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05-25-2018, 06:00 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jun 2010
Posts: 370
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Portland, Oregon and coast - Photography course.
Warwick NY - acrylic painting course.
Albuquerque, NM - Balloon Fiesta
Corning, NY - glass making course.
Golf School - Shawnee on Delaware
Mt. Rainier and Mt. St. Helen area - Hiking
Bryce and Zion National parks - Hiking
Marble Canyon AZ - hiking
Crater Lake, OR - hiking
I probably enjoyed golf school the best. The treated us well and the instruction was decent.
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05-25-2018, 06:13 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2014
Location: Huntsville, AL/Helen, GA
Posts: 6,002
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Just returned 2 weeks ago on cruise NYC to Southampton with stops in LeHarve, Portsmouth, Azores and Cork. Then did car trip out of Dublin to Ring of Kerry.
December, 2017--cruise from Canaveral to Bahamas.
April,.2017--cruise from Ft. Lauderdale to Rome with stops in Azores and Spain. Flew to Budapest for a week.
August, 2016--Spent 3 days in Copenhagen before Baltic cruise to Warnemunde, Tallin, St. Petersburg, Helzinki, Stockholm and back to Copenhagen. Flew to Oslo and took Norway in a Nutshell trip by train and hydrofoil to Bergen.
April, 2016--cruise from Rome to Malta, Crete, Santorini, Turkey, Athens and 2 ,other islands before ending in Venice.
April, 2015--Florence, Tuscany agriturismo, Venice day trip, Siena/San Gimignano/Volterra, Orvieto, Rome
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05-25-2018, 07:44 PM
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Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Conroe, Texas
Posts: 18,735
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After 30 years of constant business travel all over the world, I am pretty much done. But...
2015 - Tomahawk, Wisconsin, Santa Clara California- family trips
2016 - Dorr County, Wisconsin (auto club meet)
2017 - Central California - family trips, Waterbury, Connecticut - friends and family trip
2018 - Leaving for Cedarville, MIchigan (U.P.) to build a boat - 5/31 - 6/14
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05-25-2018, 08:07 PM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Aug 2014
Posts: 141
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2015
Scottsdale AZ
San Diego CA
Pebble Beach CA
Cabo San Lucas MX
NY, NY
Las Vegas, NV
Charlottesville, VA
Wells, ME
2016
Miami Beach, FL
Kiawah Island, SC
Charlottesville, VA (twice)
Boston, MA
Stowe, VT
Lenox, MA
Scottsdale, Az
2017
Tuscon, AZ
Charlottesville, VA
Tampa, FL
Rome, Positano, Florence Italy
Playa Del Carmen, Mx
Newport, RI
Jamaica, VT
Mashpee, MA
2018 so far...
Savannah, GA
Anna Maria Island, FL
Daphne, AL
Nashville, TN
Pittsburgh, PA
Tuscon, AZ
Tampa, FL
Boston, MA
Las Vegas, NV
Favorite trips by year:
2015: Pebble Beach
2016: Scottsdale, AZ
2017: Italy
2018: Anna Maria Island (so far)
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05-25-2018, 09:17 PM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: SF Bay Area
Posts: 594
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2015
Alaska inside passage + Denali NP
Lake Tahoe family reunion
2016
Pinnacles National Park (CA)
Rocky Mountain NP and Central Colorado
2017
Yosemite
Point Reyes National Seashore (CA) and nearby Armstrong Redwood State Park
2018
Oregon & Washington college tour — not really a vacation, but probably the only family travel this year will be college visits...more on the horizon :-)
Favorite was Alaska because it was just a few months after ER and really helped me get past that “still thinking about the office” stage.
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05-25-2018, 09:48 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Aug 2016
Location: Northern Virginia
Posts: 7,591
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2015
St. Croix
Dallas to see family
Nashville
College baseball and basketball trips
2016
St. John
Dallas to see family
College football trip-College Station tx
College baseball and basketball trips
2017
New York City before Thanksgiving
Omaha Nebraska College World Series
Pacific Northwest: Seattle, Vancouver Island, Victoria, Whistler
Trips to Dallas to see family.
Hope to travel more after we retire.
Best was St. John as we love to snorkel. But we loved all of our trips.
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05-25-2018, 11:32 PM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Santa Paula
Posts: 4,077
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2015 APRIL KAUAI 2015 JUNE PHILADELPHIA-GETTYSBURG-WILLIAMSBURG-JAMESTOWN-WASHINGTON DC
2015 SEPT VANCOUVER-VICTORIA-JASPER-LAKE LOUISE-BANFF
This was a great trip- Buchart Gardens in Victoria, Kayaking on the lake In Jasper
2016 SEPT SANTA FE-CHIMAYO-TAOS
Great trip also . Got to fly a MiG-15 in Santa Fe
2016 DEC CR CABO SAN LUCAS-MAZATLAN-PUERTO VALLARTA-MANZANILLO
First New Years Eve in years we stayed up for.
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WR 2% with 2SS & 2 Pensions
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05-26-2018, 06:56 AM
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2017
Location: Hog Mountian
Posts: 2,077
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DW became a US citizen last year - went to DC in April to commemorate her achievement.
