Category: travel
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Moonlit Ocean
Moonlight photo and video: Atlantic Beach, Florida. The next full moon will be a total lunar eclipse on March 14th!
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Dallas Blooms!
Texas Tuesday! My daughter who worked in Dallas for a year said we had to attend Dallas Blooms at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden. People at her office raved about its beauty. How could I say no to that invitation?!
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Pacific Coast-California Dreaming
You rule the oceans. You subdue their storm-tossed waves. Psalm 89:9 Wordless Wednesday Newport Beach, California-photos courtesy of my daughter who recently traveled there for work.
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Skiing Whiteface Mountain
Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, Your justice like the ocean depths. Psalm 36:6 Wordless Wednesday Lake Placid/Wilmington, New York-site of 1980 Winter Olympics alpine skiing.
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Actually, It Was My First Rodeo!
One of the highlights of the rodeo (and Texas-at-large) is their patriotism and reverence for our military. Texas state pride is virtually unmatched from what I’ve read and personally experienced.
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Different Country, Different Food Ingredients
When my husband told one of his clients that we were visiting Canada, she asked if he would bring her a bottle of Heinz ketchup. Born and raised in Canada, she explained that Heinz ketchup in America is not Heinz ketchup in Canada. So, en route to see the Wayne…
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Wayne Gretzky Estates: Wine, Spirits and Hockey
Thanksgiving week, we took a long, pretty drive into Ontario, Canada and spent the night at Niagara on the Lake. Niagara on the Lake is well-known and frequently visited by upstate New Yorkers nearly as much as its Canadian residents. The town boasts adorable shops and restaurants, but is renown…
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Wordless Wednesday-Screens
A fitting conclusion to the recent tech posts! Photo: mine – family5power.com Related Post: Forget Your Destination – Commercial Flying is the Real Trip
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Texas Tuesday – The 12 Days of Drover
Christmas week, we stayed one night at the Hotel Drover, with some friends of ours who live in Dallas. Located in Fort Worth, a few steps away from the Fort Worth Stockyards, the Drover is a Marriott autograph property which creates an annual Christmas experience that our friends were very…
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Reunion Tower – Dallas, Texas
A new post in the Texas Tuesdays series… The Ball Known as “The Ball”, Reunion Tower is immediately recognizable in the downtown Dallas skyline. Covered in hundreds of bright lights, the tower with a ball at the top is particularly pretty at nighttime, the globe visible on a clear evening…
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