Map During Labour Day week, we took a rare vacation, spending four days in Tofino and two days in Victoria. Tofino’s on the west coast of Vancouver Island, just north of Pacific Rim National Park, where we’d be making day trips. It’s not very far as the crow flies, but the trip takes all day […]
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We took a vacation last week to Tofino, BC, last week. The Tofino part was great, and I’ll write about that later this week when I scan in some photos. On the way back, we spent two days in Victoria, BC. The city rocks; however our room at the Hotel Douglas had some unique undocumented
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My wife and kids are in Chicago visiting her folks. I’m home, hoping to take advantage of the time to finish various projects: refinish the hardwoods, spray toxins on the carpenter ants, edge the lawn, trim the hedges, clean the kitchen, excavate my study enough that I can move back into it, etc… and maybe
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Depending on your level of reality or fantaticism, what I’m about to say will either be incredibly obvious or local sports heresy: the Mariners aren’t very good. Let’s look at some numbers: At 7 wins and 15 losses (with one postponed game), they’re on pace to win 53 games this year. Fifty-three. Team hitting is
Director Mitch posted his map of places visited. Here’s mine.
Oh, the places you’ll go! Read More »
CNN/Time Warner/AOL/Netscape Meganewsopoly reports a pilot entered LaGuardia airspace and circled the Statue of Liberty without permission. The phraseology is misleading: Despite the city’s high security level and national terrorism warning, a small plane was able to enter LaGuardia Airport airspace without permission, fly along the East River and circle the Statue of Liberty […]
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With only half a day at Great Basin NP, I took a further detour to southwestern Utah, hoping to take in a brief stay at Bryce Canyon national park before heading straight for eastern LA. During the summer, one could do the national park trifecta: Bryce Canyon, Zion, and Grand Canyon. However, the north rim
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My whirlwind trip had me stopping at three national parks — Great Basin, Bryce Canyon, and Zion. Because it is winter in the high country, many areas are snowed in or closed for the season. Thus, I didn’t spend a substantial time in any particular area. For example, my visit here was about four hours.
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