Category: travel
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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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Crystal Beach, Texas
Crystal Beach, Texas is located on the Bolivar Peninsula in Galveston County. The Bolivar Peninsula is actually a barrier formation – 27 miles long – in the Gulf of Mexico. Crystal Beach alone is seven miles long. I had been to Galveston, TX decades ago, but never heard of the…
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Texas Invention: Dr Pepper
Of all the museums I’ve walked through over the years, the Dr. Pepper Museum required the least amount of time to visit. The museum is one of the smaller adventures I’ve had in the otherwise massive state, where everything tends to be LARGE. That said, the Waco, Texas Dr. Pepper…
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Magnolia: Waco, Texas
Texas Tuesdays continue… The mega empire known as Magnolia began with the remarkably successful HGTV show Fixer Upper. Though I only watched a handful of episodes over the years, I took more interest once I visited Waco. My daughter only lived in Waco for a few months after college, but…
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Peak District in Autumn (Derbyshire)
The jet lag has passed and it’s back to the normal routine today. This is the final post from England. These are additional photos from the long walks we took, mostly on or around the grounds near The Chatsworth House. If interested, for more about the Peak District click HERE.…
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The Chatsworth House, Derbyshire Dales
The Chatsworth House, located in Derbyshire was a true highlight of our time in England. The acres of gardens along with the 1000+ park acres are simply stunning. Being there during autumn made it extra special, as my youngest and I both celebrated our birthdays “across the pond”. The home…
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Big Ben and Buckingham Palace, London
Continuing the London tour on this (wordy) Wordless Wednesday, my daughters and I did the “touristy” things, including Big Ben and Buckingham Palace. Big Ben is the nickname for the Great Bell of the Great Clock of Westminster, which is located in the Elizabeth Tower at the end of the…
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London by Sky and Water
My daughters and I just returned from a memorable trip in England. I’ll share some of our sights with you throughout this week🇬🇧. Apparently, London in October is rarely dry and definitely not sunny. We only had one day of constant rain and the remainder of our time, we enjoyed…
Tales from a Mid-Lifer 