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Banff - Glacier hike and Marmot Peak (Day 4)

2008-07-04T00:33:50Z

This was the mega-day. If Day 2 was an endurance-trial, this was the iron-man of vacation adventure. We booked a 10:40am glacier hike at the Athabasca Glacier up in the Columbia Icefields. The meeting spot for the tour was a 2 hour 40 minute driv...

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Banff - Kicking Horse Rafting (Day 3)

2008-07-04T00:32:35Z

On the third day, we went on the "intermediate" rafting tour down the Kicking Horse river. An interesting story about this river's naming... the surveyor who gave the river its current name chose it because he got kicked in the chest by a pack-hor...

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Banff - Bike ride day (day 2)

2008-07-04T00:31:56Z

This day was our enduro-challenge vacation day (first of two as it turned out). We started out with plans for an innocent trail ride. We rented a couple mountain bikes and set off towards the "Rundle Trail". This trail--the most adventurous of the...

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Banff days 1 and 2 (on Oracle's dime)

2008-07-01T00:34:06Z

\i'm \typing this from the \fairmont chateau in \banff, \canada. \the keyboards on these canadian laptops have the \ key where the shift key ought to be leading to all-lower-case blogging. \sorry. \on our first day here we went on a redonkulous (...

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Arecibo Radio Observatory, Peurto Rico

2008-06-09T01:29:31Z

We did this yesterday too (same day as the Super Secret Beach). Golden Eye filmed a scene here. My fingers are getting kind of tired so I'm going to skip some of the science. The fun part for me was the "day in the life" film that they put togeth...

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Super Secret Beach, Peurto Rico

2008-06-09T01:10:12Z

You know a beach is secret when the locals haven't even heard of it. One of our guide books recommended this Shack's Beach claiming there are underwater caves just off-shore. It sounded awesome and it was right near our hotel. So we spent, I'm not...

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El Yunque, Peurto Rico

2008-06-09T00:46:35Z

We visited El Yunque ("The Anvil") rain forest preserve today. To prep for the trip, we spent an hour last night researching the plant, insect and animal life of the forest. Notably, we read up on the lives of stick bugs in a fictional magazine Wa...

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Aguidilla and Guanica, Peurto Rico

2008-06-07T00:59:04Z

Early start today for some scuba diving! * We dove with Copa Marina Beach Resort. Great staff, beautiful location, beautiful premises. The diving itself was kind of ho-hum. The highlight was Angela got another close encounter with a giant green m...

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Vieques, Peurto Rico

2008-06-07T00:16:53Z

Vieques is a small island of the eastern coast of Peurto Rico. Angela and I spent two days exploring the island from our home base at "Casa de Kathy" (kind of a B&B, but without the Breakfast). Highlights of Vieques... * Lots of wild horses every...

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Angela hanging out at 130 feet

2007-11-02T15:50:58Z

Smile and wave! The formations at this depth in the Blue Hole were amazing.

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