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A Swimming Operation in the Sultanate of Oman
There are two ways to get to breakfast (bircher/mango muesli, congee (Chinese rice porridge), chickpea/couscous salad, pancakes with a thickened maple sauce, and Omani saffron pancakes with honey, etc.). One is to walk directly towards the group of tables from … Continue reading
Posted in Animals, Books, Food, History, Plants, Water
Tagged beach, Extra Divers, Middle East, Oman, scuba diving, Shangri-La
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Saturday Occurs in the Sultanate of Oman
Spent the morning slowly packing and Caleb used the items from the fridge that might mold in a week to make breakfast and put the rest of the food in the freezer. We had to wrap our dive bags, weighing … Continue reading
Caleb and Books
Caleb doesn’t get much time off with his current schedule but he enjoys baking cinnamon rolls and Irish soda bread, cooking pasta and veggies, playing his daily sudoku, and finding weird cartoons to intersperse with our latest documentary series when … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Entertainment, Food, Military
Tagged bingo, reading, shopping, walking
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The Start of Autumn
The fall season has different markers depending on the locality but there’s now a wider distribution of early Christmas decorations (and in our case setting up for National Day), pumpkin spice flavored anything and everything (hello San Diego), and that … Continue reading
Dunes, Meadows, Erotica
I skipped a morning walk at Fossil Falls so I could check out abandoned property in 59° F instead. I hadn’t planned it that way, but the contrast of a decrepit building and contemporary vehicles drew my attention to chipped … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Books, Camping, Government, History, Places, Travel, Water
Tagged boardwalk, bridge, Death Valley, museum, national park, Nevada, nudity, Ramsar site, road trip
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