Gretchen taking a rest on the way down from the Trig

Cruising south to Franz Josef

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September 23rd 2014
The smoke alarm in our unit at Beach View Motel, Rapahoe was not connected to the local fire station. How do I know this? Well I burnt the toast again and fired up the smoke alarm......again! I have thought about why I do this so often and it has always been my third piece of toast that sets the alarm off as Gretchen only has two pieces leaving my third in the toaster alone getting much more ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more