Category: Travel
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I Broke My Foot Off
Reading Time: 4 minutes It was January 1993 (I think). Twenty years after I’d graduated from junior college, I finally collected enough classes to qualify for a bachelor’s degree. Photo by Bruce Christianson on Unsplash That evening I took my very last final exam. We were living in the Sierra Nevada foothills in Folsom, CA… Read more
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About That Bubble
Reading Time: 4 minutes In my short post explaining why we decided to take our very first cruise, I said people have always been the reason we’ve never taken one before…the anticipation of so many people in so little space. That turned out to be true. Cruising, at least the kind we did, involves lots… Read more
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Swimming Pigs
Reading Time: < 1 minute Imagine (if you can) that one of your dream vacations is to visit the Bahamas, mainly to have the Swimming Pigs experience. OK, neither can I imagine that. But I did find a travel blogger who said that. See for yourself here. Our cruise included a choice to book a… Read more
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Unplugged
Reading Time: 4 minutes There’s an old debate about whether all the technology we use daily makes our lives easier or harder, whether it simplifies or complicates our existence. I can argue the issue either way. The truth is, though, I’m tired of how enslaved to technology I’ve become. That’s not to say that I’m… Read more
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Cruise Virgins
Reading Time: < 1 minute Up until now Randy and I have never had any desire or given much thought to taking a cruise. People. That always the problem for us. So many people, so little space. But it seems like EVERYONE we know who lives in Florida are cruise veterans. And most people love… Read more
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Living Like Millionaires
Reading Time: 4 minutes We just got back from spending a week at a marvelous beach house on St George Island. It was everything I’d expected a week at the beach would be. But it was more than that. We’d never heard of St George Island when some dear friends invited us to spend some… Read more
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Happy Pappy’s Glowing Balls
Reading Time: 2 minutes I laugh ever time I think about Happy Pappy’s Glowing Balls. You KNOW where my mind goes! That’s why (from someone who holds a degree in Marketing) the name of this business is so brilliant. Unforgettable. Last year, Kristine and Gary gifted us with two glowing balls like those in the… Read more
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Life’s Great Joy
Reading Time: 4 minutes Now that we’re free to travel whenever and wherever and however we want (barring financial considerations, of course) I find myself not caring to leave the home we’ve created in the paradise of Florida. With one exception: to visit friends and family that mean a lot of me and Randy. We’ve… Read more
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North, Not Quite to Alaska
Reading Time: 4 minutes For the Thanksgiving holiday Randy and I decided to head north to visit family and friends. To be fair, it’s pretty much the only direction you can go by car for more than a couple hours from where we now live. Our first stop, Myrtle Beach, SC was a sweet little… Read more
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Real, Live Mermaids
Reading Time: 4 minutes My sister, Lisa, called a few weeks ago and wanted to plan a girl’s day trip to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park. She’d been there before and thought the mermaids were one of the coolest things she’d ever seen. So cool, apparently, that driving 219 miles and picking me up on… Read more