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Summertime in the South Island of New Zealand
We had what felt like a very quick flight from Sydney to Christchurch. It appears farther on a map! 🌎 This was our second trip to New...
jmlayne
Jan 11, 20206 min read
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Sydney - beautiful people, iconic structures, terrible smoke
Where did I leave off?....oh yeah, driving to Sydney. One of the many cities I’ve wanted to visit all my life. The iconic bridge, opera...
jm8howard
Dec 23, 20195 min read
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The drive to Sydney
The night before we left Melbourne, after a few recommendations, we decided to pass through Canberra on our drive to Sydney. It’s about...
jm8howard
Dec 4, 20191 min read
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Fashion from around the world 🌎 😀
For the last year I’ve been trying to capture “fashion” during our travels. My amateur pictures include: The Witchy look (not sure where...
jm8howard
Nov 30, 20191 min read
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Great Ocean Road - sea, storms, kangaroo, and our first koala!
The Great Ocean Road lived up to its name, being great in distance, views, and weather. We picked up our car at the Melbourne Airport and...
jm8howard
Nov 30, 20192 min read
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Mellowing out in Melbourne - clean air, familiar language, & a vibrant, laidback lifestyle
We landed in Melbourne on November 3rd. After finally finding some coffee, we took a long taxi ride through the cool, grey day to our...
jm8howard
Nov 19, 20194 min read
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Shopping, high rises and smog...3 days in Singapore
We landed the evening of October 30th. The airport was gorgeous and as over the top as you would expect in a wealthy city that is 80%...
jm8howard
Nov 14, 20192 min read
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Five nights in Bangkok
The heat and humidity greeted us as soon as we exited the plane. After a bit of an unorganized customs process, we easily managed to get...
jm8howard
Nov 4, 20194 min read
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Hiroshima - a historical city not by its people’s choice
Before I left Japan I wanted to spend a day in the city of Hiroshima. I could not miss the opportunity to visit this city, that was...
jm8howard
Oct 30, 20192 min read
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Japan: South Side - Osaka & Kyoto
We spent the last 6 days of our Japan travels on the south part of the main Island of Honshū. Our hotel was very centrally located next...
jm8howard
Oct 28, 20192 min read
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Japan: Tokyo & Yokohama (Typhoon, food, history & rugby)
Hi, everyone! We just finished our first 10 days in Japan, and was it a wild time. We spent a couple of days exploring Tokyo, but then...
jm8howard
Oct 20, 20193 min read
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Bon Voyage US. Global trip starts!!!
Jos and I are very excited to be starting our global trip. First stop: Japan, followed by Thailand, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand,...
jm8howard
Oct 9, 20191 min read
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Family emergency - June/July
Although we knew these posts would track behind our real time location, some of you may be wondering about the long silence... Jim’s...
jmlayne
Aug 24, 20191 min read
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Michigan Interlude: Birthday & family time
The one set date on our travel calendar so far was our flight from Denver to Michigan on June 17th. We wanted to be back in Mich for Jos’...
jm8howard
Jun 28, 20192 min read
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Enjoying friends & family in Colorado
June 12th, we drove from the Grand Tetons to Grand Junction, CO, where we stayed with Jos’ friends Amy and Eric. They have a beautiful...
jm8howard
Jun 28, 20192 min read
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A beautiful and cold 10 days in Big Sky, Yellowstone, Grand Tetons, & Jackson Hole 🌧❄️🐃🐻🐎
Where do we begin? First, Jim tweaked his back lifting too many bags, so we took it easy at our Vacasa (airbnb-type place) condo in Big...
jm8howard
Jun 20, 20193 min read
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Snow in June
The cool weather in spring continues to follow us. Latest addition. Started snowing in Big Sky the morning of Jun 7th. Followed us...
jm8howard
Jun 19, 20191 min read
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Smoky Glacier National Park
As we left Spokane May 20th, there was a haze in the air. We were surprised that Spokane & Coeur d’Alene might have smog, but there were...
jm8howard
Jun 16, 20191 min read
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Family time in Spokane
We rolled into Spokane on May 17th, and stayed in an RV Park where my Mom and husband John spend summers. Our nice little rental was a...
jm8howard
Jun 16, 20191 min read
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Time at the farm
Our next stop was in Ellensberg, WA were we spent a few days visiting with Jim’s cousin, Rik and his wife Jennifer. The Farm is over 100...
jm8howard
Jun 16, 20191 min read
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