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Off-Topic => Off-Topic: Talk about anything you want. => Topic started by: kitkatz on June 15, 2007, 05:49:03 PM
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I am headed for San Diego the last week in June for a week's vacation. We are planning to do the museums, Old Town, and shopping in the shopping areas. We will be in the downtown area. I also have friends in San Diego we are going to drag out and see. I am also going to find a beach and spend some time there, maybe the Coronado strip beach area. Maybe do Sea World because it is fairly flat and we can do the wheel chair thing with Victor and I. Maybe rent an electric cart there, too. Anyone else been to San Diego and have suggestions?
Anyone else have vacation plans?
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I just got back from Wooster Ohio.
I'm planning a trip to Vegas in October.
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my mom, stepdad, lil sister and her boyfriend are coming down the sunday before the 4th and we are going camping at Kanopolis Lake. Well i don't do the outdoors thing anymore so i will visit them during the day then drive home to sleep in my comfy bed with air conditioning and fan. :bandance; ;) so i guess it is their vacation and not mine. o-well.......but vegas will be MINE! ! ! >:D
Well i guess this part is not a vacation but on the 7th of july im doing a 5k walk for "habitat for humanity". i did it last yr and it was very rewarding. this yr i have walking shoes so it should be much easier on my feet. ;)
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I just got back from Wooster Ohio.
I'm planning a trip to Vegas in October.
Wooster?? That's where Jenna's donor lives! What were you doing there? I want to go there sometime.
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(alene writing)
We have just been confirmed for ...
...DIALYSIS IN NEW ORLEANS on July 2nd!ding ding ding ding ding!!!
:bandance; :clap; :bandance; :clap; :bandance; :clap; :bandance;
(certainly not the high point of the trip, but a critical component)
We will be leaving Friday evening (after dialysis) and driving from Tampa until I can go no further and then continuing on across I-10 the next morning in the daylight so that we can see the swamps and the Mississippi and Lake Pontchartrain as we continue on to New Orleans. :pics; We'll either stay there, or continue on on Monday to Natchez MS and and Memphis TN, or to Natchez - Jackson - Meridian MS to Selma - Montgomery AL, with all options ending in Plains Georgia :usaflag; before hitting the interstate to arrive back home in time for fireworks on the 4th of July. 8)
This is a second anniversary trip - it was two years ago for 4th of July when we attempted our first real trip ( :canadaflag;) after Rolando's brush with death and subsequent loss of a limb. Since then, we have racked many, many miles both on the ground and in the air. :2thumbsup;
AND NEXT, AND THEN - LAS VEGAS HERE WE COME!!! (we are already confirmed for dialysis there and have received our DaVita name tag and DaVita leather luggage tags - ooh, ahh :sarcasm; (bleah!) :rofl;)
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(alene writing)
We have just been confirmed for ...
...DIALYSIS IN NEW ORLEANS on July 2nd!ding ding ding ding ding!!!
:bandance; :clap; :bandance; :clap; :bandance; :clap; :bandance;
(certainly not the high point of the trip, but a critical component)
We will be leaving Friday evening (after dialysis) and driving from Tampa until I can go no further and then continuing on across I-10 the next morning in the daylight so that we can see the swamps and the Mississippi and Lake Pontchartrain as we continue on to New Orleans. :pics; We'll either stay there, or continue on on Monday to Natchez MS and and Memphis TN, or to Natchez - Jackson - Meridian MS to Selma - Montgomery AL, with all options ending in Plains Georgia :usaflag; before hitting the interstate to arrive back home in time for fireworks on the 4th of July. 8)
This is a second anniversary trip - it was two years ago for 4th of July when we attempted our first real trip ( :canadaflag;) after Rolando's brush with death and subsequent loss of a limb. Since then, we have racked many, many miles both on the ground and in the air. :2thumbsup;
AND NEXT, AND THEN - LAS VEGAS HERE WE COME!!! (we are already confirmed for dialysis there and have received our DaVita name tag and DaVita leather luggage tags - ooh, ahh :sarcasm; (bleah!) :rofl;)
That will be fun you two. I love the Big Easy. I stayed in an old house that was a brothel in the late 1800's.
