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From Seattle, Vieques is a journey.  Since we had a 12 hour commute, we took the red eye so we could sleep on the way to our destination and not lose a day of sun and fun in paradise.  I am a great airplane sleeper, but this time I hardly slept a wink!

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My adventuresome husband likes to travel.  This is where he took me this week. We’re in Vieques, a beautiful Puerto Rican Island.  It’s the perfect time of year, not too hot and not too populated.  Relaxing, private and beautiful.

HeyGirlfriend.Net ~ Seafoam Ceilings

Ten years ago, I took a trip to South Carolina, Georgia and Florida with my parents.   We dined in historic restaurants, shopped flea markets, toured the Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil house, went antiquing and drove through beautiful old neighborhoods where gracious wrap around porch ceilings were painted sky blue.   The …

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Doorbell Ditching ~ HeyGirlfriend.Net

The summer after third grade, my parents took our Brady Bunch-esque family on what seemed like a month long vacation (the Chevy Chase movie isn’t so far off).   My parents, two stepbrothers, sister and I loaded into our shiny red Pontiac Station Wagon with luggage tied on top and a big Coleman cooler in …

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