Monthly Archives: October 2021

oh where or where

There are those days on which I have to admit that I just might forget the occasional thing. Mostly, where I left my phone. This morning, after planning on sleeping in, I was awake before six anyway. My bed is … Continue reading

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Check your fudge

We headed from Washington to Oregon at a reasonable time with two planned stops on the way to PDX (Portland’s Airport). The first was at the Columbia Factory Employee store. Some of the information in the store’s name is true. … Continue reading

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the Oregon Coast

Perhaps it was going to clear up, or maybe not. Regardless, Kris and I set off mid morning to visit Astoria, Seaside, and Ocean Beach – all on the Northern Oregon coast. This involved winding our way out of Longview, … Continue reading

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walking Lake Sacajawea

(and if you need further information here is your link to Wiki.) Kris puts me to shame as she runs regularly, as in many days a week early in the morning. In a wnd eak moment, I agreed to go … Continue reading

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Stitching Day

After arriving yesterday at Kris & Doug’s home, it was time to relax, run a load of laundry and attempt to sleep in a bed planted on solid ground and not rocking with the wind. Today was a day for … Continue reading

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Amtrak

actually on time – or so close as to not matter. The Ovation of the Seas docked on time this morning. There was the usual line up of people just ready to dash off the ship as soon as it … Continue reading

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I should be packing

but instead I am listening to an audio book and grumbling about the continued inability to upload photos from my laptop. Since I am walking off in the morning rather than sticking out luggage for the staff to deal with, … Continue reading

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well, that was fun…

NOT. For whatever reason this morning, I decided to sign into my bank information. So glad that RCCL furnishes me with free wifi – it does help. Checked on a couple of purchases from yesterday – no hassles there – … Continue reading

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Skagway

Just so you know – yes, it was raining which started on my way to town. Which is why (of course) I had neither my rain jacket nor my umbrella with me. The ones that I had dug out of … Continue reading

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Juneau

Where was I? Oh, yes, Juneau Alaska. Not the day we were expected, according to the owner of Changing Tides. It was perfectly fine, according to Harper, the reasonably tall, rather densely curly haired dog inhabiting the shop. He decided … Continue reading

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Ketchikan and Fire Trucks

When I was here in Aug, it was a quiet Monday. Not much was going on. Fire station doors were closed. Today, both the main bays and their small museum area were open.   with a couple of closer looks … Continue reading

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whales, not waves

I was half listening to the tannoy when something penetrated. The Captain was saying that we were slowing down because of the …….. I heard waves. Huh? then he said something about both sides of the ship, and breaching. Then … Continue reading

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Seattle-Seattle

on the Ovation (8-15 Oct 2021) Rather than come in the day before, I chose to make poor George get up early this morning in order to drop me off at BART. Like before 0600 early in order to have … Continue reading

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Witchy Stitchy 2021

is a stitching challenge run by Donnett at Embroidery Central to encourage stitchers to put in 30 minutes a day. For those who play on Facebook, it is post a before and after every day. For those of us not … Continue reading

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