Have breakfast at Brennan's. Yummy.
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Vandie stayed in a brothel?? :o Imagine where we can go with that one.
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I just got back from Wooster Ohio.
I'm planning a trip to Vegas in October.
Wooster?? That's where Jenna's donor lives! What were you doing there? I want to go there sometime.
My Motorcycle club had our annual reunion there.
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Every year on my birthday which is in September i go to a little motel on the beach in New Jersey. I go after dialysis on Friday and leave on Monday to get back in time for dialysis. They only have two centers down in that area so it is hard to stay longer.
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Vandie stayed in a brothel?? :o Imagine where we can go with that one.
LOL, Sluff, can you ever behave?!?!
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A friend of mine and I had planned back in the wintertime (before my husband had kidney disease) that when this summer comes, she and I would go to Croatia and visit the tip where they have very good beaches and take nature photos and do some writing but now I have something that takes priority over all else and she understands since "if you ain't got your health, you ain't got nothing"....she will probable take this new guy in her life but I hope they can switch names on the plane ticket......
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Vandie stayed in a brothel?? :o Imagine where we can go with that one.
LOL, Sluff, can you ever behave?!?!
Tell him, Vandie, vacations are supposed to be fun! ;)
Maybe we'll stay there too and we'll both have fun - each in our own way :bandance;
:oops; Sorry, Rolando :oops;
No fun for yoouuu - you're wife would kill you! :pics;
Breakfast at Brennan's you say? We'll check it out...
...although after a hard night at the brothel...do they serve brunch?
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A friend of mine and I had planned back in the wintertime (before my husband had kidney disease) that when this summer comes, she and I would go to Croatia and visit the tip where they have very good beaches and take nature photos and do some writing but now I have something that takes priority over all else and she understands since "if you ain't got your health, you ain't got nothing"....she will probable take this new guy in her life but I hope they can switch names on the plane ticket......
Ya know, Tweety, I used to travel a lot and alone. When Rolando got very sick, I thought all that was over - no more travel because he needs me here. A little over two years ago, I was talking to his nephew who lives in Michigan. He invited me up. I joked with him awhile, thinking to myself I can't leave Rolando... and then, just like that V-8 commercial, it hits me. I don't have to leave Rolando in order to travel, I can take him with me!!! I think it was the fact that I was talking to his nephew that triggered that epiphany. Since then, we have been to Michigan, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Guatemala (3 weeks), Tuscaloosa AL, and many trips in state to Miami (they now know us and expect us at that unit) as well as weekends away at the beach. It is a little more complicated now, but for us both travel is the ultimate escape - from the hassles of my job for me and from the routine for both of us.
Kidney disease is not the end of travel. Hopefully, your trip is simply"postponed". Don't lose the dream!
Alene
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my mom, stepdad, lil sister and her boyfriend are coming down the sunday before the 4th and we are going camping at Kanopolis Lake. Well i don't do the outdoors thing anymore so i will visit them during the day then drive home to sleep in my comfy bed with air conditioning and fan. :bandance; ;) so i guess it is their vacation and not mine. o-well.......but vegas will be MINE! ! ! >:D
Well i guess this part is not a vacation but on the 7th of july im doing a 5k walk for "habitat for humanity". i did it last yr and it was very rewarding. this yr i have walking shoes so it should be much easier on my feet. ;)
Hey Tubes,
We're looking forward to meeting you in Vegas! Rolando and I are with you on that comfy bed and ac thing (makes me question our sanity in traveling to New Orleans in July - oh well, have wheels, will travel!) Good for you in doing the Habitat for Humanity walk. If you see Jimmy there, say hello for us. Or, if we see him in Plains we'll say hello for you (if you'd like). At the very least we'll drink some Billy Beer and eat some extra boiled peanuts on your behalf.
