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This is mostly memories and interests in a hit and miss framework that reflects how I tend to turn from one thing to another nearly constantly. Do I have a form of ADD(Attention Deficit Disorder)?

  • Where I’ve been…
    Prior to September 1965 Have you seen those colorful USA maps showing the states someone has visited? I always find them interesting, so I thought I’d do one of them. But what about parameters? Especially since I believe I’ve at least traveled through every  U.S. state now, plus many Canadian provinces too. So I thought …

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  • April 2020, COVID-19
    We’ve traveled about 758,000,000 miles* since the last post here. It was a post about our travels in January 2018 and the places we visited. Today, we’re spending time at home and the news is almost entirely about COVID-19. We’ve left home to visit the grocery, pharmacy, go for a walk, go for a drive, …

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  • January 2018
    In January, we enjoyed a visit to Jeff, Ericka, Megan, Gabe and Garrison during the holidays. On the way, we visited Blackwater Falls SP (near Davis, WV) where it had snowed the night before and our visit to Canaan Loop Rd was beautiful! We only went about a mile west of the park lodge before …

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  • Travels in 2017
    2017 Travel “Anniversary” trip to Ontario In June, we spent several days visiting Southern Ontario, along the Lake Erie shore, to the Welland Canal, the Trent-Severn Waterway(Peterborough), Tobermory and Sault Ste Marie before returning home. Anniversary trip to Alaska We left Jul 18 and returned on Aug 27. Our adventure was compounded by towing a …

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  • Memorable places for food
    Following is a list of the places we visited for meals, etc on the bicycling trip from Pittsburgh to D.C. My brothers, Sonia, her dad – Fred Fields, Kyle Hord and Ann Proudfoot rode the Great Allegheny Passage/C&O Canal Towpath trail beginning Monday, Aug 29 and ending Sep 3, 2016. There are other places we …

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