Category Archives: travel

Western Loop, Day 8: Victor

Posted on July 14, 2019 by

Trip Dates: June 14, 2019 | Photo Album A highlight of our vacation would be meeting up with folks on the Front Range of the Rockies. We first rendezvoused with Betty and John Henderson in Manitou Springs. They had been … Continue reading →

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Western Loop, Days 6-7: Walsenburg & Bishop’s Castle

Posted on July 12, 2019 by

Trip Dates: June 12-13, 2019 | Photo Album A week into our trip, we had memorable stops at the Museum of Friends in Walsenburg and Bishop’s Castle in the Wet Mountains. We had left Pagosa Springs, driving up and over … Continue reading →

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Western Loop, Days 4-5: Pagosa Springs

Posted on July 7, 2019 by

Trip Dates: June 10-11, 2019 | Photo Album On past vacations we had driven north on US 84 from Santa Fe, NM to Pagosa Springs, CO, stopping along the way to hike at the beautiful Ghost Ranch. But by now … Continue reading →

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Western Loop, Days 1-3: To Santa Fe

Posted on July 4, 2019 by

Trip Dates: June 7-9, 2019 | Photo Album For 12 days in June 2019, Wendy and I drove a 2,000-mile loop from Oklahoma through Texas, New Mexico, Colorado, and Kansas. We stayed overnight in 8 different towns, never staying more … Continue reading →

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Our South Central Vacay

Posted on March 23, 2019 by

March 20-22, 2019 | Slideshow | Photo Album Our 2019 Spring Break included a brief vacay down in South Central. Not a vacation to LA’s South Central, mind you, but instead to south central Oklahoma, with two stops in Shawnee … Continue reading →

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Breaktime in Branson

Posted on January 6, 2019 by

January 6, 2019 | Slideshow | Photo Album For our Winter Break of 2018, Wendy and I opted to return to Branson for a few days after Christmas. The first semester of this school year was never a dull moment, … Continue reading →

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Time for a break

Posted on October 23, 2018 by

October 18-20, 2018 Mid-October’s Fall Break in Oklahoma doesn’t coincide with our autumn colors, which don’t peak until late October and November. But it is still well-timed for us school folks, as we are ready for a respite after completing … Continue reading →

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