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Washington after Seattle

October 10, 2010
By Bill/Dad/Grandpa
Washington after Seattle

Hi again…this is blog entry #6 and day 40 of our trip. We will be away for Thanksgiving but plan to have a turkey dinner on Monday. I hope you all have a Happy Thanksgiving…. Since my last entry we spent another lovely day with the Haggmans. They drove us to Tacoma where we...
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First Four Days . . . . .

September 5, 2010
By Bill/Dad/Grandpa
First Four Days . . . . .

Here we are near the end of our 4th day out. We have driven from St. Catharines to Amana, Iowa which is a distance of about 770 miles. Day 1 was a delayed start. Although Bill got up at 4:30 am to insure we could leave as scheduled, we had to stop in Hamilton...
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The 2010 Fall trip to the Western USA

August 31, 2010
By Bill/Dad/Grandpa

Ann and I are enjoying/will enjoy/have enjoyed a trip from St. Catharines to Washington and Oregon and a great many places in between. On this blog we have recorded / will be recording / are in the process of recording our activities for others to enjoy. We hope that this material will help you...
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Controlling Route Order in MS Streets & Trips

August 15, 2010
By Bill/Dad/Grandpa
Controlling Route Order in MS Streets & Trips

Bill Gates uses some magical sort order on the routes that one imports into Micro$oft Streets & Trips. Unfortunately, the order specified by Bill is NOT the order that I want. Nowhere could I find a resource to fix this problem ……. so I wrote one. The resource can be accessed (without charge) at my web...
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RV test run

August 13, 2010
By Bill/Dad/Grandpa
RV test run

In preparation for the upcoming RV trip, we took the RV to Shangri-La Campground to try it out, make sure all systems were operational and perform some minor maintenance functions. We planned to stay 2 days but extended it by one. We had visits on the 2nd and third nights. Alex and Jane Acs brought...
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Side Trip Planning

August 8, 2010
By Bill/Dad/Grandpa
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