My mom has been working on our family genealogy since I was in high school. And over the decades she has discovered quite a bit of family history. I have several memories of trips that I took to Washington, DC with a list from mom – things she wanted me to find in the National Archives, [...]
Travel = Happiness
January 29, 2011 By 4 Comments
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do.”
Face Your Fears: Hike the Sydney Harbour Bridge
January 20, 2011 By 2 Comments
Raise your hand if you watched The Oprah Winfrey Show this week. They have been airing the footage from their amazing “ultimate fan” trip to Australia (actual travel was back in December 2010). One of the many things they did was to set a world record for the most people hiking on the Sydney Harbour Bridge [...]
The Final Frontier is Here
January 14, 2011 By 7 Comments
Anybody who has watched television, walked into a movie theater, or rented a movie in the past 45 years may recognize this little ditty: Space: The final frontier These are the voyages of the Starship, Enterprise Its 5 year mission To explore strange new worlds To seek out new life and new civilizations To boldly go [...]
No, the Plane Was Not on Fire
January 11, 2011 By 2 Comments
The plane wasn’t on fire. There weren’t any signs of smoke. So, why was I voluntarily exiting the plane at 12,000 feet above ground??? Because it was an adventure of a life-time!!
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