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Century Grand | Platform 18

All-aboard Platform 18 at The Century Grand, where guests are invited into a Presidential Pullman-inspired train car...

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Mt. Lemmon

Since the weather is so stifling hot here right now, Donna and I decided to do a day trip to Mt. Lemmon as the temperatures are about 30-degrees cooler there! 

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Sedona and Boynton Canyon Trail

Did a quick day trip to Sedona since Donna didn't have to work today!  We decided to try doing part of the Bonyton Canyon Trail.  It was a flat, easy…

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  • Events | Adventures,  Passport Please!

    Barbs Dog Rescue

    January 20, 2022 /

    Donna and I took a 'day trip' to Mexico to pick up her puppy from Barb's Dog Rescue.

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    Mannheim Steamroller

    December 28, 2021 /

    This year instead of going to see Cirque du Soleil, which isn't coming to Phoenix anytime in the near future, I chose tickets to Mannheim Steamroller as my Christmas gift to Joe. Totally have to give this a mixed review!

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  • Day-to-Day Life

    The Perch | Pub & Brewery

    December 22, 2021 /

    The Perch is not only a Pub/Brewery, but home to a collection of over 50 brightly-colored tropical rescue birds! 

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    Trans-Syberian Orchestra

    December 5, 2021 /

    This is our third year now seeing TSO.  We went in 2018 ( Performing The Ghosts of Christmas Eve), 2019 (Performing Christmas Eve and other stories - which was also their first live tour in 1999.), and 2021 (Performing Christmas Eve and Other Stories), with 2020 being cancelled due to Covid!

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    Sedona and Boynton Canyon Trail

    November 29, 2021 /

    Did a quick day trip to Sedona since Donna didn't have to work today!  We decided to try doing part of the Bonyton Canyon Trail.  It was a flat, easy trail, at least as far as we went!  I read that the last 1/2 mile was definitely uphill, but the view it gets you to is amazing!

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    Rocky Point, Mexico

    November 17, 2021 /

    Donna and I left Phoenix about 9:00 a.m. arriving in Rocky Point about 12:30-ish.  It was an easy drive.  We went in through the Lukeville border crossing. We're staying at Las Palmas in Grande-701 which we booked through VRBO.  We have a great view of the ocean!

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    Nat Geo Speaker Series | Brian Skerry

    November 3, 2021 /

    Photographer Brian Skerry, who has spent more than 10,000 hours underwater exploring the world’s oceans with a camera, is the Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year for 2017.

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  • National Parks,  Vacations | Travel

    Arches National Park

    October 22, 2021 /

    I got to Arches National Park about 6:20 a.m.  The desk clerk said it would be full by 8:30 and closed again and I really wanted to see it before I left Moab! 

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    Canyonlands National Park

    October 21, 2021 /

    I left Steamboat Springs about 6:45 a.m.  The moon is full in the sky and frost covers all of the pastures. 

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    Enstroms Toffee

    October 21, 2021 /

    I knew when I found out I would be going right by Grand Junction I had to stop at the Enstroms Toffee Headquarters to see this magical process in the making!  This has been by favorite toffee FOREVER and seeing the process didn't disappoint!

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