Our travels took us from New York City to the New England area where we would make our final preparations to depart for Europe and hope to get in a little tourism as well.
Fortunately, we had a built-in support system living in Rhode Island. Our niece, her husband and their four year old daughter live [...]
Posted on September 22nd, 2008 by dianagene
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We started out seeing LA California at the beginning of the summer, and we ended up seeing New York City near the end of the summer. I guess we are big-city people because we loved both. There is so much to do and perhaps it’s just a tourist’s point of view, but the people who [...]
Posted on September 10th, 2008 by dianagene
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HUB BUB. This place must have invented it. We had five days which sounds like a long time. It isn’t. So despite the HUB BUB, we went for it and got in as much as we could. Look at the pretty pictures (click’em to enlarge’em) then read some hi-lite stories at the end of the [...]
Posted on August 24th, 2008 by dianagene
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First introduced to Niagara Falls by Marilyn Monroe and Joseph Cotton in the 1953 film, Niagara, I expect I developed an overly romantic notion about the place. I also expect that is probably not unusual for Americans my [...]
Posted on August 6th, 2008 by dianagene
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It’s a toddling (whatever that may mean) town! One thing for sure, Chicago is almost as big as Texas, or at least it feels that way when you are driving around. Nicknamed Second City, as it was only 2nd to New York City at one time, means it is a big, sprawling, complex, diverse urban [...]
Posted on August 3rd, 2008 by dianagene
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Amber waves of grain, fruited plain, extra humidity, extra nice people, extra gravy. Nothing like the heartland to give you a extra helping of just about everything. At the core of this country is the foundation on which a good portion of our values, our economics, our diets; perhaps even our sense of identity originates. [...]
Posted on July 28th, 2008 by dianagene
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If you haven’t had the chance to go there, it is hard to relay how big Texas really is. Suffice it to say, she’s a biggie. So in the mere week and half that we had to see the lone star state, we didn’t get to see very much of it. However, the bits we [...]
Posted on July 28th, 2008 by dianagene
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We don’t know who Carl is or where he is. We looked for him for a while….
He wasn’t in jail and he wasn’t in the TeePee (or we hope he wasn’t)
But we did find a great big cavern.
We had our flashlights, so we went inside.
But, we didn’t find Carl, ………………………….
however, the cave was full [...]
Posted on July 22nd, 2008 by dianagene
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and….. they are among us……
Where is the Border Patrol when you need them?
Posted on July 16th, 2008 by dianagene
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Heading south from Colorado, we decide to take the”Scenic Highway” on our way to Sante Fe. The “scene” would take us through tranquil farmland with quaint houses and barns so obviously homes to the lucky few who could speed with familiarity down this two lane twisting road. The pastures would be green and lush as [...]
Posted on July 16th, 2008 by dianagene
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