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    Roadside America: the Effingham Cross at the junction of I70 and I57 in Effingham,…

    Roadside America: the Effingham Cross at the junction of I70 and I57 in Effingham, IL We go past this on our occasional trips Downstate to see family. Can't help but wonder how many food banks, shelters, tool co-ops, and scholarships could be funded for the cost of construction and upkeep. My friend +Laura Foster may see it on her way through and have a few cherce werds to say about it!  View this post on Google+

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    Maui: Sun And Fun Finally

    More vacation meanderings – again, this post will go live about the time we return. Wednesday, 19FEB 2014 The tradewinds dropped the last couple of days, and today, finally, it dawned clear and sunny. After some essential sitting-around-the-condo-drinking-coffee time, we packed ourselves up and went a few miles north to Kapalua Bay to snorkel for the first time this trip. I own a snorkeling guide and also found a copy of Maui Revealed in the bookshelves, so was able to identify a good first snorkel spot quickly. We’ve been to Kapalua before, and although there’s a parking lot it usually…

  • Hawaii - Traveling Along, We're Adventurers

    Maui: Beginnings

    By the time this post goes live, we’ll be home, or almost home. On most trips, I start out declaring that I’m going to blog often and keep up to date, and then I fall off after about 2 days and never post Part II or whatever. Mostly this is because we get busier the later it gets in the trip, and partly it’s because David doesn’t think it’s a good idea to blog about not being home, because burglars or something (as if they read my blog, everyone knows my only readers are me, my sister, and a bunch…