Washington DC - One last time

I grew up in the suburbs next to Washington DC. My father, who passed away recently, had always stayed in the old homestead.

So as we returned to attend the funeral services we, as a family, took two days to revisit the national mall and some of the many National Museums and the Capital Building. It was fast and a Whirlwind race to see just the highlights of some of our favorites and some newer places. You will be able to tell from the photos.

Herding two families and offspring on an outing like this is sorta like herding cats. But no-one was lost for long. Many saw the items that they where looking to see.

On Sunday December 28th we saw:
~ The Jefferson Memorial
~ National Museum of Natural History
~ National Museum of Art (West and a little of the East building)
~ National Museum of The American Indian (New to us)

On Monday December 29th we saw:
~ The US Capital Building
~ The Library of Congress ( Wow! )
~ The World War II Memorial

The Family Photos of...
Dec. 28/29 2008 - Tour of Washington DC

If you have not seen your Nation's Capital yet... Do so. Book some time. It can be very cool. Very exhilarating. Very moving. And one heck of a lot of healthy walking. Do not miss the Jefferson and the new Roosevelt memorials.

Happy Holidays to all!

Hi All,
We had a nice Home for the Holidays Christmas. Santa treated the boys OK with one hot new game console. Then we went and joined family at Grandma's new place in Santa Monica.

She cooked up the best traditional dinner and all raved about how delicious it was. No need to tell you we all ate our fill and got a big dose of family love on Christmas 2008.

Hoping you all did the same.

Keith L. <"><

Ready for Santa?

Well most all the shopping is done. Just a few more items to be wrapped. I even went out and washed the Dog at the Dogromat today.

Bring on Christmas. We are ready. Ho Ho Ho.

Sitting back with a Margarita and a few computer tasks and here it is Tuesday the 23rd. Feeling a might bit merry.

Maybe if we get some Christmas cash as gifts I'll drop in on Action Water Sports on Lincoln Blvd in Marina Del Rey to spend that cash. A new Kayak paddle for Dad. New skateboard for Ryan. A new Boogie board for Thomas. But for Mom?

Lots to do, Pa rmpa pum pum

The little drummer boy is on the radio and I’m getting a little holiday cheer going. Hoping you are too. I’m busy and have my full share of stuff to do.

Thinking about the lucky mega lotto winners back in Piqua OH with new stuffed stockings full of millions of extra shopping bucks in there hands… Sweet golden days… (new song on radio) and there may be one of those new millionaires who likes to fish. If I were to have a winning ticket and money no object I would have to set myself a very worthy goal like “to fish every major body of water around the world.” Now that would be fun and inject a lot of that money back into the small economies when fishing charter captains and guides need good paying customers and the same for the hotels in all those very out of the way places. Win - Win - Win - if you ask me.

So I look at the boat for sale page at www.Nordlund68.com where a very fine custom sport fishing yacht is for sale. Just looking for that adventurous big game fisherman who likes boating.

And all those out of the way resort hotels that treat you right at places like Avalon or East Cape in Cabo MX. For example Avalon Hotel and the Aurora (see www.TheAvalonHotels.com) or down in Mexico at Punta Colorada ( see www.VanWormerResorts.com). Now if you know the best places in New Zealand or Australia to visit please tell me in the Comments section.

Da Boat

The MV Ramblin' is sporting a bit of holly and a wreath. Not getting out much this last few days. But did get down to the docks for the Holiday Boat Parade and some partying with friends.

And BTW did do a bit of on the water traveling to San Diego on the Non-Taxing last Sunday. It was a one way boat ride. We experienced a bit of rough water and such but OK when going down hill on his bigger boat. Nice that it has stabilizers. We were lucky to hook up a couple of nice (very big) Bonita. ( a type of tuna ) One was just under 8 pounds and one approx 6 1/2 pounds. We used a spring scale on the boat while underway. Can never get very accurate with that. But was a lot of fun.

So the MV Non-Taxing is in a temporary spot in SD for now. Waiting for Tuna Time to come to Southern California waters. She is one fine fishing vessel.

What did you do for Thanksgiving? Take a Trip? We Did.

Thanksgiving 2008 - Trip to Florida

"Use Me to Travel 4 Less" says my Sister-in-Law Karen. We did. We extended the Holiday and had a fun adventure.

You can Go with Karen Too. Karen Walton enabled our family of four to have a great vacation to Daytona Beach and Orlando and Kennedy Space Center and an Airboat Ride in the Everglades.

Her web site at Travel4Less.me is a portal to some very cool vacation packages.
We had a great Thanksgiving trip. Thanks to Karen.

Now what about skiing this February?

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