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[img]I just got back from a fishing trip to Northern WI for a week. I set up dialysis at a clinic in Woodruff it was the only one in the area, they get a lot of visitors so I had to move my trip up a week to get in. All went well. The weather was perfect 80's and sun every day. Stayed at a friends parents house on Lake Tomahawk fished that lake and the Rainbow Flowage along with Mid Lake and Lake Minocqua. Best day was Thursday when we all caught are limit of Walleye then switched to perch and boated over 25 of them in the 11-13" range big fat ones. This was my first time going to a different clinic. My social worker did most of the work setting it up and it went real well. Can't wait to do it again. Boxman55
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We are scheduled to do a Cruise during the last week of August, it's the Boston to Bermuda cruise. We did it 3 years ago and loved it! Now that Rob has his Nx Stage we can do this. We haven't had a real vacation in a while because of his dialysis, just weekend getaways to the White Mountains of NH or Vermont. So we are really looking forward to it. LOVE Bermuda.
However, there may be a chance we won't be able to do this (thank goodness for travel insurance). If it doesn't happen, we won't be mad, because the reason would be so worth the cancellation :).
I have a little mini vaca coming up this week. I have Thurs-Mon off and I am so excited! Nothing planned, just doing my gardening, laying by the pool at my sisters and enjoying life.
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I plan to visit St. Croix. It is one of the United States Virgin Islands, and I have never been there. Of course, I am just a weekend traveller these days so I will go one weekend either this month or July. I will take about a week in my home country, Barbados, when my daughter goes to start her fall semester there.
My present medical situation directs the kinds of holidays that I can have. :( >:(
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Last weekend I went to Chicago with my oldest daughter and my girlfriend. We had a ball, saw some sights, ate some yummy food and went to a fabulous art festival.
This is my best girlfriend, Deonna, Kourtney and me.
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Last weekend I went to Chicago with my oldest daughter and my girlfriend. We had a ball, saw some sights, ate some yummy food and went to a fabulous art festival.
This is my best girlfriend, Deonna, Kourtney and me.
Sluff and I where only an hour and a half away would of made the trip down to Chicago you guys look great...boxman55
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I'll be going to Arkansas the 3rd week in July, and the last week in July i'm going to Wisconsin to visit my brother.
Next weekend i'm going down to OK, to visit my sister-in-law. :)
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I Anyone else been to San Diego and have suggestions?
the san diego zoo is great fun
the first week of august i'm heading back to oregon for two weeks. my sister is going to korea and her daughter to nepal (lucky duckies) my daughter and son-in-law have a jaycee trip to memphis, sometime, i think i'll tag along for that one. and of course VEGAS! :yahoo;
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Vandie you are looking as beautiful as ever in that Picture.
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Vandie you are looking as beautiful as ever in that Picture.
:cuddle;
Thanks Sluff
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Next week I will be in New Mexico. My girlfriend has a casita there and we will tour around the state. It's a great place for me to spends lots of time taking photographs and relax!
The end of July I am going with my 16 year old daughter and her friend and her friend's mom to NY for 6 days, we will see some plays and check out some colleges. I haven't been to NY for 10 years. Then Becca and I will go to visit a friend on Peak's Island, Maine for 3 days.
Then Vegas baby!
Kit - On the way to or from San Diego you might want to stop in La Jolla. There's a place with GREAT ribs in the village "The Spot" on Prospect Ave, and it's a block away from the Children's Beach where all the sea lions and their babies hang out. It's a beautiful place to visit!
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Spent a few days in the mountains last week. I thought of Sluff -- there were bikers all through the Smoky Mountains. What a fun way to explore the back roads! I needed to find some peace and being in the forest was a good place. Sitting by quiet mountain streams with no other noise but nature. Travel has always been a huge part of our lives; we are just doing it a little closer to home now. My daughter will be moving back next month after living in Hawaii for a year and then her boyfriend, who is a Parisian, will be here in September -- so I seem to be the vacation spot this year. My door is always open! A couple of beach trips -- love living in North Carolina. Lots of vacation spots nearby. Also, Sluff -- I am from near Wooster and still have friends in the area. Didn't think any one else knew where Wooster was (except other Ohioans!!).
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The roads are a bit narrow in those parts of Ohio, but we had a blast. Wooster knew we were around. LOL
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We're looking into a cruise around Hawaii.
It all depends on if we can get the time off which can be difficult at this time of year. If we can it looks like everything else is about to fall into place. Otherwise we are just taking days here and there to extend weekends to 3 or 4 days.
