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Singing with Raging Grannies and bye bye USA

July 29th, 2011 by jane · 2 Comments · travel, USA

We are sit­ting at gate S16 at Seattle Tacoma air­port wait­ing for our Icelandair flight to Glasgow via Reykjavik. I can still see the tower­ing snowy vol­can­ic peak of Mount Rainier through the win­dow, one of the many vis­tas that makes Seattle such a beau­ti­ful city. We’ve had a great couple of days here stay­ing with […]

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Hi there! :o)

July 29th, 2011 by callum · 2 Comments · food, haha, islands, travel, USA

Hi! I’m in seattle right now and we will be get­ting on the plane in about four hours so I thought i had bet­ter write about what we’ve been doing. Jane arrived in Portland last Friday and she was very impressed by Helsers (break­fast cafe) and Powells (the biggest ofline book­shop in the world!). Then we […]

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Drive through ATMs and other drive throughs

July 23rd, 2011 by jane · 3 Comments · climate change, resources, USA

In Asheville’s lovely organ­ic food store I asked where the nearest ATM was.  The very friendly chekout per­son gave me clear dir­ec­tions to a Whachovia ATM just across the park­ing lot.  I walked across and it was only when I got right there that it dawned on me that what i was doing was unusual […]

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Breakfast at Helsers on Alberta

July 23rd, 2011 by chris · No Comments · food, USA

Dutch baby pancake.

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Breitenbush

July 22nd, 2011 by chris · No Comments · photos, USA

Camping overnight at Breitenbush Hot Springs. Amazing old forests (Douglas firs and hem­locks), soak­ing in the hot springs, and an extremely new age yoga class.

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Road to Damascus

July 22nd, 2011 by chris · 1 Comment · signage, USA

A hum­drum eph­phany in Oregon.

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Camping @ Lake Michigan

July 17th, 2011 by callum · 1 Comment · food, islands, travel, USA

When we got to the the camp­site, the first thing I saw was a chip­munk! Please see my last post for some pho­tos. The next day (after eat­ing some highly colored break­fast cer­eal) we went to Big Sable* Point light­house on the edge of lake Michigan and walked along the beach to find a swimming […]

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kyoot!!!!

July 17th, 2011 by callum · 3 Comments · food, photos, USA

At the camp­site we’ve been stay­ing at there are loads of chip­munks! The people on the site next to us thought I was crazy think­ing they were cute because they’re a pest here. here are some pic­tures of chip­munks that I took using pea­nut but­ter as bait. YouTube

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The American’s car is his castle

July 16th, 2011 by jane · No Comments · climate change, travel, USA

Venture, Highlander, Uplander, Hummer, Trailblazer, Envoy, Mariner, Dodge, Riverado, Silverado, Avalanche, Liberty, Power Stroke, Grand Prix, Avenger, Infiniti, Yukon, Montana, Dakota Sport, Grand Cherokee Names of vehicles at the Ludington State Park camp­ground.  Most of them huge. 

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Fireflies

July 15th, 2011 by chris · 3 Comments · travel, USA

YouTube I nev­er cared much for moon­lit skies, I nev­er winked back at fire­flies, But now that the stars are in your eyes, I’m begin­ning to see the light. Ella Fitzgerald & Joe Pass — I’m Beginning To See The Light Powered by mp3skull.com

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