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The Family Vacation on Carnival Cruise Line: Sailing on the Glory, Part 1

A Seven Day Eastern Caribbean Cruise on the Carnival Glory visiting the Bahamas, St. Thomas and St. Maarten As my daughter’s college graduation approached, I asked her what she would like to do. She thought taking a cruise with the family would be a perfect way to celebrate. And it was. Plans began months ago [...]

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Sunny, Warm, and Stunning

Location is now 18 00.64 N / 063 02.82 I am watching Denver local television channels and see that the high is ONLY in the 60s and 70s today with snow above 9000 elevation. That’s elevation superiority for you. I am definitely elevation inferior….actually was BELOW sea level yesterday and will be again today. haaaaa. [...]

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Frustration

I am only able to report that this world is a beautiful place. I am unfortunately frustrated that internet connection is NOT very good and as a result can not post selected pictures that you just have to see. Hahaa. I can’t seem to find a program on this laptop that will allow me to [...]

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Where in the World is Philladden?

Clues and pictures to follow. Kind of a Where’s Waldo thing. Not sure how much access to technology I will have, but I hope to be able to have some fun with some posts over the next 9 days. And after that, I have lots of things to cover, thanks to many of you that [...]

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Phoenix Mars Lander: Today is the day!

The Phoenix Mars Lander is just nine hours (at the time of this post) away from landing! The Lander is part of the Phoenix Mars Mission from the University of Arizona, in conjunction with NASA. It was launched August 2007 and is about to finish a 423 million mile trip. I have been hearing about [...]

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Louisville, Kentucky: Final Thoughts

I have a few final comments and memories to share. I am posting a few pics which I will elaborate on as soon as my schedule allows (a couple of days). Here they are: (you can comment as to the story behind them if you want .. but the rest of the story will follow.) [...]

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Lunch at Lynn’s Paradise Cafe, Louisville, Kentucky

Lynn’s Paradise Cafe is one of Louisville’s well known restaurants. I saw a Throw Down with Bobby Flay on the Food Network and they talked about the famous Hot Brown sandwich, which is a tradition of the city. My kids and I made it a point to visit and have a Hot Brown. Lynn Winter [...]

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