The Girls joined me for breakfast this morning at the Hotel, with my Spanish skills improving, especially when it comes to asking for a ham and cheese omelet. We brought both our Go Pro and the Go Pro Fusion, but the Fusion is so old that it isn’t truly supported, and I had been struggling […]
Another Day exploring Lima! After breakfast, and a successful mission to find Amy’s coveted Black Tea, we walked around Larcormar waiting on our Bus Tour of Lima. On the slow bus ride through town, our guide told us about the history of Lima, from the Incan time to the Conquistadors who conquered it for its
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We woke up in Lima to a beautiful view of sunshine and the ocean. After grabbing coffee in the lobby and checking in on the world, I had a delicious breakfast at the hotel, which included amazing charcuterie. Originally, we had booked a hotel in the middle of the city, but after seeing a Windows
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The Adventure Begins! With an early flight out of Detroit, we stayed at the Westin in the Airport, which everyone else seemed to be doing as well, as it took over an hour to get a table at the one restaurant in the Hotel. Nevertheless, it’s always a nice place to stay and bell services
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Assembling a couple inherited gold mines in order to enjoy some quality LPs while I work
Spinning The Black Circle Read More »
What a Sun and Snow Packed Season it was
Cheers to Ski Season 2023 Read More »
Our anniversary is in December, and between Christmas and skating, it’s always hard to find time to celebrate. So we gave our globe a spin to see where we could go for 4 days.
This years theme was Communications, and students could pick the type of project, one of which was to build a webite.
What a perfect project!
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Back in 1989 Ford decided to create a high performance sedan out of the Taurus. They threw a Mazda manual transmission and a Yamaha DOHC V6 and called it the SHO (Super High Output). My Dad has always been into cars, and he scoped this one out for several years. In 1992, a second generation
In the midst of a pandemic, if presented an opportunity to safely do something that makes you feel normal, then you go for it.
The only problem, and this was to be a theme for the weekend, is how skimpy Argentines were with ice.
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The captain didn’t waste anytime starting our trip back to Ushuaia. No wake up call meant getting to sleep in and relax.
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Our final day in Antartica! The Plancius had taken us to the Shetlend Islands overnight to start our journey home, but there were two more places to explore and discover.
Day 11 – Yankee Harbour / Half Moon Island Read More »
Christmas Morning in Antartica, that was a pretty surreal experience.
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Another day of waking up to Allie’s ‘Good Morning Everyone, Good Morning’, only this morning there were Orcas alongside the boat, so we raced out to see and chase them. Then coffee, breakfast, gear up and find out where the Plancius has parked us today. Once on the water, we found out why the Plancius
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