Tag Archives: Travel

Birthday 2020

This year’s birthday was a bit different, and not in a bad way. Usually I’m working somewhere on the road, but this year, thanks to COVID-19, I was able to be with some family and take a short, quarantined trip … Continue reading

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Avoiding COVID-19 On Our Road Trip

Tomorrow morning we’ll leave for our two week stay at Wolf’s Haven. One of the benefits, to me, of our cabin in the mountains is that we are very much off the usual grid of humanity. But the 11 hour … Continue reading

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Eleven Years Ago – Rochester, Minnesota

Eleven years ago today, I was in the middle of my very first deployment for Congressional Affairs to a place called Rochester, Minnesota for some flooding that had occurred. It was a short deployment, only 17 days, but it exposed … Continue reading

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21st Wedding Anniversary Week – Day Seven – Farrel-McWhirter Farm Park

It’s day seven and the last day of our 21st Wedding Anniversary Week. We’re visiting Farrel-McWhirter Farm Park in Redmond, WA with Jade and Maxwell. You can click here to read about day one, here to read about day two, … Continue reading

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21st Wedding Anniversary Week – Day Six – Underground Seattle

It’s day six of our 21st Wedding Anniversary Week and we’re exploring Underground Seattle with Jade and Maxwell. You can click here to read about day one, here to read about day two, here to read about day three, here … Continue reading

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21st Wedding Anniversary Week – Day Four – Day Trip to Ruby Beach, Washington

It’s day four of our 21st Wedding Anniversary Week where we take a day trip to Ruby Beach on the West Coast of Washington in the Pacific Northwest. You can click here to read about day one, here to read … Continue reading

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This and That

Just a collection of this and that from recent things I’ve read, seen or experienced. The 10 Most Common Languages – As English speakers, we often tend to think that EVERYONE speaks, or should speak, English as well. That’s just … Continue reading

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21st Wedding Anniversary Week – Day Three – Day Trip to Vancouver

It’s day three of our 21st Wedding Anniversary Week where we take a day trip to the City of Vancouver. You can click here to read about day one and here to read about day two. So this day, March … Continue reading

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21st Wedding Anniversary Week – Day Two – Future of Flight – Mt. Rainier National Forest

It’s day two of our 21st Wedding Anniversary Week where we take the Boeing Future of Flight tour in Everett, Washington and hike through a small part of Mt. Rainier National Forest. You can click here to read about day … Continue reading

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21st Wedding Anniversary Week – Day One – Seattle – Star Trek Exhibit

It’s day one of our 21st Wedding Anniversary Week where we fly to Seattle, Washington and visit the Museum of Pop Culture Star Trek exhibit before driving to Redmond, Washington to visit our children and two youngest grandchildren. Amber and … Continue reading

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