Sunset from my room on Marathon Key FL last July

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Black Rock City, NV

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Sis

Nha Trang has not been on my bucket list to date - maybe it should.

I visited Saigon (or Ho Chi Minh) in March / April 2005 and had an energy-sapping experience there. It coincided with the 30th anniversary of the fall of Saigon to the Viet Cong, although I was totally ignorant of that when I booked.

Also, I was on the trip with my partner and we were on the verge of breaking up (in fact, we basically broke up in Saigon) which complicated things further.

There were many demonstrations and rallies over the few days I was there. Also saw some US Vietnam veterans who now lived there as was easier dealing with some of their issues closer to where they occurred than back home in the US.

More so, I remember the stunning French architecture of Saigon - truly beautiful.

On one of my trips to the Philippines, I'll call by Saigon again. Catch-up with some of my ghosts.

Last night, I dreamed vividly of places I've always wanted to visit,
like Amsterdam . . .

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I want to see the city of Detroit this summer,in Michigan.I have been all over the U.S.A. but i never been there.It sure would be great if some one invited me to Russia,if not,i'll be going there in about two years.

Leaving in a few hours for the Russian River area of Sonoma County. I spent the summer there last year and will spend two months there this summer. It's my second favorite place in California. I just love it. I have to catch the cats first and then endure two hours of yowling in the car. But it's worth it. Poor babies. They like it too -- once they arrive.

Friends staying with me much of the time. One weekend trip to hear some Bluegrass. Russian River Brewery and Lagunitas nearby. It's a good way to spend the summer. River, redwoods, vineyards and breweries, and a stone's throw from Jenner and the Sonoma coast. I wish my summer breaks at the new job were longer, but it's a good job, and we get extra weeks off during the year. Anyway, so long South Bay. . . .

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I took the Amtrak Starlight down to visit a friend who came up for a training in her state agencies' office and while waiting for the train to arrive from Seattle, I sat in the train station lobby next to a rather large group of Amish people from Indiana. They were going to be on the same train, going down to Klamath for this leg of their journey, but they had just come from seeing Banff National Park (in the Calgary/Edmonton area of Alberta, Canada). The group of Amish were composed of six sisters (with their husbands) and their mother and father. They were on their 'trip of a life time,' that all of them saved toward over the past year. They have a family owned business, back in Indiana, so it took a lot of time and preparation to be off for three weeks. The very last car of the Starlight (coastal Amtrak) train was reserved for them - it was a turn of the century car from the late 1880s, early 1900s. They traveled to Banff first, then they're at the Redwoods in Crescent City today and then, they travel down further to the grove of Redwoods in Yosemite, CA.... to finish their summer vacation before returning to Indiana.

Anyway, I've always wanted to take an extended vacation to go see both Jasper National Park and Banff National Park. :stillheart:

Enchantment Lakes
 

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I have NO idea when I will be able to visit the Enchantment Lakes area, south of Seattle, but closer to Leavenworth, Wa., but I have seen photographs of this place during the fall months of the year. It's definitely on my dream list, to visit. :)

Bumping this for Chad in regards to hys question about a travel thread

It's been on my wish list for a dreamy vacation getaway for ages...
 

The Orient Express Train.....
 

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It's been on my wish list for ages, but I often day dream about the places one could visit and the beautiful scenery one might see while taking an holiday trip in Europe on The Orient Express. :stillheart:

Mary took me to Banff when I first moved out here in 2002. It was amazing considering I'm not really an outdoorsy type!

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This is right in my backyard! Such a shame I am not an "outdoorsy" type!

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I'm hoping to book a family get away here.

Over and done with.I still haven't been to Russia, yet.

Mexico again by the end of this year,the wife has family there. My father's parents were born in mexico and I'm sure I have a ton of family there also but never knew any of them..thanks dad. :mad:
Now,on my mother's side,i'm just beginning to meet whole new family (long lost sisters, ect)thanks to DNA,ancestry . com,fb,just to name a few sites.Pretty exciting.