tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77941831246414655312024-03-13T08:04:18.495-04:00Travels with John and SusanJohn and Susan Friedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931680900224596009noreply@blogger.comBlogger225125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794183124641465531.post-59854539629144632222018-03-02T12:00:00.000-05:002018-04-02T11:01:10.239-04:00Cuba Trip - Day 8, farewell to CubaDay 8 and our last morning in Cuba. Off to the airport for our flight home.<br />
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We took a taxi, a 1955 Chevrolet, to the Havana airport.</div>
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Our driver is the third generation in his family to own this car.</div>
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It had an air conditioner added to it as well as a GPS and a mini-TV.</div>
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John and Susan Friedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931680900224596009noreply@blogger.com0Havana, Cuba23.1135925 -82.36659559999998222.646048 -83.012042599999987 23.581137 -81.721148599999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794183124641465531.post-8789604469825642332018-03-01T23:30:00.000-05:002018-04-02T10:43:39.366-04:00Cuba Trip - Day 7, Havana - Part 2<div style="text-align: justify;">
Day 7 continues with a visit to the Ernest Hemingway Museum. Then, after our final dinner in Cuba, we spent the evening at the FAC, Fabrica de Arte Cubano, a very bizarre place. It is a night club, theater, art gallery and restaurant.</div>
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Ernest Hemingway's house sits on top of a big hill overlooking Havana.</div>
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Hemingway's favorite chair sits on the left. The curvature in the seat cushion shows how often he sat there. Look closely and you'll see his collection of liquor bottles sitting on the table between the two chairs.</div>
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The dining room has some of his many hunting trophies on the walls.</div>
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On this desk were some of his bullets and awards for his kills.</div>
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This was his main library. Almost every room we saw had full bookshelves.</div>
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His bathroom. Note the bookshelf next to the toilet</div>
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This tower was built next to the house mainly to provide</div>
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Hemingway loved to hunt and fish.</div>
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The view of Havana from the tower.</div>
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Does this tree have enough roots?</div>
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The guest house and garage sits next to his home.</div>
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After enjoying our last dinner in Cuba, we were bused to the FAC<br />
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The majority of the art on display was "creative" photos of Cubans.<br />
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These eleven men are each holding an egg and screaming!<br />
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On the floor below the screaming men was this smaller photo<br />
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Susan thinks this is the Villages Chorus Line of Cuba.<br />
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Here is a man wearing dead chickens.<br />
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Here is the same man, now wealthy, with a large<br />
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This mural was made from CD cases.<br />
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We then entered the "adult area". These 4 photos are of<br />
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This 30+/- foot long mural is a study of mature female body shapes.<br />
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This sculpture of Cuba was made entirely from old keys.<br />
The keys surrounding the island depicts the Cubans who deserted Cuba.<br />
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A picture of a man checking the time (6:29) hanging<br />
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John and Susan Friedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931680900224596009noreply@blogger.com0Havana, Cuba23.1135925 -82.36659559999998222.646048 -83.012042599999987 23.581137 -81.721148599999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794183124641465531.post-1355783555641869612018-03-01T23:00:00.000-05:002018-04-02T11:38:13.819-04:00Cuba Trip - Day 7, Havana - Part 1<div style="text-align: justify;">
We begin our very busy day with a visit to a local primary school. From there, we go to <span style="text-align: center;">Fusterlandia</span>, a tile art project that went wild. Our next stop was at the interesting University of the Arts.</div>
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The primary school was our first stop.</div>
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The main hallway has lots of art done by the students.</div>
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An old Coleman lamp. </div>
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The national bird of Cuba, the tocororo, holding a pencil. </div>
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The school's computer room. Remember those? </div>
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The students were so happy to see us!</div>
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More happy students.</div>
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A coco taxi. They are common in Cuba.</div>
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The interior of a coco taxi.</div>
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This is the ugliest building in Cuba - the Russian Embassy.</div>
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We are entering Fusterlandia. In 1975, after moving into a modest wood house in the rundown neighborhood of Jaimanitas outside Havana, Jose Fuster set about decorating his studio in colorful mosaic. Once he was done there, he asked his neighbors if he could decorate their homes and businesses as well. A few accepted his offer and the tile creations grew. Over the course of a decade, doctors' offices,bus stops, fountains, benches, gateways and more were enveloped by Fuster's whimsical imagination. Today, his artwork coats over 80 houses in the neighborhood in a rainbow of strange, enchanting fantasy. He was influenced by Gaudi and Picasso resulting in very creative work.</div>
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Let the art begin. . . </div>
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Marlys enjoying the shade under this unique mushroom.</div>
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She turned into a flower.</div>