Today I took the kids to work which was vacation-like for me and for them. We had lunch at the Old Spaghetti Factory on it's final day of operation before closing forever...it was nice.
Some advice for Kitkatz on San Diego....the downtown waterfront, Shelter Island, Balboa Park, Coronado Island, Old Town, the gaslight district, and beautiful Hillcrest (home of UCSD Medical Center) are all very nice places to visit.
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I can't remember the hotel name but there is one on the waterfront that is like it's own village, it is beautiful. I really like San Diego.
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I am thinking of doing the Phil Perry Valentines Fan Cruise in February to Ensenada.
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I will be in San Diego next week on Vacation. I will probably have limited access to the web. I plan to have a blast down there. http://www.gosandiegocard.com/whatis.html I found this card. Hubby and I like Museums and stuff so we are going to take it slow.
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Have a safe trip girlfriend, but most of all have FUN :yahoo; and take lots and lots of pics :pics;
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I will be in San Diego next week on Vacation. I will probably have limited access to the web. I plan to have a blast down there. http://www.gosandiegocard.com/whatis.html I found this card. Hubby and I like Museums and stuff so we are going to take it slow.
Kit, wishing you and Victor a great trip to San Diego. Relax and have a ball. I went there on my Honeymoon and loved it! I would love to go again some day.
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Enjoy San Diego the weather always seems so perfect there.
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I am leaving June 26 for New Mexico - it's been REALLY hot but I am hoping there will be thunderstorms to cool things off!
Don't know if I will be able to get on IHD but will check in when I can. Back on July 3rd.
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Karol? your leaving us too? oh man, what is this? NOW I WANT A VACATION, oooh, good idea, can i go with one of YOU, i promise to be good, you wont even know i'm there and i wont eat :P (much) ;) :bandance;
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Not quite a vacation, but my company is sending me to Dallas in July and I'm excited about it. Any recommendations on what to see or where to eat? I really have a yen for authentic Mexican food and a nice Marquerita! And I want to see Dealey Plaza too for pure curiosity.
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Dallas? Hmm, oh, can you please find out who really shot J.R. ;) ;) Hope you have a safe but FUN trip :bandance;
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my mom, stepdad, lil sister and her boyfriend are coming down the sunday before the 4th and we are going camping at Kanopolis Lake. Well i don't do the outdoors thing anymore so i will visit them during the day then drive home to sleep in my comfy bed with air conditioning and fan. :bandance; ;) so i guess it is their vacation and not mine. o-well.......but vegas will be MINE! ! ! >:D
Well i guess this part is not a vacation but on the 7th of july im doing a 5k walk for "habitat for humanity". i did it last yr and it was very rewarding. this yr i have walking shoes so it should be much easier on my feet. ;)
Hey Tubes,
We're looking forward to meeting you in Vegas! Rolando and I are with you on that comfy bed and ac thing (makes me question our sanity in traveling to New Orleans in July - oh well, have wheels, will travel!) Good for you in doing the Habitat for Humanity walk. If you see Jimmy there, say hello for us. Or, if we see him in Plains we'll say hello for you (if you'd like). At the very least we'll drink some Billy Beer and eat some extra boiled peanuts on your behalf.
Looking forward to meeting both of you too, and everyone else. :2thumbsup; Whats Billy Beer and extra boiled peanuts? ??? :-\ Also, who is Jimmy? :lol;
Well I'm off to Quinter, Kansas for a family reunion. I'm not looking forward to it, I don't like these things but I wanna see my dad. I really need to talk to him. Hopefully something good comes outa this.
At least I have my ipod...wish I could take my car!
Later,
Robert
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my mom, stepdad, lil sister and her boyfriend are coming down the sunday before the 4th and we are going camping at Kanopolis Lake. Well i don't do the outdoors thing anymore so i will visit them during the day then drive home to sleep in my comfy bed with air conditioning and fan. :bandance; ;) so i guess it is their vacation and not mine. o-well.......but vegas will be MINE! ! ! >:D
Well i guess this part is not a vacation but on the 7th of july im doing a 5k walk for "habitat for humanity". i did it last yr and it was very rewarding. this yr i have walking shoes so it should be much easier on my feet. ;)
Hey Tubes,
We're looking forward to meeting you in Vegas! Rolando and I are with you on that comfy bed and ac thing (makes me question our sanity in traveling to New Orleans in July - oh well, have wheels, will travel!) Good for you in doing the Habitat for Humanity walk. If you see Jimmy there, say hello for us. Or, if we see him in Plains we'll say hello for you (if you'd like). At the very least we'll drink some Billy Beer and eat some extra boiled peanuts on your behalf.
