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travel: HAVE YOU SEEN TOKYO LATELY? - 07/09/07 04:18 PM
One of our grandsons recently graduated from high school. Since when he was very young he has wanted to visit Japan. Because "grandpa" knew all about Tokyo (I had visited a few times during the Korean War),  I  was asked to be the one to accompany him. To make a long story short, I did, for seven days in late June.
It wasn't quite like what I had remembered. When I was there as a young lad the rubble from WW2 was still present;  the occupation wasn't to end until 1952.   However, this I will tell you if you haven't been there lately. Tokyo is a world class city of several million … (4 comments)

travel: SOME THINGS WE NOTED DURING OUR BRIEF VACATION THROUGH THE WESTERN STATES - 04/09/07 03:06 PM
My wife, Karen and I had the occassion to take a two week vacation between 21 March and 6 April. We drove from our home in Silverdale, Washington through parts of Oregon, California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah and Idaho. We stayed with friends in Palm Springs, Victorville, Calif and Mesquite Nevada along the way. I played golf numerous times and of course we ate at many resturaunts enroute. These things we noted:
 Gas prices varied from in the $2.40/gal range in Utah to an average of  $3.29 in California for "regular".
 On-the-road prices for meals and motels were very inexpensive in Idaho and Utah in particular. … (0 comments)

 

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