plains

Posted on March 19, 2005

Fargo, North Dakota, was never on my list of places to visit. I went there only because my son, Kevin, accepted a job and moved there a couple years ago. But the place grows on you.

Now, I’m thinking Earl

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Panama Pics

Posted on February 10, 2005

The Panama Canal and its locks are so big that, without renting a helicopter for the day, it’s impossible to get a view of the entire project. Even if you taped all your photos end to end, they wouldn’t do

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Panama Canal

Posted on February 9, 2005

Earl picked up the photos from our recent vacation yesterday, and we spent a pleasant hour over cocktails reliving the highlights as they exist in 4 by 6 frames. Overall, I was struck with how few people shots we had

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Reality

Posted on February 8, 2005

The problem with vacations is that they require a return to reality; and I, for one, return slowly. This is why I want to be sleeping in my own bed for at least one night and have one day to

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Snapshots

Posted on February 7, 2005

Earl and I returned from our trip to the Panama Canal last night. Early this morning he headed to the drug store with his rolls of film in hand, eager to get them developed so that we could relive a

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Jet Plane

Posted on January 25, 2005

Tomorrow Earl and I leave on our annual winter rendezvous with the sun, eleven days of glorious shorts and swimsuits and lightweight coveralls. Once we reach Ft. Lauderdale, there won’t be a flake of snow in sight.

As I pack,

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Extremes

Posted on January 22, 2005

This weekend gifted us with the biggest snowfall of the year, and now that the snowplows have tried to rearrange it our road looks like a huge meringue. The temperature isn’t any too friendly either, but so far Earl and

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Checking Out

Posted on October 7, 2004

Earl and I drove to Grand Rapids, Michigan, yesterday to have dinner with his grandson and the grandson’s wife. We came back a couple hours ago, having had a wonderful meal and even more wonderful conversation. The guest bedroom offered

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