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Have fun while traveling to your Christmas, New Years and Holiday destination. According to the Library of Congress, Did you know……
about 91% of holiday long distance travel is by personal vehicle
the average long-distance trip length over the Christmas/New Year’s holiday is 275 miles
about 50% of us make same-day trips, the other half [...]

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In 2002, a team of astronauts performed upgrades on the telescope during a spacewalk in the servicing mission. One astronaut uses a handrail (left) to hold onto Hubble while the other is attached to the shuttle’s robotic arm by a foot restraint (right) Image Credit: NASA
Again in May there will be another mission [...]

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Space shuttle Endeavour and its seven astronauts followed up recent missions that added to the International Space Station’s exterior by beefing up the interior of the orbital complex. During about 16 days in space, the crew added new living, cooking and exercise facilities to the space station. They also performed four spacewalks to service the [...]

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Visiting family and friends is not cheap any more. If you want to go off, you just simply have to plan for it and accept the fact that it costs.
This past week, I traveled to Atlanta in a 29 foot Winniebago RV. The photograph above basically explains to you how it went. ( Took [...]

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Our safety patrol group took a motorcoach to Washington, DC this past week. It took about fourteen hours to get there. A lot of people think “oh, dear! That’s too long a ride with a bunch of kids” but actually, it was great.
The kids were just fine. Many brought their [...]

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