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CENT Day 24 (Celebratory Empty Nest Trip)
added on Mar 09 2010
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 CENT Day 24 We arrived in New Orleans mid-afternoon and swiftly headed to find the nearest oyster bar. An impromptu jazz band played in the street near our table while we sipped wine and ate our way through a selection of raw and cooked shellfish.   People watching on this trip has proved intriguing and New Orleans certainly took the prize for the oddest mixture of characters...Read More
CENT Day 23 (Celebratory Empty Nest Trip)
added on Mar 06 2010
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 CENT Days 23 No - I didn’t skip a day. Yesterday’s blog should have been titled Days 20, 21 & 22. We arrived early in Port Arthur, Texas; a town located on the gulf a tad shy of the Louisiana border. The city of approximately 60,000 people has been devastated by hurricanes several years in a row and anything that’s not half falling apart has been mowed down and replaced...Read More
CENT Days 20, 21 & 22 (Celebratory Empty Nest Trip)
added on Mar 04 2010
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CENT Days 20, 21, & 23 We arrived in San Antonio a tich before sunset and headed straight to the River Walk. Here’s a shot of the waterways in the fading light.   Beautiful and so cleverly planned and designed. This trip has taught me that we live in a country filled with talented, out-of-the-box architects and engineers. What a feat. The river is so narrow, the lighting so m...Read More
CENT Day 19 (Celebratory Empty Nest Trip)
added on Mar 03 2010
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 CENT Day 19 Day 19 we drove to El Paso via Tombstone. Now Hot Rod had told us we’d enjoy the western town and man, did we! Here’s a shot of the main drag,   We took a stagecoach tour of the city- duh-uh me expected to really trot in the stagecoach, instead we plodded. But even trudging on reluctant horses spoke of the discomfort passengers must have endured. No spri...Read More
CENT Day 18 (Celebratory Empty Nest Trip)
added on Mar 01 2010
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 CENT Day 18 On Saturday, Day 17, Georgia arranged for me to be a CO (that’s Civilian Observer for you folks not in the know) at a 911 Call Center. What a fascinating behind-the-scenes place to be. I have renewed respect for these folks. Their mental and physical reflexes have to be so quick and accurate that it’s scary. Imagine having to decide within 15 seconds of answering a call...Read More
CENT Day 17 (Celebratory Empty Nest Trip)
added on Feb 28 2010
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CENT Day 17 The DH and I obviously change weather patterns in whatever city we visit. Four to eight inches of rain is Phoenix’s normal annual precipitation. My editor, Georgia, told me yesterday that the area has already received their yearly total of rain. So guess what I saw last night??? An Arizona thunderstorm. Yep. Par for the course on this trip. Here’s a look at the landsca...Read More
CENT Day 16 (Celebratory Empty Nest Trip)
added on Feb 27 2010
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 CENT Day 16  Phoenix, Arizona is not what I expected, but I should’ve known better. Yes, it is a desert town, and, yes, there are cacti and tumbleweeds everywhere, but there are more golf courses per capita here than any other state save Florida, and the city and metro are is landscaped meticulously. The streets are immaculate, the berms are decorated with flowers wherever possi...Read More
CENT Day 15 & 16 (Celebratory Empty Nest Trip)
added on Feb 26 2010
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 CENT Days 15 & 16   By the time our last day in Vegas rolled around irritation at those people who stood on corners snapping vulgar pics of girls at every passerby had mounted to a breaking point. Even the Fountains of the Bellagio  and the elegance of the Venetian at night (above) couldn’t prevent the fraying of Vegas’ false fronts, and the seedy, downright na...Read More
CENT Day 14 (Celebratory Empty Nest Trip)
added on Feb 24 2010
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CENT Day 14 Exploring to the left of our hotel (we’d gone right for the past few days) revealed the Venetian. Here’s a shot of the Gondola and the interior canals and shops.   We went to see Zumanity, billed as ‘the sensual side’ of Cirque du Soleil, last night. Since ours were last minute tickets and we had to be at the New York New York an hour before the show s...Read More
CENT Day 13 (Celebratory Empty Nest Trip)
added on Feb 23 2010
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 CENT Day 13 Vegas hotels are fascinating in a surreal sense, at once over-powering in sheer size, scale, and true in-your-face ostentation. This city proves that little boys never grow up, each casino owner trying to out-do the other. The strip at night takes on a capricious unreality, flashing neon combating strategic lighting designed to seduce the pedestrians, to lure the gamblers inside....Read More
