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I just went to see England,Ireland and Scotland with my Fiance Brad in Dec. 2023.<br>It was Magical! <br>

<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/Stonehenge.jpg" height=250 width=480> <img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/Avebury.jpg" height=400 width=280 ><br>Stopped by Stonehenge then to Avebury Stone circle where we stayed the night in the HAUNTED Avebury lodge INSIDE the circle <br><br><img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/Kelpies1.jpg"> The Kelpies in Scotland.<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/SaintWerburghs.jpg" height=400 width=400> <br> The Saint Werburgh's church in Dublin Ireland where my AND Brad's 6th greatgrandparents Samuel and Jane King (We are distant cousins lol)<br> got married on May 1st 1736


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Took my youngest daughter Harmony<br> (and 2 of her older sisters Destiny and Amethyst) on a cruise to Mexico and Belize<br> for Harmony's 21'st birthday in 2023<br><br>



<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/Harmonycruise.jpg" height=300 width=300> <img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/Harmonycruise2.jpg" height=400 width=300 > <img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/Harmonycruise3.jpg" height=300 width=300> <br> <br>
 

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My friend Noel and I visited HAWAII in 2021, here are some pics from that adventure.<br><br>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/Hawaii1.jpg" height=400 width-300>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/Hawaii2.jpg" height=400 width=380> <br>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/Hawaii3.jpg"  height=250 width=600><br>Br>


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Harmony and I lived in Egypt for 2 and half years after my divorce, here are some of our pictures from our Egyptian home, including one of my pet baby camel Princess I had there! <br><br>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/Egyptian1.jpg" height=360 width =400>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/Egyptian2.jpg"><br>

<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/Egyptian3.jpg" height=500 width=400>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/Egyptian4.jpg" height=500 width=400><br><br>
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<br>My first trip to Egypt in 2005: <br>We only saw Cairo and Giza and Saqqara on that trip...<br>but it was amazing to finally see after so many years longing to go there.<br>

<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/GingerLookingAtSphinx.jpg" height=350 width=400> <img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/GingerWithMagicalSunset.jpg"height=350 width=470> <img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/GingerRidingMoses.jpg"height=500 width=380>
 <img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/Saqqara1.jpg" height=500 width=400><br><br>
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My  trip to Chichen itza Mexico in 2007:<br> Another site I had longed to see for years and years. It was a real short 48 hour trip but was still awesome! The Mayaland hotel was so romantic.<br>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/CloseUpMeAtPyramid4-13SMALL.jpg"height=250 width=300><img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/SunPyramidMeSMALL.jpg"height=350 width=400><br><img ><br><br>


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------------------------<br>Amethyst, Sybilsue and My trip to EGYPT in 2008:<br> I was so thrilled to take the girls with me. Glad they got to see some of the world before they were 35 like I had to wait till to start my world travels.<br>We stayed in Giza, but saw Cairo, Alexandria, and Luxor.<br><br>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/y.jpg"height=300 width=390><img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/z.jpg"height=370 width=400><br><br>

-------------------------<br>And some pictures from My and My oldest Daughter Destiny's trip to Teotihuacan Mexico in August 2008! She speaks some Spanish, which helped.<br> It was great having that mother/daughter bonding time in such a magical place.<br><br>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/teo1.jpg"><img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/teo2.jpg"><br><br>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/teo3.jpg"><img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/teo4.jpg"><br><br>


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Merlin won a trip for him and Sean to Washington DC to see one of Merlin's artworks hung in the SMITHSONIAN in 2007!
<br><br><img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/DC.jpg">
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/merlincongress.jpg">

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My 2009 Egypt and Rome trip!<br>We stayed at the fancy Celio hotel in walking distance to the Colosseum in Rome and had a balcony that overlooked the Luxor Temple in Luxor's Emilio Hotel. <br>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/luxor1.JPG"height=300 width=320><img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/luxor2.JPG"height=300 width=320><br><br>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/rome1.JPG"height=400 width=320><img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/rome2.JPG"height=300 width=330><br><br>
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----------------------<br>My, Amethyst, Sybilsue, and Harmony's 2010 India trip! We spent several days in Delhi at the Ajanta hotel<br> Then spent a couple of days in Jaipur at the AMAZING Diggi Palace Hotel,<br> then went back to Delhi for HOLI, the Hindu Spring Festival of colors.<br><br>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/holi.jpg"height=300 width=370>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/usattaj.jpg"height=300 width=320><br>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/usatlotustemple.jpg"height=300 width=300>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/AmethystAtMonkeyTemple.jpg"><img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/usatlakshmitemple.jpg"heigt=350 width=350>
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----------------------<br> My trip to Chichen Itza Mexico, in Oct. 2010.<br> We stayed at the Awesome Mayaland hotel right at the ancient city site and stayed a whole week. It was amazing.<br><br>

<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/chichenitza2010.jpg">
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/2chichenitza2010.jpg">
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/3chichenitza2010.jpg"><br><br>



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I visited Greece (Athens, Sounion,and Delphi) for 7 days and then took a quick 44 hour side trip to Egypt (Cairo, Giza and Saqqara) in Nov. 2011. 
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<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/greecepic1.jpg"height=300 width=400>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/MeAthens.jpg">
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/GingerEgypt2011.jpg">
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I took Amethyst, Sybilsue, and Harmony to Chichen itza, in Feb. 2012 for my 3rd trip there and the girls first.<br> The Mayaland hotel was beautiful, and the Mayan ruins of course were awesomely magical.<br><br>

<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/itza2012group.jpg"><br>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/itza2012obgroup.jpg">
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/itza2012sybilsuesun.jpg">
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/itza2012sunpyramid.jpg"><br>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/itza2012Amethystlightshow.jpg">
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/itza2012harmonypeacock.jpg">
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In 2013, I took two Bahamas cruises...one in may with my eldest daughter Destiny (for her 21st birthday) and my mom (for mother's day)<br><img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/mothersdaycruise1.jpg"> <br>

<br> then another in October with my mom and my aunt for our 'crazy ladies cruise.'<br><img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/crazyladiescruise.jpg">
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In March of 2014, I took my daughters; Sybilsue and Harmony to Egypt and Greece for 16 days! <br><img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/saqqaratomb.jpg"><img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/greece2014.jpg"  
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We also used to take a family trip to the beach every summer solstice with our six kids when they were growing up; (Merlin, Destiny, Amethyst, Sybilsue, Balthazar and Harmony.)<br> We usually stay at the Continental hotel and apartments in Sunset Beach NC...but have also went to Folly beach, SC....Virginia beach VA, and Tybee Island GA. <br><br> 

<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/beach2003.jpg" height=300 width=500>  
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/kidsbeach2004.jpg"><br>


<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/kidsbeach2008.jpg"height=300 width=400><br>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/beach2011group.jpg"><br><br>
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I visited the Mayan ruins in Belize in 2016, here are some pics from that adventure.<br><br>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/Belize1.jpg" height=400 width-300>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/Belize2.jpg" height=400 width=380 <br>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/Belize3.jpg" height=400 width=460>
<img src="https://www.angelfire.com/nc2/musings/images/Belize4.jpg" height=600 width=500>




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