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Abu Dhabi & Dubai

January 01, 2017

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This is from February 2016 - I never got around to posting...

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The Streetwalker

Last Night my twelve year old was picked up for streetwalking. No, I really mean it. Last night two police cars with two big burly officers brought my beautiful blond haired boy home at 6:20 in the evening, and told me that they had picked him up in broad daylight... for walking down the street. Images of Aodhan climbing up a lamp-post to get a closer look at the traffic signals flashed through my mind. Pictures of him standing at a dark alley explaining the negative aspects of smoke inhalation to a group of heroin shooting prostitutes and their pimps filtered in. Visions of him throwing a tantrum in the middle of the street because his overfilled knapsack finally gave up and spewed sketchbooks and pencils under assorted vehicles. I shot Aodhan a look. You know, one of those looks only that only your mother can give you; the one that fills you with guilt for causing her pain in childbirth. “I just wanted to walk home” he said dejectedly. “He’s not in any kind of troubl

An Adventure for Aodhan

“It's not far to never-never land, no reason to pretend And if the wind is right you can find the joy of innocence again Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see. Believe me. Well it's not far back to sanity, at least it's not for me And if the wind is right you can sail away and find serenity Oh, the canvas can do miracles, just you wait and see. Believe me.” "Christopher Cross" Off again on another adventure. I am determined to visit one country for every year of my life. Canada USA England Ireland Wales Scotland Germany East Germany - this was a different country when I visited though Checkpoint Charlie. France Netherlands Denmark Austria Italy Vatican City Monaco Spain Switzerland Greece Turkey British Virgin Islands US Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Bahamas Mexico Belize Guatemala Costa Rica Honduras Ecuador Chile Per

New York and Pennsylvania - Day 1

Well, we're setting off on another crazy adventure today. We started off in our rented Impala at about 8:30 am from Toronto. We are driving down to Washington D.C. on our Home-school American History/Geography/Social Studies tour. We will drive across to Las Vegas, following Historical route 66 once we get to Oklahoma. There wasn't a lot to see in New York state in the rain. I mean, I'm sure there's lots to see, but we are really trying to get down into Maryland and beyond, but this was a really nice bridge over a very pretty river. And of course, the opposite to the Andes, the Allegheny Mountains. Yes, here we fielded the question of when do you demote a Mountain - just like Pluto lost it's "planet status" Anyway we passed through the Allegheny Big Hill Range. Aodhan was a little concerned when we got to some signs that said "no passing" as he felt sure that we needed to pass them to get to D.C. Hmmm... what to do This was a really cool gate - s

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