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    Le Meridien – Tampa, Florida

      Airports, road trips, weddings, cruise ships, haunted cities and historic hotels,,,this has been a crazy (in a good way) week or two!  With so much going on, in such a quick amount of time, it has been difficult knowing where, or how, to even start this post.  I found myself completely fascinated with two stops on this trip, and I have decided to focus this post on one of those two places – Le Meridien, in Tampa, Florida.  Savannah, Georgia being the second place, and a future post. Tampa, Florida as we know it today, is a very popular, busy and growing city on the gulf coast of Florida. …

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    Flat Out Interesting – The Bonneville Salt Flats of Utah

      Have you ever flown into Salt Lake City, and looked out of your window?  If you have, you probably saw the salt flats, which cover over 30,000 acres of land in Utah.  I always wondered what it would look like up close, what it would feel like – could you even get that close to it?  From the sky, it looks like there is nothing else around them.  Come to find out, there is more to the salt flats than just barren, white land. At first glance, from a distance, it looks like snow.  It could be 85 degrees outside, but sitting inside the truck, on a cloudy day,…

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    A Week At Milo McIver State Park in Estacada, Oregon

    What a fantastic week!  Milo McIver State Park turned out to be the perfect get away for the week!  The weather cooperated the entire time and while the park was usually pretty full, it is big enough, with enough to do, that it never felt busy.  It was a week full of adventures, both on land, and on water.  There was so much to see and explore, that I ended up taking over 500 pictures during the week!  There was no internet connection, and cell service was spotty at best, adding to the peacefulness and relaxation of the week.  Sometimes it is nice to just break away from everything, and…