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Category Archives: Random Thoughts
Planting Seeds
April 2020 On a trip to Florida long ago we met people involved in Manatee rescue. They were selling adoption packets for $25. We “planted a seed” and adopted a manatee named “Ginger” for our granddaughter (she had a dog … Continue reading
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Fear of the Unknown
March 25, 2019 People we’ve met have asked how we live as we do. How did we make the leap and give up everything that was familiar, comfortable, routine? Many have thought about doing it but the fear of the … Continue reading
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Trials and Tribulations – and wimping out
November 14, 2018 We’ve been using the “Find a Park” site to try to hit all the National Park Properties that interest us in any given state https://www.nps.gov/findapark/index.htm? This is how we picked up on Arkansas Post. We wanted to … Continue reading
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The Land of Lincoln
John is really good at all the historical facts and numbers. He labored over his Lincoln posts to make sure his data was correct and everything flowed well. I hate numbers. I can’t remember numbers, dates, statistics and other number … Continue reading
Independence
We’ve had a few small Oregon coast winter storms roll over us now. One monster wind gust could be heard in the distance rumbling and roaring across the ocean as it advanced upon us. It smacked us along one side … Continue reading
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Getting back in the groove
We landed at Portland airport late on Monday, January 5th. We were beat but the hotel shuttle snagged us right away, the Radisson checked us in quickly and we were tucked into our bed within an hour of landing. You … Continue reading
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Family Time
January 5, 2015 We had a great a visit with family and friends back in Maryland but also got tangled up in appointments and extra chores that we had not planned on doing. That’s just the way life rolls. At … Continue reading
Heading east for the holidays
December 15, 2014 We are preparing to fly back east for the Holidays to see family and friends.. especially our wonderful granddaughter. I can’t wait to make iced Christmas cookies and little chocolate mice (and listen to her response when … Continue reading
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Harris Beach State Park – Oregon
November 21 – December 5, 2014 Although we stayed here for two full weeks, we didn’t do as much sightseeing as usual. We may travel around the country, going where we want, staying where we want for as long as … Continue reading
We Made it to Oregon!!!
November 21, 2014 Our goal is to winter in Oregon to see if we want to live here year round. We have done an extremely slow wander to get here but we finally made it. We will spend at least … Continue reading