Category Archives: Travel

Things Found Humorous In The First Half Of A Ski Vacation

Posted on February 23, 2010 by

Quote of the Day: “With the passage of time, most loathsome events become humorous tales.”     –Jimmy Buffett Have you ever been to Tillatooma, Mississippi? In route to Memphis to catch our flight west, TB found a reason to … Continue reading →

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Off to Ski the Blizzard

Posted on February 19, 2010 by

Quote of the Day: “If you’re not making mistakes, then you’re not doing anything.” John Wooden Making final preparations for my trip to Lake Tahoe, TB had a moment for contemplation. And you know what that means…..no eye-rolling please…. In … Continue reading →

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My Phone is Dead and I Don’t Feel So Great Myself

Posted on January 4, 2010 by

Quote of the Day: “If you ain’t the lead dog, the scenery never changes.” –Lewis Grizzard Christmas came and went, you may have heard, so did the turning of the New Year and though I understand there is some debate … Continue reading →

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A Tale of Two Cities

Posted on December 1, 2009 by

Quote of the Day: “Decadence is a difficult word to use since it has become little more than a term of abuse applied by critics to anything they do not yet understand or which seems to differ from their moral … Continue reading →

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Happy Thanksgiving, Universe

Posted on November 24, 2009 by

Quote of the Day: “Everything I eat has been proved by some doctor or other to be a deadly poison, and everything I don’t eat has been proved to be indispensable for life.  But I go marching on.” George Bernard … Continue reading →

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The National Parks

Posted on September 29, 2009 by

Quote of the Day: “The mountains are calling and I must go.” –John Muir TB has been looking forward to Ken Burns’ series on the National Parks ever since hearing of it several months ago. I didn’t really know what … Continue reading →

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Camden Maine’s Favorite Daughter

Posted on September 9, 2009 by

TB is spending my internet time tonight checking the results from last week’s Thursday Pickin. We are in Camden, Maine, for a one night stopover in route to Portland for the rest of the week. As we walked through town … Continue reading →

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Live From Bah Hah-bah (per the local parlance) with TB

Posted on September 8, 2009 by

Quote of the Day: “As to the pure mind all things are pure, so to the poetic mind all things are poetical.”     –Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Maine Native, Pascagoula visitor TB blogs to you today from this fine place, … Continue reading →

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To Maine

Posted on September 4, 2009 by

Quote of the Day: “I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came … Continue reading →

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Six Travellin Questions, another Rerun

Posted on August 14, 2009 by

Quote of the Day: “Myths which are believed in tend to become true.” George Orwell You are going to sea for a three hour tour. Instead of returning to port you will be stranded for a year (or six seasons … Continue reading →

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