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Photos from Amsterdam & Libya

December 21, 2010

I just posted some photos from my adventures in Amsterdam and Libya in Flikr. I’m new to using Flikr so I can’t get it to display as I want. The photos show the trip in reverse order. If you want to see it in order, click on the ‘Amsterdam & Libya 2010″ photo in the [...]

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Camping Adventure in the Libyan Sahara

November 16, 2010

To shorten our driving time, my British friends and I flew from Tripoli to Sebha – a one hour flight – before heading out in 3 Land Cruisers into the Sahara the next morning. Driving for 5 hours on the highway was very uneventful, except for frequent checkpoints where we gave the military personnel a [...]

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I’m in Libya!!

November 8, 2010

I’m here and I’m delighted! Much more Westernized than I expected. Similar energy to other Third World countries done in a Libyan style. Frontier feeling. Nice group of Brits – 7 of us plus 2 guides and a security person, although he wouldn’t intimidate me if I wanted to cause trouble. Kinda like the 2 [...]

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A Day of Profound Encounters in Holland

November 7, 2010

Today was awesome! I did exactly what I planned and went to the North Sea. It was overcast and no rain or wind.  I walked the beach about 4 miles round trip. Loved being on the North Sea! My day was a series of encounters – from the interesting to the fun to the difficult [...]

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I love Amsterdam!

November 5, 2010

I am loving Amsterdam! It is the most relaxed, friendly cosmopolitan city I have ever experienced! Everything seems to be on a small scale compared to the States. Small streets, small cars, small homes, intimate, small restaurants. Bicyclists everywhere – all without helmets. It feels leisurely compared to the SF Bay Area. I have experienced [...]

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Grandparenting in Mendocino ’09

December 2, 2009

Doug and I loved taking our 2-year-old grandson on our trip to Mendocino, a lovely, intimate town on the Northern California coast. As always, we stayed at the comfortable Inn at Schoolhouse Creek, a few miles south of town. We enjoyed our hike up Jughandle Creek Trail to the Pigmy Forest at the summit. We [...]

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