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Fayetteville History Museum – Travel Journal Entry

Posted on October 5, 2024October 5, 2024

I have been trying to motivate myself to get out and explore more around me. So I searched around on Google Maps and looked for something that interested me. This…

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Sandals Royal Plantation, Ochos Rios Jamaica July 2024 – Travel Journal Entry

Posted on August 2, 2024July 28, 2024

Wait!? This is your third visit in less than a year?! Yeah….. so I can explain…. So we had planned a family vacation in July, asked off for work and…

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Kings Dominion Doswell, VA – Travel Journal Entry July 2024

Posted on July 22, 2024July 12, 2024

One of the things we do as a family is try to make memories rather than collect stuff for birthdays, Christmas etc. This month is my son’s 15th birthday and…

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Wrightsville Beach, NC – Travel Journal Entry June 2024

Posted on July 15, 2024July 12, 2024

About a 2 hour drive from where I’m working is Wrightsville Beach. I was on a night shift run and needed to get away from the base of operations for…

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US Army Airborne and Special Forces Museum Fayetteville, NC – Travel Journal Entry April 2024

Posted on July 12, 2024July 12, 2024

Fort Liberty, NC (formerly Fort Bragg) is home to several Army Airborne divisions and Special Forces groups. History and more specifically military history is fascinating to me so this was…

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Winter Vacation – Florida January 2024

Posted on March 22, 2024March 22, 2024

Collect memories and not things. That is why for Christmas we gifted the family a trip. This trip was to Universal Studios and then over to St. Augustine in Florida….

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Escanaba, MI January 2024 – Travel Journal Entry

Posted on January 22, 2024January 19, 2024

January has me going back to Escanaba, MI. Flight schedules made it so I flew into Green Bay, WI then drove up. Initially there was no snow but as the…

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A look back at 2023 – Travel Journal Entry

Posted on January 1, 2024January 1, 2024

Well 2023 has come to a close and I find it helpful to look back. It helps me with perspective as I tend to be the type who is always…

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Sandals Royal Plantation, Ochos Rios Jamaica – Amy’s Birthday

Posted on December 31, 2023December 31, 2023

Well….. We have found the Sandals that really makes us feel “home” when traveling. We absolutely love the staff and campus here. We found a last minute deal to return…

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Houghton/Escanaba, MI – Dec ’23- Travel Journal Entry

Posted on December 31, 2023December 31, 2023

December has me traveling to the Upper Peninsula of Michigan for work. One of the things I spent some downtime working on in the last few months has been trying…

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