Category: travel
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Further North
The journey continues… Days 3-5, Where We Encounter a Lot of Totem Poles, Glaciers, a Squirrel, Sea Lions, and the Tails of Some Whales: On Day 3 we visited Kasaan in the morning and met the Haida (a corporation, not a reservation – they made a fortune in 1971 with the passage of the Alaska Native…
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North to Alaska
Day One: Where We Arrive in Alaska: Our Alaska Dream Cruise started a few days ago at LAX. We flew Alaska Airlines from LAX to Seattle, WA then from Seattle on to Ketchikan, AK. We hadn’t flown Alaska in a while, but from what we experienced yesterday, they’ve really stepped up their game. We could check…
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Traveling with pets
When Chuck and I began thinking about driving to Chicago and back with Maggie, it seemed like a fun adventure for all of us. And it has been – for the most part. With some caveats that I wish I’d know about/realized before setting out. I don’t know that it would have changed our plans…
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The long way home
When last I left our intrepid group (you know, us), we were in Chicago staying at the very-expensive-but-otherwise-just-okay W Chicago Lakeshore. We picked Maggie up from Tucker Pups, said our farewells to family, wished poor Kenny healing thoughts. Quick aside: Chuck’s brother-in-law dropped a razor on the top of his foot a few days before…
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Gone to look for America
To celebrate Chuck’s retirement (well, mostly retirement, he will still be doing some consulting, at least for a while), Chuck and Maggie and I decided to take a celebratory road trip. While we have thought about buying an RV we have yet to make a decision on size, type, age (used or new) or even…
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Letting the good times roll
Earlier this month (June) Chuck and I took a just-for-the-heck-of-it trip to New Orleans, a city he had never visited. I say just for the heck of it, but actually it was because we had a companion pass on Delta that we needed to use by a certain date and were running out of time,…
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