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Cajun Vacation: Home Sweet Home March 11
The rain continued to come day on Friday morning. The plan was to pack up and drive all day until we reached home. Vacation was just about over for us. This was our last day on the road. After showers and packing up, we went down to load up the car one last time. Pulling […]
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Cajun Vacation: Walking in Memphis
Today, we are on the move again. We woke up to dry skies, but the clouds were very low. It’s probably good we are leaving NOLA today. We start our first leg back to the real world and home. After packing up, Rich went down to the lobby for coffee so that he would be […]
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Cajun Vacation: Day 5 Happy Birthday, Rick!
Happy Birthday, Rick. Today is my son’s 22nd birthday. On this day 22 years ago, he woke me up from a sound sleep to take care of some important business. He arrived about 4 weeks early and has been dragging his heels about things ever since. We weren’t in any hurry today either. I didn’t […]
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Cajun Vacation: Day 3 Avery Island and Gator Cove
Today, we had a bit of a slow start. After breakfast at the hotel, we headed south to Avery Island. For Rick, we were doing a tour of the Tabasco plant. He so loves this stuff. I do believe he puts it on just about everything he eats. Rich had been in the area almost […]
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Cajun Vacation: Day 1 and Day 2 Drive, Drive, Drive
Vacation came early this year. Rick had his spring break start on March 4. I decided that March might be a great time to go and check out Louisiana. As long as I was paying, Rick was up for joining us. Sure, why not. Besides, his 22nd birthday would be during that week. It’ll be […]
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Big Sky Vacation Day 2: Bears don’t need cell coverage
Second leg of our journey began early today. We got moving around 6:00 so we could be on the road by 7:30. Sounds early, but we had some big plans for the day. The road was still pretty open with little traffic. In South Dakota, the speed limit is 75. This suits me fine. I […]
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Big Sky Vacation Day 1: Through the land of cheese haus
Luckily, the alarm went off this morning. Otherwise, I would have slept through the time to leave. Sascha finished the job by demanding to go out and look for squirrels. I got moving and took my shower. From there, it was time to finish packing. Rich got moving, too. Wow, even Rick got up. Just […]
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Dinner and a Train
Rich and I took off to head to Kentucky for the weekend. For several years, Rich has been asking to go on the Kentucky Dinner Train. This is the weekend that he gets to go. We invited Alex and Kelli to go with us. We were coming back from visiting down in Kentucky and had […]
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Great day for a hike
It was a gorgeous day out there today. We continue to try and keep up our hiking. And today was made for a good hike. We enjoy hiking a lot and it’s healthy. While over vacation, we decided to try and keep up with some long walks and hikes. Rich and I lost about 10 […]
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Vacation: Day 10 Heaven in the Hill
That day came. Time to leave our cabin hanging on the mountain. We had a great week in the Smoky Mountains, but we have to return home to make money to pay for it all. Why does everything cost money? We wake up early and start moving around the place. We packed the night before, […]