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		<title>Death Valley U.S.A. Photo Gallery</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene Butler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California, Nevada, Utah- U.S.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pics by Rick See Nature&#8217;s harshest yet most tantalizingly beautiful landscapes of Death Valley Click to start your visual journey Death_Valley/]]></description>
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		<title>A Sizzling Finish</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2004 03:11:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene Butler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Washinton- U.S.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Plumes of steam billowed slowly upward from her gaping mouth, brilliant against the azure sky; a blanket of snow softly draped her neck; her lower body encased in a placid grey obsidian exterior &#8211; since September 23, 2004, <em>Mount St. Helens </em>epitomizes a gentle, snoozing giantess, expelling an even stream of exhalation, with an occasional burst of &#8220;throat clearing&#8221;.  &#8220;Be prepared with masks and goggles&#8221; is the message to the torrent of volcano-watchers flocking to the vantage point off Washington State Highway 504; geologists watch closely pondering not &#8220;IF&#8221; but &#8220;WHEN&#8221; and &#8220;HOW ABRUPTLY&#8221; this behemoth will again awaken. ]]></description>
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		<title>Warm Fuzzies in Chilly Northern Places</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Oct 2004 04:21:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene Butler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Utah, Idah, Oregon- U.S.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Irene Butler The audience became still; not a single shuffle or whisper could be heard. A stellar radio-voice announced the particulars of this Sunday&#8217;s presentation. The full-symphony orchestra at the base of the stage, behind a rainbow of potted flowers, was drenched in a rose glow. Above them, spreading into a &#8216;V&#8217; formation on either side of floor-to-ceiling organ pipes, 360 men and women dressed regally in black stood in readiness swathed in a halo of golden rays that encompassed the middle stage. A heavenly blue light shone above their heads to the upper-reaches. Divine voices began to fill the air, accompanied by the orchestral strains of Felix Mendelssohn&#8217;s &#8220;Elijah&#8221;, with both soothing and dynamic pieces, paused only with a message of hope by the announcer. This exceptional musical experience, the 3922nd broadcast of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir was being broadcast over 2,000 radio, television and cable stations worldwide. An added special dimension to the performance was knowing in a few weeks the Tabernacle would t be closed for the first time since it was built in 1854, for a period of 18 months, in order to seismically reinforce this acoustical marvel. I have always associated Utah as the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rolling Ocean to Desert Sands</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Oct 2004 03:24:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene Butler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[California, Nevada, Utah- U.S.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Irene Butler Ahhh, the Ocean. After five months of travelling inland we arrived in San Diego, California. Palm trees swaying in the breeze and a warm sun added to a glorious setting in which to roam the streets of the historic &#8220;Gaslamp&#8221; area, brimming with enticing shops, restaurants, museums and art galleries. This pulsing heart of the city ends at the harbour. The S.S. San Diego, a military air-craft carrier retired from duty in 1946, looms in steely grey covering the space of a city block in the bay, but it was the white sails further down that drew us like a magnet. We were soon scouring the decks of the Star of India, launched in 1863. Milling through the first class deck with oak tables and comfortable bedroom cubicles contrasted greatly with the steerage deck where the majority of the four hundred passengers lived in canned-sardine fashion for the three month voyage from Britain to India, followed by immigrants to New Zealand in the early 1900&#8242;s. She later became the property of an American Fish Packing Company, hauling salmon from Alaska each spring until she was replaced by steamships in the 1920&#8242;s. Boarding the H.M.S. Surprise, we were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Saguaro Country</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Oct 2004 04:45:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene Butler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arizona- U.S.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Years ago, we saw it as the eagle flies, in a small aircraft dipping its wings from side to side to show off the breathtaking mammoth chasm. &#8220;I want to hike down someday,&#8221; I passionately related to Rick. And here we were, after a night&#8217;s stay in the sleepy little town of Holbrook AZ, aiming for Flagstaff, a day trip away from realizing my dream. Breaking our rule of never rising before the sun, we left the Best Value Inn on old Route 66 (which is truly the best value in Flagstaff) at the crack of dawn, and had Emili climb for an hour and a half through Ponderosa forests. Approaching the south rim, we were once again in awe of the magnificence. We were immediately filled with the same overwhelming emotion as when we gazed up at Mt. Everest from the unparalleled view on Mt. Kala Patar in Nepal, or when our hearts lept at the sight of gigantic chunks of ice calving with shot-gun resonance as we stood dwarfed against the massive Moreno Glacier in Argentina. No matter how many times one views &#8220;the immensities&#8221;, the thrill never lessens, nor the humbling. The Grand Canyon, carved through the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Land of Enchantment</title>