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A mermaid enjoying the view.</div>
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Two water cisterns have lovely art. </div>
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A man on crutches on the roof.</div>
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The third floor roof.</div>
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VIVA CUBA is on these 8 cisterns.</div>
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Princess Diana awaits across the street.</div>
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Castro returning to Cuba on the Granma.</div>
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We're used to seeing dogs on the roofs, but a chicken?</div>
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We are now at the University of the Arts. This is a top college for people in music, art, theater and dance with only 65 students and 65 teachers. The architecture was very strange - a tribute to a woman's internal sexual organs like the vagina, etc. The art was hard to understand but was cool to see.</div>
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The entrance awaits us.<br />
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That's the largest knife I've ever seen.<br />
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Looking out of the entrance.<br />
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One of the curved areas where water would pour from<br />
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On of the many covered walkways. We were told that there<br />
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This courtyard represents the vagina.<br />
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Susan captioned this photo as<br />
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This represents the ovaries but is actually<br />
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Interesting outside wall art.<br />
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In the studio, I found this table where<br />
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This art reflects light.<br />
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This is the last painting I would ever want in my house!<br />
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Some ugly old building. . .<br />
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Birds on stuff?</div>
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Robots?<br />
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Pouring some thick chocolate.<br />
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Two men snorkeling in the garden.<br />
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We then stopped at El Aljibe Restaurante for yet another delicious<br />
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It's Day 6 and we board our bus for the trip back to Havana. Along the way, we stopped at Matanzas for lunch and did a tour of the Pharmacy Museum.</div>
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Our hotel's swimming pool. </div>
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We leave our beautiful (on the outside) hotel</div>
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A typical country town in Cuba.</div>
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We arrived in Matanzas where we ate a</div>
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A beautiful floral arrangement in the hotel's lobby. </div>
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We then entered the Pharmacy Museum. </div>
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This is the oldest pharmacy in Cuba.</div>
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The original white medicine jars are French porcelain.</div>
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We made a rest stop overlooking the highest bridge in Cuba.</div>
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A popular drink there was made with Cuban rum</div>
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John and Susan Friedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931680900224596009noreply@blogger.com0Matanzas, Cuba23.0303395 -81.53221489999998522.9134495 -81.693576399999984 23.1472295 -81.370853399999987tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794183124641465531.post-71682413385473372762018-02-27T23:00:00.000-05:002018-04-02T11:48:05.108-04:00Cuba Trip - Day 5, Trinidad<div style="text-align: justify;">
Day 5 begins with a train ride from Trinidad to a small town called Iznaga where we visited what used to be a sugar cane plantation. We were then bused back to Trinidad where we walked around the historical district and visited another art gallery.</div>
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Traveling the wilds of Cuba.<br />
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We were entertained by a local singer. He was good.<br />
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Tourists taking pictures of a pig being barbecued.<br />
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A small country home.<br />
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We left the train in Iznaga.<br />
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If it's made from cloth, they sold it.<br />
The 147 foot high tower was built by slaves and was<br />
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The entrance to the old sugar cane plantation home that is now a restaurant.<br />
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Our bus picked us up for the ride back to Trinidad.<br />
Flat lands, hills and mountains were everywhere.<br />
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Some side streets as we entered Trinidad.<br />
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Children waiting to be picked up after school.<br />
No, they are not in jail.<br />
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We went to the Plaza Mayor to visit an art museum.</div>
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The ornate iron works around the homes and parks</div>
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A local cat chillin' out.</div>
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A typical street in Plaza Mayor.<br />
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We entered an interesting art museum.<br />
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Susan loved this painting.<br />
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The backyards of some homes.</div>
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Plaza Mayor as viewed from the 2nd floor of the museum.<br />
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Inside the art museum.<br />
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The Devil carved out of marble.<br />
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A bronze pirate statue.<br />
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He's alive! With my sister, Pat.<br />
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The Wi-Fi hot spot in Trinidad on the steps.</div>
