Tag: vacation
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Home again
We had a smooth exit from the cabin with people pitching in to leave the place clean and get all our stuff into the car. We then went to Rock Reef Cafe for breakfast after how much we liked it for lunch yesterday. Breakfast didn’t disappoint and then we had a smooth drive home so…
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Not without hiccups
No matter how much planning we did we weren’t able to leave for our vacation without hiccups. Coup got out of the house and wouldn’t come back. That delayed us by an hour and then we finally left without getting him back in. We left food and water in the back porch for him and…
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Back to business
I have dropped my morning routine for the last few days while we went to the family reunion at Bear Lake. Now is time to start again. We had a great time at the lake. The kids were well behaved and fairly self sufficient. For the first time ever I got a vacation where I…
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Coming home
We had a great trip to the Shakespeare Festival these last few days. Today was a good end as we got out of the hotel on time without fuss and then had a great Peruvian lunch at Piscos where we had wanted to go last night but they were too busy to get us out…
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Paid vacation
I concluded today that anyone who employs me should pay me to take a short vacation every 3 to 6 months based on my productivity today. In my excitement for this trip I had ample energy to deal with everything that came my way and to reach out and proactively do things that wouldn’t even…
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Total eclipse
Today we had the experience of seeing a total solar eclipse. The event was awe inspiring. The moment that the moon fully covered the sun all the people began to cheer and exclaim their amazement (despite the fact that they all anticipated the event). No picture can capture what we saw with it eyes and…
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Family vacation
After a largely successful day at church, where Mariah performed beautifully in sacrament meeting (singing solo with a flute to accompany her) we took off for Isaac to go be in the park of totality for the eclipse tomorrow. Everything so far has been almost flawless. We got a massive, enclosed campsite. We got to…