3 Years Post Retirement – Mar 2017

Almost to the day for me, it has been 3 years since I (we) retired. Oh, how I miss those days of quarterly, monthly, weekly, daily, hourly forecasts… And who doesn’t love a well-placed flaming email distributed to the world.  After retirement, one is forced to forego the joys and luxury of business travel: cramped middle seats, yucky hotel rooms, and mint-laced car rentals. Yes, those were the days. Miss them.

So, we have had to take up the slack and fill in those past and glorious moments with some other diversion. For us, we hit the road. Your mileage may very.

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Big Bend NP (TX)

With three years of travel under our belt, to more states than not, here is a goofy pictorial review of those three years. A few details may have been omitted. Literally in no particular order (or time sequence), here are some scenes from the last three years.  I have tried to provide a link just below each picture that will take you to the original post, if there was one.

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Organ Pipe Cactus National Monument (AZ)
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Organ Pipe (AZ)
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Guest (McDowell Regional Park) (AZ)
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Seating for a David Bowie concert (White Sands) (NM)
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Rockies (CO)
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Winslow, AZ
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Western Massachusetts
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Santa Rosa Beach (FL)
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Debate Society, Salem (MA)

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P’town artisan (MA)
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Biking along the New River (VA)
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Keweenah Peninsula (MI)
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Humboldt Redwoods (CA)
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A step back in time (NM)
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Pasadena (CA)
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Rose Parade (CA)
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Rose Parade float
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Van Gogh El Grande (Goodland, KS)
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Concrete Canoe competition (SC)
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Death Valley (CA)
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Middle of Iowa
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Bowie, AZ
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Mt. Washington (NH)
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Camden ME with friends
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Kennebunk food truck (ME)
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Salton Sea (CA)
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Esteemed colleagues (MA)
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KBC with Drew and Luke (MI)
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Let’s not butt heads… (CA)
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Grand Canyon (AZ)
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R… R… R…  Vegas, baby. (NV)
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Torrey Pines (CA)
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Superstition Mountains (AZ)
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Taliesin West (AZ)
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Badge of honor at the Owl Cafe (NM)
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Road less traveled – somewhere in CA
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Woodman’s for lobstaah (MA)
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Palm Springs (CA)
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Frank Sinatra’s place, Palm Springs (CA)
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My two favorite girls (NC)
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Adopted thru-hikers on the AT (VT)
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Tucson, AZ
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Interlopers at our campsite (AZ)
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Slowly he turns… Niagara Falls (NY)
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Thanksgiving with friends and family (NC)
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Asheville NC
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Laugh your ass off
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Salem Harbor (MA)
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San Antonio (TX)
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Bridge Day in WV

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Prescribed burn, Topsail SP (FL)
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Tuckerman’s Ravine on Mt. Washington , as seen from hike up Wildcat Mountain (NH)
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VA Creeper trail (VA)
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Sunset in Bowie, AZ
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Off-roading isn’t without consequence (AZ)
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Waco, TX
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Death Valley (CA)
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Cool place in Marathon, TX
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Only in Marfa, TX
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Sunset over Organ Pipe (TX)
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Eastern Sierra’s (CA)
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Musical Instrument Museum (AZ)
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Incoming!  (FL)
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Anza Borrega SP (CA)
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Prescott, AZ
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Lynx Lake, Prescott, AZ
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Boondocking near Sedona (AZ)
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Carlsbad Caverns (NM)
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Lost Dutchman SP (AZ)
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SRV overlooking the Austin skyline (TX)
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The Keys (FL)

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McDowell Regional Park (AZ)
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Vogel SP (GA)
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The girls
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Tucson Rodeo (AZ)
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Somewhere in PA
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With Michigan Tech team at Concrete Canoe competition (PA)
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Flower garden near San Diego (CA)
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Western PA
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Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater (PA)
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Floyd Country Store in Floyd (VA)

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On the MASH set (CA)
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Morro Bay (CA)
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Lubec, ME
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Hearst Castle (CA)
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Welcome to our home!
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Acadia NP (ME)
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You talkin’ to me?
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Repelling at Bridge Day in WV
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Kayaking under the WV Bridge

When I say travel, not all of that is to far flung states. We have enjoyed local-to-us stuff here in Georgia (and nearby) as well, and here are a few of those photos:

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Zoo Atlanta

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Old Car City (GA)
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Sam Huff’s Pork University (GA) – reportedly harder to get into than Harvard.

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15 seconds of fame
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Local talent, Marietta Square (GA)
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Who knew?  Second prize winner at a bake-off!  You go girl!
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Chihuly in the Gardens
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Oakland Cemetery
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Zombies
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Always interesting in Little Five Points
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Atlanta Steeplechase
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Booth Western Art Museum (this place is really cool!)
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Krog Street Tunnel (Atlanta)
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Doll House Trail (GA)
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Augusta (GA)
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Hiawassee, GA
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Atlanta Botanical Gardens
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Friends
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Little Tybee Island (GA)

I mention travel, but it is always nice to get back home as well. We live in a great neighborhood and as much as we travel it always feels special to come home to our friends here.

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I don’t seem to get invited out as much anymore….
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Kids home for Thanksgiving
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Lucy’s 18th birthday party
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4th of July

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Karen making icees for the neighborhood kids… lined up!
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Say no more
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Mantown with Dottie and the Kentucky Derby
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The usual suspects
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Block party

Life is good.

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