		<link>http://www.globaltrekkers.ca/index.php/30/the-land-of-enchantment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Sep 2004 03:31:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene Butler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Irene Butler For miles the parched raw sienna sand dappled with dark green juniper and pale olive sage stretched in all four directions; further off the chameleon mesas rose in grandeur turning from browns to russets with the slightest change of light; mountains in the distance began in charcoals, ending in layers of misty cobalt reaching high into a true blue sky resplendent with startling white clouds; standing in the middle of a back-road time stood still, squinting against a halogen sun, heady fragrances drifted on the silent breeze. Why New Mexico is known as &#8220;The Land of Enchantment&#8221; encompassed us. Las Vegas (NM) shimmered as we approached in the heat of day. Within moments after setting up house at the Palomino Motel, we were heading for Montezuma&#8217;s Castle on the outskirts of town. The massive red brick structure with turrets is an impressive sight perched on the slope of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Once a hotel, it is now the only United World College in the United States. A college with a difference, focusing on conflict resolution and community service to round out an advanced Grade 11 and 12 curriculum culminating in a Baccalaureate Diploma. Seventy-five percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Billy&#8217;s and George&#8217;s Backyards</title>
		<link>http://www.globaltrekkers.ca/index.php/28/billys-and-georges-backyards/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Sep 2004 03:41:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene Butler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Arkansa to Texas- U.S.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Irene Butler Arkansas conjures up visions of hillbillies in the Ozark Mountains cooking up homebrew; probably due to Jed Clampet and family hailing from &#8220;dem der hills&#8221; before striking black gold in the Beverley Hillbillies T.V. series. The banjo and guitar pick&#8217;in music and folklore of the Ozarks is still alive, especially along northern routes. Twisting through forested areas along secondary Route 70 was wonderfully scenic, but sluggish vehicles doing 45 in 55 MPH zones were even too slow for us. After by-passing Little Rock, where Past President Bill Clinton was governor, we bee-lined it down Interstate 30 for Hot Springs, enticed by an advertised 143 degree warm welcome from 47 sources of therapeutic water, gushing 850,000 gallons a day. We stepped out of Emili into a virtual sauna; 35 degrees Celsius, with sticky, heavy, still air. Something was brewing. The temperature dropped 20 degrees within the next few hours. While walking down the main street looking for a dining spot, the black clouds we are mysteriously dragging along with us, started to spill their contents. With clothes and hair plastered to our skin, we raced into Granny&#8217;s Kitchen, in the knick of time. A wicked electrical storm flashed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>America, Eh?</title>
		<link>http://www.globaltrekkers.ca/index.php/25/america-eh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Aug 2004 02:25:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene Butler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Minnesota to Tennessee- U.S.]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Irene Butler &#8220;You are going to Chicago, but you don&#8217;t know what you want to see there?&#8221; said the suspicious border guard as her colleague picked through our belongings. Quickly racking my brain for what I knew of Chicago, I only came up with Al Capone and Oprah, which I did not verbalize. Rick saved the day explaining, &#8220;We are travelling for several months and Chicago is only one of the many cities we&#8217;re going to visit. We investigate specifics on each city as we go along.&#8221; Her look told us not everyone travels like us, planning only a day at a time. After a snarly, but professional fifteen minute encounter, we were on our way down Route 52. Most past trips to the United States had been by air to a specific location. Nothing could blemish the excitement of leisurely motoring through our southern neighbour. I have yet to address the underpinning of our CanAm Peregrinations. Last May we found ourselves without a fixed address, due to selling our condominium with an almost immediate possession date and purchasing another under construction with a completion date of November, or so we thought. &#8220;Change is good donkey&#8221; Rick appeased me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friendly Manitoba</title>
		<link>http://www.globaltrekkers.ca/index.php/24/friendly-manitoba/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2004 16:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene Butler</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Manitoba- Canada]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[By Irene Butler Scripted on the province&#8217;s license plates, &#8220; friendly&#8221; is a well-chosen attribute describing Manitoba&#8217;s peoples and places; with our thirty-three family members living here adding heaps to the cordiality. Hospitableness extends from the cultural centre of Winnipeg crammed with entertainment and fine dining, to the Precambrian Shield for adventures in the great northern outdoors, right up to Hudson Bay&#8217;s port of Churchill for polar bear and beluga whale sightings. My mouth was watering for some traditional cuisine as we pulled into our first Manitoba stop, the renowned Ukrainian centre of Dauphin, but could not even scrounge up as much as a perogy. &#8220;Everyone cooks the traditional dishes at home,&#8221; I was told, &#8220;so locals want something different when they eat out, but come back when Canada&#8217;s National Ukrainian Festival is on in August.&#8221; Brandon was our next sojourn. The city was hosting Junior AAA Hockey, resulting in five failed attempts in finding a room. The Little Chalet looked uniquely inviting with long rows of individual Quonset huts with round arched roofs. Ours was sinking on one side, with mildew in the fallen corner, but did not complain too loudly as it was the last available one. These [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Salute to Saskatchewan</title>
		<link>http://www.globaltrekkers.ca/index.php/22/salute-to-saskatchewan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2004 18:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Irene Butler</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wheat elevators are landmarks in seas of grain; a complete turn with eyes scanning the firmament often reveals every category of cloud in the same rotation, the right sky is blazed with sunshine......]]></description>
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