Monthly Archives: January 2012

Continuing Royale-ly

Good evening, guten Abend, buenos tardes, konbanwa, bonsoir, buona sera. This evening I’ll be showing more pics of our Mayan Riviera trip.  If I remember correctly, it was about 25 miles (30 km) south of Cancun.      

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Why isn’t there cocoa in coconuts?

There’s milk, at least.  Here’s a few more photos of our Mayan Rivera trip from 2004. By the by, it’s an urban legend that 150 people are killed each year by falling coconuts. I don’t know why this picturesque little … Continue reading

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El Dorado Royale

Exactly eight years ago, we concluded our ten-year anniversary trip to the Mayan Riviera on the coast of Mexico, just south of Cancun.  It is a beautiful, all-inclusive spa resort. Here I am, examining the ocean bottom in the clear … Continue reading

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Results of the readers’ poll

I just found a blog where someone else posted the top ten entries in the Preditors & Editors poll for the Sci-Fi category.  Far be it from me to waste time and space duplicating eeffoorrtt, so here is a link … Continue reading

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Continuing with the river cruise

Here’s a few more pics of our Devon cruise on the Oklahoma River.   If you’re not familiar with Edgar Cruz, he’s a world-class guitarist who calls OKC home.  If you haven’t heard him, you should make an effort to find … Continue reading

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Oklahoma River Cruises

If you haven’t been back to Oklahoma City in awhile, it has changed a lot.  Many years ago we had “urban renewal.”  More recently it has been the restoration of “Bricktown,” the creation of a canal system, or “river walk,” and … Continue reading

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Can’t get enough beach

A few more Hawaii beach scenes. It’s been a long time since we were on the beach; even longer since it was a Hawaiian beach.   I probably wasn’t supposed to take photos of these colorful creatures–I think someone was … Continue reading

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Hangin’ loose on Sunset Beach

Yep–that’s me, hangin’ loose on Sunset Beach This beach is on the north side of Oahu.  I don’t normally wear my hat backwards, but I turned it so I could give the “hangin’ loose” sign in style. We had so … Continue reading

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Ghosts of the USS Arizona

I never noticed this before.  As you stare down through the water at this submerged portion of the USS Arizona in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, there appear to be ghosts rising from the depths.  Do you see them?  The ship entombs … Continue reading

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Life’s a beach

It was a bit chilly today, so to feel warmer we looked at a few of our beach photos from our various vacations.  Here are some from our Hawaii trip a few years ago.             … Continue reading

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