Tag: New Beginnings
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Two Girls And Me…
Hoover Dam was a big experience for me as a young boy. But I was happy to leave the dam because it was scary. We began our journey to Las Vegas up the Nevada side of the canyon wall and that was also scary. Once we crested the canyon wall, we then began our drive…
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Bahamas Vacation 2024 – Part FIVE…
Return Crossing – The return crossing is the opposite of the crossing to get to the Bahamas. Aso, the return crossing does not require stopping at the Bahamas customs office in West End, Grand Bahama. The journey from our island home to South Florida will be a non-stop trip. And the time it can take…
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Moving Again…
We lived in Phoenix, Arzona for less than a year and now we are moving again. I remember asking my mom where we were moving to and she just turned her head and looked out through the car’s front windshield with a blank stare. Why was this a secret? Why couldn’t I know where they…
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Elementary Interview…
When something odd happens to you as a young boy, you never really forget that oddity. After moving to Phoenix, Arizona without much notice from my mom, I think I became more aware of what was going on around me, even at my young age. And I did question my mom many times about how…
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Holidays Shared…
You might think I am talking about just the December holidays. Well, this year it was going to be a bit different. My best friend and his family being Jewish meant that I was about to experience something very new. And very different. Since his family basically adopted me and my mom, including my mom’s…
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Bahamas Vacation 2024 – Part FOUR…
The Boat – We have been bringing the Grandparent’s boat over to the island for several years now. And I will note that vacationing in the islands with your own boat has many advantages. Before bringing the Grandparent’s boat over to the island for vacation, Granddad would arrange to rent or borrow a boat so…
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Bahamas Vacation 2024 – Part THREE…
The Island – Green Turtle Cay is only about one mile wide at its widest point and about three miles long. It sets directly on the Atlantic Ocean so in the morning we look directly eastward. At night, we can see so many stars, and sometimes it is so clear that we can see star…
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I Discovered The Moon…
Have you ever had that experience of extreme excitement in your youth when you discover something new for the first time. You know What I mean, that goose bumps moment. This recalled memory is of the day when I had one of those moments. It is morning recess at my new school. I remember standing…
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Bahamas Vacation 2024 – Part TWO…
The Crossing – Our island trip consists of several days of traveling adventures before we can relax in the islands, those being our travel day to South Florida and crossing day to the Bahamas which is day one of our vacation. And when vacation is over, we then make the journey back from the Bahamas…
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Bahamas Vacation 2024 – Part ONE…
Travel Day – Every summer our family heads south for vacation in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and then over to the Abaco Islands in the Bahamas. Our daughter’s Grandparents have a beach house on Green Turtle Cay, Abaco. My wife and I designed the house in 2007 for them, and we were married on the island…