Looking forward to meeting both of you too, and everyone else. :2thumbsup; Whats Billy Beer and extra boiled peanuts? ??? :-\ Also, who is Jimmy? :lol;
Well I'm off to Quinter, Kansas for a family reunion. I'm not looking forward to it, I don't like these things but I wanna see my dad. I really need to talk to him. Hopefully something good comes outa this.
At least I have my ipod...wish I could take my car!
Later,
Robert
I hope you have a great time at the reunion Tubes (Roberto) ;) and also that everything goes well with your dad. Have a safe trip :2thumbsup;
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Livecam, my daughter works for Norwegian Cruise Lines in Hawaii. Any questions -- she would be glad to give you the inside scoop!
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well lets see i am off the lake erie(feridona ,ny) from june 30-july7...its going to be strange going to another dialysis center.....hmmmm maybe better
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I am going to Costa Rica for a week on July 2nd with friends. Should be fun. This is my first time there.
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:wine; Here is to wonderful journey's and safe returns, i hope your vacations are everything you expect and more. Have Fun :yahoo;
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Hope everyone has great vacations.
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Thank you! The reunion was ok, it was today (Sunday) but we went down early on Saturday. We went out to my cousins farm Saturday and my dad and his girlfriend were there. My dad and I went four wheeling out in the pastures and the canyon area, that was a great time. We found a little pond and I got to practice shooting one of my dads' rifles. I used 2 clips, 50 rounds, it was my first time shooting a gun. I don't know why I've been so scared of guns, I had a blast. ( so did the bowling pin. :rofl; ) Out of 50 rounds I think I hit the pin 3 times. :rofl;
Any ways...here are a few pics from the reunion.
The first one is me and my dad, Rob. Do u think he looks 47?
The second is (left to right) me, my dad, granddad mike, grams Joan and uncle Mark.
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cool pics tubes, thanks for sharing them. Sounds like you had a great time, more than i can say for that poor bowling pin :P but hey, 3 out of 50 aint thaaaat bad ::) (aint that good either) ;) lol, Your dad looks very young and you look quite handsome O0 Looking forward to talking to you again soon my friend...
muaaaahs ;)
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Wonderful family Tubes :thumbup;
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:2thumbsup; Great photos Tubes! You look a lot like your Dad. ;D
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I hope everyone has a great vocation where ever they go!
Great photos tubes! Now we know who you got your looks from........... dad!! ;D ;)
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I am going to Costa Rica for a week on July 2nd with friends. Should be fun. This is my first time there.
Outrageous!!!
Surfing? Volcano climbing? Canopy adventures? Canal cruise? We'll be waiting for pictures.
How's your Spanish?
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Well i guess this part is not a vacation but on the 7th of july im doing a 5k walk for "habitat for humanity". i did it last yr and it was very rewarding. this yr i have walking shoes so it should be much easier on my feet. ;)
Hey Tubes ...Good for you in doing the Habitat for Humanity walk. If you see Jimmy there, say hello for us. Or, if we see him in Plains we'll say hello for you (if you'd like). At the very least we'll drink some Billy Beer and eat some extra boiled peanuts on your behalf.
Looking forward to meeting both of you too, and everyone else. :2thumbsup; Whats Billy Beer and extra boiled peanuts? ??? :-\ Also, who is Jimmy? :lol;
Hi Tubes :waving;,
Rolando has brought it to my attention that it is possible that you (gasp) may not be old enough to remember:
;D Jimmy ;D (peanut farmer from Plains, GA) or his brother,
Billy (who capitalized on his brother's fame, endorsing a beer) :beer1;
Is it true that you ( :oops;) weren't even... (oh, this is so traumatic) ...BORN... when I was voting for him for president???