Taking my nephew to Charleston tomorrow.
Solo road trip to Montana in July to hang out with weird brother.
Western Europe in September.
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W. Rogers
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05-26-2018, 07:37 AM
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gone traveling
Join Date: Apr 2011
Posts: 3,375
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15- Aussie Land & NZ
16- Alaska
17- Germany/Austria/Switz
18- leaving for Baltic in a few hours, TX in October
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05-26-2018, 09:25 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Central MS/Orange Beach, AL
Posts: 9,072
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Boy.....I lead a boring life. My travel is pretty much limited to going back and forth to my condo in Orange Beach, AL. Usually for a week a month. I took a road trip in 2015 to Santa Fe, NX(visit relatives), Grand Canyon, Las Vegas and southern Utah. Plan to take another rd trip late summer to Colorado and swing back through Santa Fe on the way back. As far as overseas travel goes, generally not my cup of tea. But might at some point if a group of friends puts a trip together. Most of my friends are still working tho.
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Investing style: Full time wuss.
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05-27-2018, 06:32 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Mar 2017
Posts: 235
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Short answer, more than 10 national parks and more than 25 of the United States (most would just be repeats of those listed by others). A handful of balloon festivals--great fun!
A little different answer--When summertime hits here in new England we do a "staycation" and take full advantage of what is within 50 miles of us. The trick here is to work at it and seek out new things--restaurants, performing arts, museums, and old favorites too. Seek out free passes to things from your local library if you are trying to do things less expensively.
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06-03-2018, 06:03 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
Join Date: Sep 2017
Posts: 821
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Last year my wife and I did a Trek Travel trip to Tuscany region in Italy with a bunch of friends.
I was the only one who wasn't a triathlete! OMG
Biking each day .. stops in small towns .. stayed i a few villas.
A great experience and the countryside is beautiful.
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06-03-2018, 06:28 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Jun 2016
Location: Colorado
Posts: 8,971
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The last trip always seems like the best trip and that would have been the Dingle Peninsula in Ireland. Fantastic hiking, surprisingly good food and the Irish have to be the nicest people on earth.
Prior to that we hiked in Positano Italy which is one of the special places on Earth.
Prior to that it was hiking in Portugal, a hidden gem in Europe.
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What trips have you taken over the last 3 years?
06-03-2018, 07:30 AM
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Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Jun 2017
Location: Rural community
Posts: 217
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What trips have you taken over the last 3 years?
After many years of business travel, I’m happy to stay put. Only took a few trips the last 3 years
2016: Bermuda, Amsterdam, Paris, Aruba, Las Vegas
2017: Aruba
2018: Aruba
Plus many local New England trips and DC trips
Aruba by far is my favorite place
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06-03-2018, 09:19 AM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: West of the Mississippi
Posts: 17,266
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We have pretty nice Summers in my neck of the woods so we tend to stay in the general area give or take 200 miles in any direction.
Recent trip was to Portugal. I enjoyed it immensely, except for the fact that they put sweetened milk in coffee. YUK! Speaking of Portugal....Please stop spilling the beans about Portugal. It's already getting more expensive to visit.
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Comparison is the thief of joy
The worst decisions are usually made in times of anger and impatience.
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06-03-2018, 09:25 AM
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#36
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2011
Posts: 8,368
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Chuckanut
except for the fact that they put sweetened milk in coffee. YUK!
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Milk, in coffee? Yuk!
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The Winter's Tale, William Shakespeare
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06-03-2018, 09:40 AM
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#37
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Mar 2007
Posts: 14,328
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nemo2
Milk, in coffee? Yuk!
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True, coffee kind of ruins the milk.
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06-03-2018, 10:44 AM
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#38
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: West of the Mississippi
Posts: 17,266
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Nemo2
Milk, in coffee? Yuk!
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I guess I should have added the pastries are to die for. The Portuguese love their sweets.
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Comparison is the thief of joy
The worst decisions are usually made in times of anger and impatience.
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06-03-2018, 10:49 AM
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#39
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: North TX
Posts: 1,834
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2015 - living in Mexico
2015 - 39 days in France, Spain, Italy, 10 day Mediterranean cruise to Greece and Turkey
2015 - moved back to DFW
2016 - multiple Mexico trips - Isla Mujeres, PDC, Puerto Morelos and Cozumel
2016 - So Cal
2017 - multiple Mexico trips
2017 - Yosemite
2017 - Arkansas & Alabama
2017 - CO & Cali road trip, 10 days
2018 - Cozumel, Puerto Morelos
2018 - Kern River Cali camping
2018 - Lake Tahoe in July
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06-03-2018, 01:47 PM
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#40
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Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 2,472
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Nov 2015 Sea of Cortez, small ship cruise
May 2016 Galapagos, small ship cruise
June 2016 Machu Picchu, Sacred Valley
Jan 2017 Costa Rica/Panama, small ship cruise
September 2017 Maryland/Delaware shore and family
October 2017 Coastal California walking trip San Francisco to Point Reyes
Nov 2017 Sea of Cortez, small ship cruise
Living in Arizona we like being by the water.
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