CENT Days 8 through 12 (Celebratory Empty Nest Trip)
added on Feb 22 2010
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 CENT Day 8 through 12 We saw every topography while journeying from the Grand Canyon to Nevada, going from the lush pinion pine of Kaibab National Forest to crossing the continental divide and climbing dry cutout hills, then through a semi-lush mountain pass with shining snow-white caps, and finally driving past valleys and valleys of dry Arizona dessert.   The Hoover Dam borde...Read More
CENT Day 7 Update
added on Feb 18 2010
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NOTE: DUE TO POOR CONNECTIVITY- NO FURTHER UPDATES UNTIL SUNDAY! CENT Day 7 OMG what a terrific day. We toured downtown Santa Fe winding our way through art galleries and stores displaying a wealth of local artists’ crafts. We stopped at one in particular, Manitou, a definite must see if you’re in the city. Little did we know we’d end up spending the night with the proprietor.&nb...Read More
CENT Day 7
added on Feb 17 2010
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 Hey all, Woke up to find this in my in box, what a wonderful way to start the day. Night Owl reviewed A Paratrooper in A Pear Tree – 5 Stars and the TOP PICK!! I’ll be putting up Day 7 late tonight as we’re on the way to the Grand Canyon today. And Happy Birthday Mom!!!!!!!!!!!!!!   A Paratrooper in a Pear Tree : Reviewer ...Read More
CENT Days 5 & 6 (Celebratory Empty Nest Trip)
added on Feb 16 2010
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CENT Days 5 & 6 On Valentine’s Day we travelled from Amarillo to Santa Fe, our first long stop in the journey to the Grand Canyon. Man, we’ve been through every form of weather short of hurricanes, cyclones, and tornadoes. First the snow, then sleet, then freezing rain with the temperature dropping every mile or so it seemed. But, it was a short day of travelling (after 7-hour days, 4 was a b...Read More
CENT Day 4 (Celebratory Empty Nest Trip)
added on Feb 15 2010
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Before I confuse the daylights out of everyone, I'm a day behind in my blogging, but I'll catch up this week. CENT Day 4  We awoke to discover Tyler covered in a thick coat of fog. Nevertheless, like the hardy frontier people we are, we ploughed ahead with our plans to travel to Amarillo. Three hours later, we marveled at the drastic topography and weather through which we had travel...Read More
Happy Valentine's Day
added on Feb 14 2010
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Happy Valentine's Day Everyone! The CENT blog continues tomorrow....

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CENT Day 3
added on Feb 13 2010
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We decided to move south the day I was stranded in a field in the middle of nowhere in my first blizzard. That was 32 years ago. The last time we were in Dallas there was a Coup D’état in the country we were living in. For those of you who don’t know the term (I wish I didn’t) - a coup d’état means that factions of the army try to take over the country and establish a ...Read More
CENT Day 2
added on Feb 12 2010
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 Smart Floridians plan their northern trips for the dead, soupy heat of summer. Months like July and August. My normally super smart DH plans our CENT travel to avoid bad spring weather and that's why we're on our 30-day road trip in the months of February and March. You know - winter months.  Attached is a picture of the parking lot in Hattiesburg, Mississippi (where we spent the night). ...Read More
The Celebratory Empty Nest Trip or the CENT tour
added on Feb 09 2010
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<p>Today, the DH and I start our 30-day trip to the Grand Canyon and back. I&rsquo;m calling it the Celebratory Empty Nest Trip or the CENT tour for short. Our destination is Tallahassee where we&rsquo;ll visit our son - the young&rsquo;un - and take him out for dinner. Apparently he has two intra-mural soccer games, and joy, joy, we get to go cheer for him!</p> <div style="margin: 0in...Read More
Valentine Voodoo's Out
added on Feb 09 2010
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  Hey Everyone!Valentine Voodoo’s is out now!    Valentine Voodoo      Eli Gallager’s got the world by the short and curlies. Top salesperson for the hippest technology company on the planet, starlets pursue him, directors court him, the rich and powerful befriend him. Then his boss hires the animation talent of the century, a pint-sized ny...Read More
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