Now, as for boiled peanuts ... oooh, ahhh!
They are a wonderful and uniquely southern phenomena. I had no idea such a thing existed until I moved from NJ to Florida at the age of 32 - I went 32 years missing out on this little bit of heaven. They are just that - boiled peanuts, green peanuts. They are warm and soft and salty and sometimes spicy - we will be eating plenty of them on our upcoming return from New Orleans through the deep south to Tampa. The extra boiled peanuts are those additional ones we eat on your behalf.
(ozzies, I understand that there's a :ausflag; connection to boiled peanuts, is this true?)
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I am going to Costa Rica for a week on July 2nd with friends. Should be fun. This is my first time there.
Outrageous!!!
Surfing? Volcano climbing? Canopy adventures? Canal cruise? We'll be waiting for pictures.
How's your Spanish?
Espanol no bueno, amigo.
:cuddle;
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I am going to Costa Rica for a week on July 2nd with friends. Should be fun. This is my first time there.
Outrageous!!!
Surfing? Volcano climbing? Canopy adventures? Canal cruise? We'll be waiting for pictures.
How's your Spanish?
Espanol no bueno, amigo.
:cuddle;
I hope you think of me often. :lol; J/K Have a great trip.
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Well my weekend was good, I had fun with my sister in law and nieces in Oklahoma. The bus ride wasnt too bad, but it was long.. lol... greyhound, gotta love them.. NOT. :)
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The time has come. Tomorrow we are off to New Orleans. :clap;
Last time we traveled we weren't prepared - when we hit those gaps in radio coverage, we had only one CD to get us through - ABBA's greatest hits. Now I like ABBA ok, at least for the first 30 times we played the CD. After about the 50th time :P my brain started bleeding. I am headed out to the car right now to smash the CD up into little tiny pieces.
We're better prepared this time (reservations? no! packed? of course not! exact route? no way, where's the adventure in that? ;) ) But, Rolando has been diligently preparing a wide variety of music CDs for us to enjoy en route.
We are looking forward to tomorrow and Rolando is keeping his fingers crossed hoping for violent, rainy weather, his favorite!
Bourbon Street, here we come! :bandance; :beer1; :2thumbsup;
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The time has come. Tomorrow we are off to New Orleans. :clap;
Last time we traveled we weren't prepared - when we hit those gaps in radio coverage, we had only one CD to get us through - ABBA's greatest hits. Now I like ABBA ok, at least for the first 30 times we played the CD. After about the 50th time :P my brain started bleeding. I am headed out to the car right now to smash the CD up into little tiny pieces.
We're better prepared this time (reservations? no! packed? of course not! exact route? no way, where's the adventure in that? ;) ) But, Rolando has been diligently preparing a wide variety of music CDs for us to enjoy en route.
We are looking forward to tomorrow and Rolando is keeping his fingers crossed hoping for violent, rainy weather, his favorite!
Bourbon Street, here we come! :bandance; :beer1; :2thumbsup;
Have a great time my friend(s) and for god sake don't forget the tunes! :2thumbsup;
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Hi everyone, Im going to Maui for a week in July, I was there last july too, I did 3 islands, Oahu, Kauai, and Maui, Im hooked and I cant stay away from Hawaii, I'll be taking a boat ride to the island of Molokai for a day while I'm there too, that will make it 4 islands out of six. When I got my transplant in June 2005, I swore I would go back to school and go on great vacations, my house needs fixing and I'm living month to month but I have to go......I just have to, I don't know how long my kidney will last and I need to be in that special place where the sun starts to set and the tide gets calm , holding a beer in my hand with my toes in the sand...and I'm over 4000 miles from home, you close your eyes for a few seconds and everything seems to make sense..........do you feel it?.............. besides, Hotwire has really great packages!
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Hi everyone, Im going to Maui for a week in July, I was there last july too, I did 3 islands, Oahu, Kauai, and Maui, Im hooked and I cant stay away from Hawaii, I'll be taking a boat ride to the island of Molokai for a day while I'm there too, that will make it 4 islands out of six. When I got my transplant in June 2005, I swore I would go back to school and go on great vacations, my house needs fixing and I'm living month to month but I have to go......I just have to, I don't know how long my kidney will last and I need to be in that special place where the sun starts to set and the tide gets calm , holding a beer in my hand with my toes in the sand...and I'm over 4000 miles from home, you close your eyes for a few seconds and everything seems to make sense..........do you feel it?.............. besides, Hotwire has really great packages!
