Category: Personal
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SUMMARY — Monday, June 17, 2019 was our big travel day – Carson flew home to San Diego from Paris. Once she was airborne, Conrad and I made our way to Rome (and then on to Amsterdam, Berlin, & back to Frankfurt to fly home to San Diego on Monday,…
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Our trip from our Airbnb in Normandy back to Caen to return our rental car included a stop in Bayeux. If you are going to this part of Normandy I would consider Caen over Bayeux for renting a car. The city is bigger and the rental agencies are all near…
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Our AirBNB was excellent (photos). We would highly recommend staying there. And the area around our AirBNB — known as Les Bateaux — was so historical and visually stimulating. It was a short walk down to the beach from the AirBNB. As we walked there were still D-Day (June 6th) decorations…
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The trip from Ottignies to Normandy started out great. We went from Ottignies station to Belgium Central station, and then took a high-speed train (French – Thalys) from Belgium to Paris, France. We were very concerned about our transfer from our arrival station (Gare du Nord) in Paris to the…
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Health Update (Bulged Disk & Bike Injury) Things have been improving since my last month's update (May). I think I've returned to my overall health level from February . I am tentatively planning my next Sprint Triathlon for the end of July. Strongest Conference I attended Mike Foster's Strongest workshop…
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Health Update Things have been slowly improving with my back since my bike fall in February (and it is almost to 1 year since my full-on bulged disc incident). I switched my morning runs to morning walks in March by switching my regular "run" days (Mon., Tue., Thu., Sat.) to…
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Marlies “Lee” Ingrid Holden (Mecke) was born November 25, 1942 in Bad Pyrmont, Germany and passed away unexpectedly on October 31, 2018 in Roseville California. Marlies was wonderful mother, loving wife, devoted Omi (grandmother), and a friend to many. She met Marion “Ray” Holden (USAF Retired) in Germany and they…
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Brown Wood Plank Sorry I never got around to posting in March 2019 … Getting Back To Healthy I went a little backwards on my back injury (bulged disc), and issues with my left leg (sciatica) since the last post in February. The week before my last sprint triathlon I…
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Photo by Cristina Gottardi on Unsplash Slowly Improving To A Better State Per previous posts (Nov Dec Jan) — my Mom's sudden and unexpected passing on October 31, 2018 — is still consuming a great deal of my energy and attention. Things are slowly getting sorted out, and there appears to be on the horizon…
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Photo by Steve Holden** World Stabilizing Per my November and December posts — my Mom's sudden and unexpected passing on October 31, 2018 — this event is still consuming most of my energy and attention. I wouldn't be functioning though if it wasn't for the support, prayers, comfort, and help I've…
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