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Monthly Archives: July 2010
sometimes, when we need a pick me up….
We come across something like this. Apparently, they’re big enough now that their mother lets them roam.
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Number 187.
There is a family of eagles that spend their evenings in a tree behind our camper. Neither Susie nor I can resist taking pictures of them. Here is number 187. And number 188.
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too old for this.
Susie and I went for a bike ride a couple of days ago. It was a planned 10 miler on one of the islands that we were told was flat. It wasn’t. We did the first five miles riding to Lopez village … Continue reading
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what else is there?
This past week, we visited a resort here on the island with a deep water harbor. There was a 4.7 million dollar yacht tied up in one of the slips that was for sale. The folks we were with talked … Continue reading
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Manna from Heaven.
I have about decided that the Salmon runs are natures own manna from Heaven. The salmon feed the Native Americans, the animals, the whales, the eagles and the metrosexuals.
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Susie at work.
The Park where we are volunteering is the home of what was thought to be an extinct butterfly, the Island Marble. Turns out there still a few trying to make a comeback. The park botanist is growing different plants and … Continue reading
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ex-coworkers……..
You will be glad to know that I haven’t lost my touch. I still remember how to get through a workday.
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in my continuing quest……
to visit all the original locations of giant restaurant and mongo retail chains, I will stop at nothing to bring these adventures to you, the 7 readers of my web-log. Yesterday, we bagged another one to add to our collection … Continue reading
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Now I understand.
Today we went to Seattle to see our son, Joe and on our way, we stopped into several places in Anacortes to have some lunch and watch the World Cup Final. There were no empty seats in 3 places. We got to … Continue reading
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Good times and bad 