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Sunset over the Caribbean Sea from our hotel room.</div>
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Sunset as seen from the hotel's beach.</div>
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John and Susan Friedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931680900224596009noreply@blogger.com0Trinidad, Cuba21.7960343 -79.9808143000000221.7370608 -80.061495300000018 21.8550078 -79.900133300000022tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794183124641465531.post-84589151664456429002018-02-26T23:00:00.000-05:002018-04-02T11:36:25.164-04:00Cuba Trip - Day 4, Cienfuegos<div style="text-align: justify;">
Day 4 begins with a long bus ride from Havana to Cienfuegos, a city on the southern coast of Cuba. There we met up with Santiago Hermes, an artist that my sister, Pat, who is also an artist, met on our previous trip to Cuba. In the late afternoon, our bus took us to our hotel in the city of Trinidad, further east on the Caribbean coast, in preparation for tomorrow's adventures.</div>
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After 4-5 hours of crossing central Cuba we arrive in Cienfuegos. </div>
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This is how not to be a passenger on a scooter! </div>
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The archway into the main square of Cienfuegos.</div>
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A pretty courtyard near the square.</div>
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Vendors waiting for the tourists.</div>
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We had lunch at Los Vitrales Hostel, a beautiful small hotel.</div>
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Pat finally sees her artist friend, Santiago Hermes. </div>
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Our group enjoying lunch.</div>
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Some of our group went on a trolley ride.</div>
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Santiago Hermes' studio and gallery.</div>
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Santiago's mission statement.</div>
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Santiago, his wife and son present an award to Pat. </div>
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Pat is now a Member of Honor in the </div>
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Maggie was the first to be painted. </div>
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Eight ladies of our group showing their painted flowers.</div>
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I liked the painting of the little girl playing the violin.</div>
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I loved this leather bra-purse.</div>
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This huge painting. The creature is made of fruits and vegetables.</div>
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Susan bought this watercolor painted by Santiago.</div>
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Our "Cuba Family"</div>
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This billboard shows Cuba "blocking" Uncle Sam. Interesting...</div>
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<br />John and Susan Friedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931680900224596009noreply@blogger.com0Cienfuegos, Cuba22.1599753 -80.44377810000003122.0423308 -80.60513960000003 22.2776198 -80.282416600000033tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794183124641465531.post-35374231995732460272018-02-25T23:00:00.000-05:002018-04-02T11:42:06.739-04:00Cuba Trip - Day 3, Havana<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
Day 3 in Havana began with a visit to Muraleando, a neighborhood community center, where local children are exposed to art and music. The majority of the art there was made from recycled materials. From there, we stopped at a local church where women from the Santeria faith gave "readings" to whoever wanted to do so. Then we took the tunnel under the Havana Bay to see the huge stature of Christ and the fort that guards the bay. Our last stop was at the John Lennon Park where the women got their pictures taken with John Lennon.</div>
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The entrance to Muraleando with revolutionary heroes in tile.</div>
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Our "Cuba Family" poses with our guide for Muraleando.</div>
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Along both sides of the street was many interesting pieces of recycled art.</div>
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Who ever thought toilet bowls would become art?</div>
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A hat with a fish skeleton.</div>
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A rear axle chicken that landed on a head.</div>
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Wire owls.</div>
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While making this statue, a local woman asked if they needed teeth.</div>
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She then donated her mother's dentures that were used to make the statue.</div>
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In the music room, a guitar neck wound over the staircase.</div>
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A local band played some wonderful Cuban music.</div>
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We got up and danced with a local woman who was so full of energy.</div>
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She and Darlene were talking about something.</div>
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A tile clown played the violin.</div>
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While I introduced some modern art.</div>
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Both sides, too. My sister, Pat, and her friend Darleen sitting in front.</div>
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We then stopped at a local church.</div>
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Darleen is getting her fortune told by a Santeria priestess.</div>
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After crossing under the bay, we see a sign detailing the statue.</div>
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"El Cristo de La Habana" was built in 1958.<br />
It is 65 feet tall and made of 77 pieces of Carrara Marble.<br />
Each piece was made in Rome and blessed by the VII Pope.</div>
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Havana as viewed from the statue.</div>
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An interesting monument about the Civil Defense of Cuba.</div>
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Vendor booths lined the road at the fort with Havana in the background.</div>
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I loved this rolling bar with bottles of Havana Club Rum waiting to fill pineapples or coconuts.</div>
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My sister, Pat, with John Lennon.</div>
