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“If your flight doesn’t take off today, it will probably be one week until you can fly again.”

Kathy and Barry arrived at the Houghton County Airport (CMX in case you’re looking up airport codes) in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula yesterday afternoon.  Their first boarding passes declared they were bound for ORD.  (As some of you might know, ORD … Continue reading

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Looking down from the Eye in the Sky

United Airlines brought our baby home last Tuesday afternoon.  However, she’s not a baby any more.  She’ll be 25 years old next week and she’s been the Best Nurse in the Universe after my gall bladder surgery. It was barely snowing … Continue reading

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When the air conditioning unit of your airplane malfunctions…

 I may become a Permanent Traveler. I may leave home and travel forever. Do you want to know why?  It’s because when I am traveling I often get in the “Zone”.  You know what the Zone is, don’t you?  The … Continue reading

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When the children fly home to the nest (and friends come to visit, too!)

Dinner’s over.  One of the guests is snoozing on the couch.  The other lingers somewhere in the basement.  The husband of the house is still in town covering a couple of assignments.  The hostess has snuck away to the computer.  … Continue reading

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High in the sky above Lake Superior…checking out the ice

No, I did not go up in an airplane.  No, these are not my photos. These aerial photographs come to you courtesy of  Barry’s fishing buddy, Mike.  Mike owns a small two-seater plane and he headed up into the friendly … Continue reading

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