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After breakfast this morning we boarded our bus for a thrilling, fun-filled ride up to Cape Breton Island. Along the way we stopped at Pictou – the site of the first landing of Scots immigrants in Canada. At the Hector Heritage Quay we toured a modern reconstruction of the converted cargo ship they sailed on, […]
After breakfast we had a lecture by local historian Dr. James White – pretty good stuff that included some geology, oceanography, and local history. Then we boarded the bus (piloted by our very own driver Doris) where the Dr. White took us on a guided tour of town. This being Halifax, there was a mandatory
First the bad news. The wifi connection at the hotel is go abysmally slow that I haven’t’ been able to upload any pictures. Perhaps at the next hotel things will be better. If so, I’ll update this page. At any rate, here’s what’s been going on. The first event was check-in with our group leader
The taxi arrived at 4:25 AM. We were up (barely). Steve and Billie had arrived from Caldwell shortly before that. We piled in and off to the airport. Fortified with Einstein’s bagels and coffee we flew to Salt Lake City where we enjoyed a 2 hour layover (along with second breakfast – Randy had an
We started the day early (for us). Don’t know why, we just both woke up and decided it was time to go. So after our complimentary breakfast we loaded the car and departed for the last leg of our odyssey. One advantage of an early start in this part of the country is that you
Those of you who have experience in this corner of the world will wonder why we chose to take the Albuquerque – Gallup – Shiprock route rather than the traditional Albuquerque – Farmington – Shiprock route. There are a couple of answers. First, because that’s the route Irma (our car’s GPS) chose for us. Now,
Following breakfast we bid farewell to the Norman contingent and headed west. We spend the day following the path (if not the actual) Route 66 across Oklahoma, North Texas, and New Mexico ending the day in Albuquerque. Because this was basically a travel day there won’t be many photos. We did get a shot of
We started the morning by throwing the grandsons in the car and driving to the Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum in Seminole While new to us, the kids had been there a couple of times in the past and knew where to go and what to do. They also had a small train that took us
After a morning of “getting some work done” Cheryl, Kim, Jesse, Spencer, and I took off after lunch to head up to “the city.” the first stop was the Science Museum – a rather amazing place with exhibits geared to all ages. Not pictured (for obvious reasons) is the planetarium show that Nana, Papa, and
We Left Memphis this morning by way of the Mississippi River crossing (That’s a BIG river!) And made our way across Arkansas and into Oklahoma. We knew we had crossed the line when we stopped at the first Oklahoma Rest Stop: Shortly thereafter (actually not really short, but since we were involved with the denouement of