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My lovely wife, Susan, with John Lennon. </div>
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She even wore her "Imagine" t-shirt for the occasion.</div>
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John and Susan Friedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931680900224596009noreply@blogger.com0Havana, Cuba23.1135925 -82.36659559999998222.646048 -83.012042599999987 23.581137 -81.721148599999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794183124641465531.post-33831236613798139022018-02-24T23:00:00.000-05:002018-04-02T11:36:11.076-04:00Cuba Trip - Day 2, Havana<div style="text-align: justify;">
Day 2 in Havana began with a walking tour of the Old Havana city where we went to several squares and visited some small shops. After a delicious Cuban lunch where we were serenaded by a local band, Medera Buena, we visited a women's art cooperative and then we did the Havana Club Rum tour.</div>
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We get off the bus and pass through the entry gate into Old Havana.</div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">Here is our wonderful Cuban tour guide Osmell</span></div>
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<span style="text-align: start;">H</span><span style="text-align: start;">e called us "Family", </span><span style="text-align: start;">so we called him "Papi" (Cuban for Daddy) .</span></div>
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Susan loves old doors...</div>
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...and John loves Susan.</div>
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Let's all take pictures of the peacock now. </div>
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Roberta admiring a cloak from Kuwait.</div>
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A small state-owned store.</div>
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Here is what they sold there. </div>
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Do you want to buy a Cuban Guiro?</div>
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In a local monastery, the skylight collects water...</div>
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A library of very old books fill this cross. </div>
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The parade ended with a group of high-spirited girls and boys dancing like crazy!</div>
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This street, with the Cuban Capital at the end, was used to film several movies. </div>
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Here is the original location of the famous Buena Vista Social Club.</div>
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A typical side street in Havana. </div>
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Another lunch with music that had Papi, Marlys,<br />
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Next was the Havana Club Rum tour. Oh boy!</div>
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The colorful stained-glass windows...</div>
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A large model train layout showing the original Havana Club rum factory.</div>
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Everyone talks about Cuban cigars. Did you know they were this big? </div>
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The Basilica y Convento de San Francisco.</div>
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John and Susan Friedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931680900224596009noreply@blogger.com0Havana, Cuba23.1135925 -82.36659559999998222.646048 -83.012042599999987 23.581137 -81.721148599999978tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794183124641465531.post-38732888789663897562018-02-23T23:00:00.000-05:002018-03-26T09:21:40.632-04:00Cuba Trip - Day 1, Havana<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
We're off on our second trip to Cuba. This time, we will be traveling across Cuba by bus with my sister, Pat, from Sacramento, California, our tour organizer, Paul, from Texas and fifteen others from the Sacramento area. We flew to Havana (a long 1 hour and 10 minute flight 😜) and waited at the airport for the California gang to arrive.</div>
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This was the Oversize Luggage claim area at the Havana airport. People (mainly Cubans) were bringing in large bundles of clothes, flat-screen TVs and other supplies that are not available in Cuba. I've never seen such large bags of stuff like this before.</div>
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We were picked up by our bus and our wonderful driver, German. The bus was new and very comfortable. This was our main means of transportation for the whole week.</div>
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On our way to the Hotel Vedado, where we stayed for </div>
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We all went to dinner at the Hotel Presidente.</div>
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While waiting for our dinner, we had time to meet and get to know some of the group. Other than my sister, Pat, at the far left, and Darlene in the white blouse two seats down from Pat, we didn't know any one else there. They were all very nice people and we had a lot of fun with them. BTW, we just had to include the beautiful chandeliers in this picture.</div>
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After lunch, we went to the Red Earth Art Center that represents Oklahoma's Native American Heritage primarily through contemporary art. We saw some beautiful pieces there.</div>
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Our next stop was at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art that has a very large collection of Dale Chihuly glass sculptures including one that is 55 feet tall!</div>
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<br />John and Susan Friedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931680900224596009noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794183124641465531.post-2103136799563139912017-10-06T11:33:00.000-04:002017-10-14T13:21:44.428-04:00Oklahoma City - American Banjo MuseumDay 2 of my ship's reunion. Our first stop was at the American Banjo Museum in the Bricktown district. Wow, over 1,000 banjos on display from the mid 1800's to modern day banjos.<br />
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Some of the old banjo players.</div>
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The most historically significant banjo in this collection:</div>
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an 1845 Wm Boucher (the first commercial maker of banjos).</div>
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The first of many display cases.<br />
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The banjo on the lower left side has the most detailed sides.</div>
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Then there are some beautifully inlaid backs.</div>
