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Turks and Caicos, Day 6: A Fantastic Day Before Saying Goodbye

February 23rd, 2008 · Leave a Comment

What an incredible day we had today! Two last-minute dives were an unexpected treat. Last night at dinner I realized that our flight was more than 24 hours away and I could dive again today. As for Lisa, she was dived out. Too bad: she missed a doozy.

As Lisa and the kids slept, Jojo the dolphin, a local regular, paid a surprise visit to

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Turks and Caicos, Day 3: Scuba (Finally!), Eating Big Bird and Emily’s Fashion Show

February 20th, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Lisa and I took our first Scuba dive today in Grace Bay on the leeward coast of Provinciales. The location was called cathedral due to the shape the box canyon that drops to about 100 feet. The plan was to dive just over the edge of the shelf and hit a depth of about 60 feet, but we ended up doing a 40 minute dive to about

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Turks and Caicos, Day 2: Easy to Sum Up?

February 19th, 2008 · 1 Comment

I thought it was going to be simple to sum up our second day here: breakfast, beach, scuba class, dinner, sleep. And in fact the beginning of the day started out just like my summary. By dinnertime though, the action heated up with a tear-filled dinner, a father-daughter moment of a lifetime and some high-tech shenanigans that turned Emily into a ghost.

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Les is still younger than dirt!

April 28th, 2005 · 2 Comments

Lisa’s dad, Les celebrated his 75th birthday surrounded by family and close friends in April. Les’ three daughters and their respective husbands threw the shin-dig for eternally–young patriarch of the family.

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