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Vacation was ok. Went to a resort in West Virginia, just myself and Husband. For our anniversary mostly.Anniversary number 27! We stopped at Antique malls and shops along the way. Had fun doing that. It was cooler up in the mountains of West Virginia. One night we caught the full moon and went to a pond to lay back and watch it rise and light the sky up, and see a million stars shining brightly. It was a bit chilly that night. But it was awesome.We stayed at this resort for 4 days and 3 nights free of charge if we took their little tour. It was worth it to stay free!The place was nice, but I wouldn't want to live there! With gas prices this year, we couldn't afford to do much of anything. We used 1 tank there and 1/2 tank back. At filling my van up for $85 dollars a pop, that was expensive enough! We bought some antiques, but not a lot. We both were out of work for the whole week in July, and we traveled all over western North Carolina to some Antique malls we had been wanting to go to.
This a picture of the sun setting from our room at the resort through the woods.Nice.
Here's some of the full moon pictures. My camera didn't quite capture the best of
it!
I guess you need a faster lens to capture the fullness and brightness of it.My camera made it look tiny, and it was so huge!
Here's one of the moon in the sky and its reflection on the pond surface. It's pretty cool. Looks like two moons!
The other one is a close up I tried to do.
One morning in late July we got up on a Saturday morning and spied a deer in the back yard. Not unusual as we live in woods and woods surround us, and we live near the Yadkin River.Here's a couple pictures of it:
It wasn't afraid of our dog, and the dog was just sitting and watching it!
One Sunday in early August we went to Cracker Barrel to eat after church, and this strange car was in the parking lot! It had a license tag, so it was driven there! Check it out:
Pretty Cool hUH? People were in the parking lot and taking pictures of it left and right! So low to the ground! Low Rider!
Below here is a picture I took today, August 27th, on Lasater Rd, in Clemmons NC at the water wheel. The wheel wasn't turning because of the huge volume of water, it was awesome! The lake was overflowing the dam and the little bridge I was standing on was shaking as the water roared under it! I took a video too. Hope to get it posted soon! We about drowned today! Some areas got 12 plus inches of rain. We have about 7" in our rain gauge! Areas are under flood warnings and watches. We had tornadoes in the area also. My radio at work kept going off with the warnings and such this morning. It was raining very hard.
It's taking forever for the video to upload. I will post it tomorrow! For now I need to sign off! Will catch up some more tomorrow!
The Bahama Bay resort sits quietly in a world all of its own, In one of the best locations in Florida.. Seemingly far from everything but really "Oh so close". Just 10 minutes to Disney World and all other major attractions in Central Florida. Our facilities are worthy of a first class resort grading, this Caribbean style paradise is sure to please even the most discriminating traveler. Just a few of the many amenities are a pool, clubhouse and fitness center. Come relax at Bahama Bay and take home a souvenir you will never forget.
Bahama Bay is a new, Caribbean-style resort which sits right on the banks of the picturesque Lake Davenport, and is laid out over 70 acres of beautifully landscaped gardens, making it a truly beautiful place to stay. The Bahama Bay apartment-style condos are exceptionally well-equipped and you'll really have no need to eat out if you don't want to, although the surrounding area has loads of great restaurants serving the usual huge platters of tasty American cuisine!
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Anyone ever been to the Boca Raton Resort and Club?
I with my husband and a few of his work colleagues for several days for a business seminar.
The resort is fabulous. We had a dinner cruise, went deep sea fishing, golfed, danced, pool parties and more and more. There was a sinful spay there, I hear, that I didn't indulge in.
A lovely get away. I know those who can --can affored to indulge in luxury. Others like me just look from the outside in. But is was a fun lovely weekend and a nice get away for us. Hope it will happen again soon.
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With only two days left in our Middle Eastern stay and with our classes having finished, my program spent today and yesterday in Aqaba, Jordan’s Red Sea resort city. Throughout the past month Amman has been quite cold with the average temperature hovering around the low 40’s; however, right on the Red Sea, Aqaba’s average temperatures are about 30 degrees higher than Amman’s. Luckily, the weather did not disappoint one bit.
I found myself comfortably wearing shorts during the afternoons of both days. Just like the weather, the water of the Red Sea was very warm and comfortable. The afternoon of our second day was amazing as we hung out on a boat all day and snorkeled. While the Middle East may not be the first thing that pops into one’s mind when thinking about destinations for snorkeling, it actually has amazing coral reefs and sea life. The views that I saw below the surface were simply breathtaking.
Another very cool part of the boat ride was the fact that from where the boat was anchored in the Red Sea you could see Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia all from the same spot. The Four Corners of America’s Southwest had nothing on this sight and experience.
After spending a full day in the sun and water, my group and I enjoyed the night life of Aqaba.
Aqaba’s nightlife certainly caters to foreign tourists and the more liberal minded members of Jordanian society. For example, there are many alcohol stores. In addition, night clubs dot every corner with some being a little shadier than others. Having not seen any belly dancers since we had been in the Middle East, my friends and I decided to go and try to find a club in Aqaba that had some; however, the place that we were told to go to was a little sketchy. The belly dancer, a Russian, was not that good. I wasn’t that surprised though as I was told the only good ones were in Damascus and Cairo. Either way though, the sketchiness of the club made the story a fun one. After this we went back to our rooms ready to return to Amman for our last day in Jordan.
We have been home since last Friday. Tracy's daughter, Brittany sang in the fair Friday night. It was the first time she sang on a fairly large stage. (Get it? Fairly.) I put a recording of the song she sang (Walking After Midnight) on our Wiki page. She said she loved it and wants to do it again next year.
Tracy had a root canal Monday so she has been taking it easy for a few days. I have been working on one of our rental trailers. We bought the trailer this past winter and moved it to some land we own. I know quite a bit about carpentry and plumbing and electrical work and enjoy doing that so we have been doing all of the work "setting it up" ourselves. It has proved to be a bigger job than I thought and has taken quite a while since we have been on the road a lot.
We have the electricity and plumbing finished, the deck built and about half of the underpinning finished. Underpinning is the metal that goes from the bottom of the trailer to the ground. We need to finish that, run an electrical circuit for the air conditioner, replace a window, (Since no one lived there, some vandals threw some rocks through it.) fix a leak in the plumbing, put up a mailbox, and it should, finally, be ready to rent.
We are taking a break today. It is our 9th wedding anniversary so we are driving to Gatlinburg, the nearby resort town.
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