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Susan pretending to play a 1929 bass banjo.</div>
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A triangular banjo?</div>
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A wood-topped banjo.</div>
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A steel-topped banjo.</div>
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A Dale Small Carousel banjo. Talk about detail!</div>
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You've probably seen a Player-Piano. How about a Player-Banjo?</div>
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And, of course, there were lots of banjo ukes (banjoleles) on display.</div>
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There was also the Hall of Fame for banjo players.</div>
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Pete Seeger had an interesting statement on his banjos:</div>
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"This Machine Surrounds Hate and Forces it to Surrender"</div>
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Earl Scruggs' banjos and Hall of Fame trophy.</div>
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A large display of Roy Clark's stuff.</div>
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Another banjo being restored for the museum.</div>
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This one was outside of our hotel, The Sheraton.</div>
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It was the only plain one that we saw.</div>
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A painted guitar. Why not?</div>
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Of course there is a cowboy boot.</div>
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A cowboy in the Bricktown district.<br />
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How about some reflection art?<br />
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I don't know what it is . . .but it's red.<br />
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I love this crow eyeing an apple.<br />
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project painted between (and through) the cross-street tunnels.</div>
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If you get to Oklahoma City, eat here!</div>
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Welcome Sundown statue.</div>
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In one section of the museum there are four triplet paintings.<br />
I only got three of them.<br />
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We're in jail...for what?<br />
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Ronald Reagan<br />
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Yep, cowgirls too.<br />
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Settlin' in for the night...<br />
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My favorite branding iron is in the middle.</div>
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You enter at this end of the Bridge on the 3rd floor.</div>
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You then walk to this end, go down and turn back.</div>
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As you exit the Bridge you'll see their outdoor amphitheater.</div>
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Entering the Bridge from the 3rd floor elevator, your first view is awesome. </div>
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A walkway on the right gives you an elevated view of the whole Bridge.</div>
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At the far end of the Bridge, you descend to the floor level.</div>
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Interesting and beautiful flowers are everywhere.</div>
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We even spotted a chameleon in the foliage.</div>
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As we reached the exit, there was a waterfall.</div>
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Across the street is the 50 story tall Devon Tower.</div>
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The front of the Federal Building after the bombing.</div>
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Hubbard shipmates listened to a lecture given by a Ranger.</div>
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The Survivor Tree was the only tree near the explosion that lived.</div>
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John and Susan Friedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07931680900224596009noreply@blogger.com0200 NW 5th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73102, USA35.47325281984012 -97.51705169677734435.460322319840117 -97.537221696777337 35.486183319840123 -97.496881696777351tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7794183124641465531.post-78677517498793913182017-10-05T09:30:00.000-04:002017-10-14T13:24:59.584-04:00Oklahoma City - Oklahoma Land Run Monument We are in Oklahoma City for the annual reunion of the crew of the USS Harry E Hubbard, DD-748. Today we took a bus tour. Our first stop was at the Land Run of 1889 Memorial. On April 22, 1889 over 50,000 Americans vied to claim 160 acres or a town lot for free. These 1-1/2 sized bronze statues are several blocks long. They depict a group of cowboys and wagons racing to reach their new homes. You could easily tell what was happening from their facial expressions and postures. Very impressive.<br />
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A closer look at the stage. Behind it is Stage Rock.</div>
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On our left side is Creation Rock.</div>
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Inside the Visitors Center is a massive display of every performer</div>
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This picture shows 1908 through 1963.</div>
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This picture shows 1984 through 2004 (that are readable).</div>
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The seating area with Ship Rock on the side.</div>
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The view from the stage with Ship Rock on the left</div>
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Stage Rock is behind the stage. It helps create the good acoustics.</div>
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Susan, Ken and Pat wait for me to climb back from the stage.</div>
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Ken's lovely wife Ceil and Pat enjoying delicious brownies.</div>
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Thank you, Ceil and Ken, for a wonderful time!</div>
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We leave Thornton to begin our day of fun with Ken.</div>
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One of the area's wind farms.</div>
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Our first stop was at Flatirons Vista with its many hiking trails.</div>
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And what a vista it is.</div>
