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Easy going day as we head back towards Canada down the Alaskan coast
Today there was really not much to do, which I find odd since there were so many activities all the other other days. We crossed back into Canada at 2 and stopped into Prince Rupert around 6pm. The...
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A day of cruising and relaxation on the ship
Another day without many activities on the boat. I have no idea why they wouldn’t have had the captain’s dinner or the costume party on one of these slow days. From my journal: 10 am – I just keep...
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Vancouver to Seattle, Washington.
From the itinerary, “Our wonderful cruise ended at 9am as we arrived in Vancouver and hopped on a bus to take us to Seattle. We visited some special exhibits at the Century 21 Center (which I don’t...
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Mt. Rainer National Park
According to the itinerary “Mount Rainer is 14,400 feet and capped with 26 glaciers. Mt. Rainer is the greatest single scenic attrition in the entire Pacific Northwest.” From my journal: 8 am – Feeling...
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Washington outdoors.
I got a postcard from Mom! She sent it to the hotel from when she was up north with my Aunt Nola last week! It’s of the Mackinaw Bridge which is huge and connects the upper and lower peninsula’s of...
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From Seattle to Chicago on Amtrak
The first thing we realize is that the tracks in Canada are much much smoother than in the United States. This train is so bumpy it’s not even funny. We have a small cabin area, kind of like you see in...
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Playing in Chicago (and a mini adventure in the middle of nowhere)
So we were pretty bored on the train, it was 40 hours so far and I was pretty stir crazy. We’d stopped at some towns but nothing for more than a few minutes (We stopped in St. Payl / Minneapolis, MN...
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Back to Michigan from Canada, Alaska, Chicago and everywhere in-between.
So we got up this morning and boarded a chartered bus from Chicago and back to the Detroit area. It was a long bus ride and we arrived tired and I recall it being really really hot when we arrived (a...
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Edward J. Kuhn 1923-2013
A few days ago, I was wondering some things about the Alaska trip: how long Mr. Kuhn had done it for or if anyone else had ever posted pictures at some point in time, so I went to internet to see what...
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What I love about my Kindle and eBooks
I love my Kindle, ever since I got it, I’ve thought it was great. Do I miss reading real books? Certainly! Does it outweigh the convenience of the way I read eBooks? Not a chance! I’ve always got a few...
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Curious Praying Mantis Video
I caught this crawling away from the corner of the garage and it looks like some spiderwebs from the corners and some grass clippings were stuck. Not sure if that was slowing it down or was just super...
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AT&T iPad cellular data plan cost is now HALF the price!
If you’ve got an iPad and you occasionally use the $15 a month cellular data plan option, there is a way you can save a lot of money (and get more data!). The $15 data plan gives you 250MB of data per...
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Galileo is a great FREE mapping app to have on your iPhone or iPad.
I love this program and it just did a major update so thought it was due for an update on the review I did before, but when I looked I realized I never reviewed this amazing app before, so here we go…...
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Upstream Color is the weirdest movie I’ve ever seen!
I’m not sure why I watched Upstream Color in the first place, I read a good review, some actor I liked in it or exactly what it was. But once I started watching it, I couldn’t stop. There are some...
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White House Down: It’s like Die Hard, but at a national monument
White House Down was a fun movie. Jamie Foxx as the president was interesting, most of the time he was pretty serious, but generally more playful than the president is portrayed in the movies...
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Saving money on gasoline
So I’m pretty excited about the gas prices! I got it for $2.99 a gallon today!!! The funny thing is that gas only dropped a nickel in price, but it dropped under that $3.00 price that makes it seem so...
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Baggage fees
So I’m checking out flight prices for a trip, baggage fees are always interesting. The flights that I’m looking at allow me to take two 70 pound bags down for free, but only allow me to bring on 50...
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The Flash is on the CW this fall
So The Flash is coming to television this fall on The CW. The effects look great and I like the guy who plays him but I think I’m going to dislike the show… Why do I think I won’t like it? Because of...
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Doctor Who’s “Missy” is at Two Streams medical Facility?!?
This can’t be a coincidence can it?!? “Heaven” is the same place as part of “Two Streams” medical facility?!? “Missy” seems to be collecting people that died because of (or for) The Doctor, but why?...
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30 Years Ago, Someone Introduced me to SANDMAN. Thank You SO Very Much!
In college, I volunteered at a local crisis hotline. One of the guys there mentioned Sandman multiple times to me based on whatever we were talking about between calls (books, movies, graphic novels,...
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