ENJOY!!!!!
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Hi everyone, Im going to Maui for a week in July, I was there last july too, I did 3 islands, Oahu, Kauai, and Maui, Im hooked and I cant stay away from Hawaii, I'll be taking a boat ride to the island of Molokai for a day while I'm there too, that will make it 4 islands out of six. When I got my transplant in June 2005, I swore I would go back to school and go on great vacations, my house needs fixing and I'm living month to month but I have to go......I just have to, I don't know how long my kidney will last and I need to be in that special place where the sun starts to set and the tide gets calm , holding a beer in my hand with my toes in the sand...and I'm over 4000 miles from home, you close your eyes for a few seconds and everything seems to make sense..........do you feel it?.............. besides, Hotwire has really great packages!
Are ya back yet? I bet it was fun!
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I went to New Mexico in June. It was hot but beautiful! Did I post photos? Can't remember so here are a few.
Leaving on Wed. for New York and Maine with my younger daughter and her friends and her friends Mom. I haven't been there since 1997!
Here's the Taos Pueblo:
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What a beautiful country we have! My trip to Dallas was fun too. Learned all about the BabyK Fresenius and the Aquaboss RO. Off this week - my best friend is visiting with her daughter - my goddaughter who is 12 - we're hanging out and going to the Air and Space Museum in DC.
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Decisions, decisions... after swearing I would never get on another ship after 4 days down with Norwalk virus last year we decided to go back to Alaska. It was our second trip there and the weather was almost perfect. Much of the wilderness there is virtually untouched. Alaska is a place of great natural beauty and is a great place to relax. I think I want to live there!
Here are a few pictures: Ice water..White water..The Mountains..The Menu..Dinner time and the best cheeseburgers in Alaska at mile 33!
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Decisions, decisions... after swearing I would never get on another ship after 4 days down with Norwalk virus last year we decided to go back to Alaska. It was our second trip there and the weather was almost perfect. Much of the wilderness there is virtually untouched. Alaska is a place of great natural beauty and is a great place to relax. I think I want to live there!
Here are a few pictures: Ice water..White water..The Mountains..The Menu..and Dinner time!
Great photos!
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Beautiful photos. :2thumbsup;
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Great photos, Looks like you all had a fabulous time :2thumbsup;
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Beautiful Photos Jeff. Good to see you and your family had such a great time!
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Great pictures... My mom's dream is to visit Alaska.
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Hi kitkatz, I just read your post. I'm sorry it's a little late.I'm a native San Diegan.Old town is amazing. I love the beaches here. A little bit of paradise.
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Beautiful pic's Jeff. Glad you had such a good time. Where's the eagle pic?
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An eagle you say? Tons of bald eagles were to be found around Haines. Here are a couple of them.
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Cool Jeff! Thanks! :thx;
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Our daughter Becca and I went to NY and Maine. I haven't gotten through all the NY photos but thought I would post a few of our 3 day stay in Maine. We visited friends who have a home on Peak's Island, a ferry ride from Portland. That's their gray house, and the red and white striped house is the guest house. There is a pond in the back of the property and the ocean in front. We also went with them on a double masted schooner for a nice sail out in Penobscot Bay.
The rest of the photos are here if you're interested --> http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=11431&l=a350a&id=783018071
Thanks for looking! Love comments or critique.
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Okarol, i am speechless over your photography, beautiful pics my friend :2thumbsup;
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Beautiful pictures!!! I love Maine and head up there about twice a year. Bar Harbor is a favorite of ours. We love to drive Scenic Route 1 up to Portland. I'm biased, but I think New England is just beautiful and I love living here!!!!
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Gorgeous! I hope to take a road trip out east some day!
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i had a wonderful time in oregon, but next time i thing i'm going with karol. what a view.
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great pics karol :2thumbsup;
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Groovy Pics Karol :thumbup; :2thumbsup; :thumbup;