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Susan, John and Pat enjoying the views.</div>
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My three loves...my wife Susan, my son Ken and my sister Pat.</div>
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We await the bus to take us to the brewery.</div>
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The entry wall at Coors.</div>
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The brewing process begins here.</div>
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The Coors Quality Testing Laboratory.</div>
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Susan and Pat tasting a specialty beer called Colorado Native</div>
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This peak reminds me of Pilot Mountain in N.C.</div>
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We ate lunch at Bob's Atomic Burgers. Yum!</div>
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Many of the downtown walls were covered in art.</div>
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Could that be the same rock peak that I photographed earlier?</div>
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This bronze is titled "A Helping Hand".</div>
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Here is a bronze of Adolph Coors, Sr.</div>
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Ken stands next to a bronze buffalo.</div>
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You could buy a carved bear holding a cute sign for about $150.</div>
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The morning begins and we find ourselves in the middle of Utah.</div>
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Not much out there but a flat top mountain range.</div>
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This is the epicenter of the town of Green River, Utah.</div>
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Looks a little stormy over there.</div>
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Finally, we're getting back into the mountains.</div>
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I just love these rock formations.</div>
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Another one.</div>
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And another one.</div>
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And they get bigger as we leave Utah.</div>
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We're now in Grand Junction, Colorado.</div>
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We had to look up to see some of the mountains.</div>
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Folks out rafting on the Colorado River.</div>
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I think that the rafters are in for some fun!</div>
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Some deep snow in the Rockies.</div>
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A stone face looks down on the flat lands.</div>
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The Sacramento Amtrak station was so pleasing to the eye.</div>
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We pass through Truckee, California.</div>
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The Kennedy Gallery</div>
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Some of Pat's art in the main room of the gallery.</div>
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The gallery's description of Pat's artistic talent.</div>
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Then we visited See's Candies. Yay! And no, we didn't leave empty handed!</div>
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We saw the Capital building.</div>
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Our trip begins by crossing the San Mateo Bridge</div>
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In Belmont, we visited Susan's old home where she live when I first met her.</div>
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In Redwood City, we visited the house where Pat and I grew up.</div>
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We visited Menzies Park where Pat and I used to play inside the tank.</div>
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Ahh, Sequoia High School's famous corner entrance.</div>
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Pat and I standing at the memorial and Sequoia tree we had erected</div>
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to remember our Mother, Marjorie Cook Fried - Class of 1937,</div>
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Sequoia High School is surrounded by all kinds of tall, mature trees.</div>
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In the center of Sequoia is the beautiful Japanese Tea Garden.</div>
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And I love all the different and interesting trees all over the campus.</div>
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Do they really race super-charged cows at the Sonoma Raceway?</div>
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We begin our trip in the early morning to avoid the traffic in L.A.</div>
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As we get North of L.A. we see the brown hills</div>
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Gee, only another 160 miles or so to go...</div>
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We finally arrive at Alicia's home in Castro Valley.</div>
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My niece Alicia greets us.</div>
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Marcel loves playing Minecraft. I tried it but...</div>
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Marcel also plays the piano. Music sure runs in my family!</div>
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One of Marcel's pieces of art.</div>
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We even got to watch Marcel's first swimming lesson.</div>
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The Los Angeles skyline.</div>
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The homes between the main road and the beach share a sidewalk.</div>
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From the beach we could see our destination,</div>
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Rancho Palos Verdes located on the point.</div>
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Now we're in Rancho Palos Verdes enjoying a view of Redondo Beach.</div>
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And what a wonderful view it is!</div>
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Shirley is also an artist. She painted some nice scenes in the wine cellar.</div>
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Shirley posing for us in her dining room.</div>
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We got to enjoy a fantastic sunset despite the fog.</div>
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Thank you, Shirley, for hosting us.</div>
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