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Wyoming and Yellowstone National P ark; Salt Lake City Day 1: Wed 6/23/10: PVD to SLC to Rock Springs, WY: Flew all morning via Southwest, arrived in SLC around 10 AM. Called Acess RV to pick us up at the airport and we were introduced to our 23-foot motorhome, which was to be our home [...]

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We haven’t been to the Cape since 2007, and we were feeling the desire to return. The Wife found a really nice lakeside cottage available to rent in our favorite town, Eastham. It was a little expensive, but we decided to splurge to have the chance to stay right on a lake (actually a kettle [...]

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The wife had a conference in Washington DC, so we made it into a long weekend. It was the kids’ first time in the Capitol, and it was my first visit in many years.

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Family trip: Feb 27-March 4, 2009 We flew via Southwest Airlines, which has become our airline of preference, and rented a car from Ace aka Blue Oval. The car was a Nissan Versa, and we paid $122 for 5 days. It was quite suitable (though there was not enough luggage space for 4 suitcases and [...]

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We’ve had a fun and exciting week exploring the Pacific Northwest. Specifically, we explored Seattle WA, Portland OR, Mt. Saint Helens, and enjoyed a weekend at a beach house in Depoe Bay, OR. View my gallery of happy snappies or read more for the full report.

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We had a blast during our beach house vacation on Long Island’s North Fork. See the gallery for more.

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We just got back from a weeklong trip to Orlando, FL. Highlights included the Disney’s Magic Kingdom, Animal Kingdom, MGM/Hollywood Studios, and Epcot. We had lunch in the Disney community of Celebration, and also visited the non-Disney Gatorland and Sea World. A more thorough writeup of the trip will be posted soon. In the meantime, [...]

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WHEN we planned this trip originally, we thought we would bring the popup camper. But after Cape Cod, we decided that it might be too much of a strain on the Soob to pull the trailer through the mountains. It was hard enough on the vehicle for it to pull the popup for a short [...]

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Cape Cod Part II: Province Lands I’ve wanted to bike the Province Lands Bike Trail since our first trip to Cape Cod over 10 years ago. This week I finally got my chance. With Son in the Trail-A-Bike, the two of us rode across some spectacular scenery. Son gets ready: Son had a really spectacular [...]

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This year we returned to Cape Cod, this time decked out with bicycles, canoe, and popup camper. This was the first big trip for the popup, five nights in Nickerson State Park. Yes, that’s the whole family in the canoe, paddling Cliff Pond at Nickerson State Park. Here’s Son getting all tied up: Daughter picked [...]

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