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February 10, 2010

Wishes to Steven

Wow.....Steven ........ Really proud of you.....Best Happy special day to you H A P P Y B I R T H D A Y T O M O R R O W February 11, 2010 Just how...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on February 10, 2010 7:46 AM

December 3, 2009

Christmas Plans/ communication

Craig suggested we use this forum to decide plans for Christmas at the Bare's 2009 Margaret and Jack (Grace's parents) are coming Dec 18 and are staying in a Hotel. They plan to see some of LA...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on December 3, 2009 10:14 AM

November 3, 2009

Yes, I am still alive

Trying to get caught up:) But guess you all will think these are NOT ONE LINERS! Oh well it is feast or s Alaska Bridge Cruise - We did the Glaciers by Float plane, Helicopter and landed,...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on November 3, 2009 5:42 PM

July 2, 2009

Last port today

July 1....was our 9th wedding anniversary and we recieved from the dinning staff champaign and a beautiful cake. This is the first time we have had to share a table but we were very lucky! The couple...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on July 2, 2009 3:50 AM

June 28, 2009

Ports of call

1st Port Penang just of the North West coast of Malaysia and measuring 15 miles long by nine miles wide and encircled by a 48 mile long coast road. It is connected to Malaysia by an eight...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on June 28, 2009 8:07 PM

June 28, 2009

H1N1 Influenza A

Maybe interesting to those medical people or other travelers in the family Gerry was required as crew to get a flu shot described as a Southern Hemisphere shot contracted to the one we get in the US....
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| Posted by Pat Bare on June 28, 2009 7:53 PM

June 20, 2009

Serious situation boarding Princess

We arrive at the Port...Sun Princess is in and unloading passangers. Excited! Hold on......excitement turned to frustration and then rather concerning fear as several situations presented and hours passed.. Gerry,s name appeared on no crew list We...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on June 20, 2009 1:54 AM

June 20, 2009

Adventure around Perth before boarding

1. Perth, Australia was really nice. They have a beautiful Bell Tower, A huge Farris Wheel (like in London) as well as a beautiful Park called Kings Park. Jeff - the park reminded me of the one...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on June 20, 2009 1:35 AM

June 15, 2009

Arrived safely

After leaving at 7 pm for LAX finally arrived some 30 hours later is Perth. We both walked out of the sir port looking like plane chairs LOL only no so funny. We went through customs in...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on June 15, 2009 5:07 AM

June 1, 2009

Numbers for trip

Gerry and I are working another Bridge Cruise We will be pretty busy as several days at sea in a row. Once again I will be exercising and hoping to see a flying fish as that is...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on June 1, 2009 5:13 PM

April 19, 2009

Visiting Va

I came here last Thursday and stayed with Heather and Kris til Sunday evening. We drove the trails in a 4 wheeler, went to the gym ( by the way it is way neat and Kris has...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on April 19, 2009 9:14 AM

March 15, 2009

one liners

catching up with sort of one liners:) 1. Reading a very interesting novel....CHANGE OF HEART by Jodi Picoult 2. We saw Grease at the Pantages with Taylor Hicks who is now older but played in the original...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on March 15, 2009 11:41 AM

February 1, 2009

heading home

Bags are backed and will be heading home. Reminds me of the Jon Denver song Problems with computer so think for 3 weeks will be off the tree. Best Buy says the mother board needs to...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on February 1, 2009 6:11 PM

January 9, 2009

Steven - camera

Can't seem to email you. Couldn't post on the blog yesterday...sometimes the ship makes it impossible Anyway.......Camera is fine for a gift We get back Jan 14 late If you need it now go get one...if you...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on January 9, 2009 3:38 AM

December 31, 2008

fact/feeling

1. Today I finally saw a bird....1 flying bird! I I felt like Noah's wife except the bird did not have a stem in it's beak for sighting of land. 2. Our room has a port hole...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on December 31, 2008 11:25 AM

December 24, 2008

The Night Before Christmas

So it is the night before Christmas and all through ship some creatures are stiring in the computer room, bridge lecture and tonight even caroling on the lobby steps. However we too are waiting for good old...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on December 24, 2008 10:44 AM

December 21, 2008

trip update

Bora Bora we feel is the best stop so far. Beautiful...was where SOUTH PACIFIC was filmed. Life is really different here....time and space are relative...and the native people are in no rush mode. Interesting art....ink on bark...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on December 21, 2008 3:34 PM

December 16, 2008

to reach us

We will be checking email periodically which you can get under the tree network. My passport is still under my maden name, so that is used by the boat. The ship is Tahitian Princess and the emergency...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on December 16, 2008 8:40 AM

December 1, 2008

Holiday Plans

Gerry has successfully been hired by another Bridge travel opportunity So my birthday and Christmas will be spent traveling. The Princess line allowes employees to even do air travel under a global marine travel situation with allows...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on December 1, 2008 10:47 AM

December 1, 2008

Boom!

Yesterday, Gerry had gone out to get a couple of DVD's for us to watch. I can always hear the garage door going up as he returns. At that same moment, I also hear a loud noice...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on December 1, 2008 8:14 AM

November 25, 2008

NAMI

We took the NAMI Family to Family class and then took the instruction to teach the classes. Then it became time to teach the free 12 weeek class. You pretty much do all the preparation work yourself...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on November 25, 2008 10:04 AM

November 23, 2008

Thanksgiving

Guess it is the season.... Been thinking about Brian's ranking../.. what ranks higher than being a part of a family??? Different interests, opinions, geographics, food choices generations, etc. Pretty amazing, I say....ages from 66 to 23......and we...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on November 23, 2008 12:46 PM

November 14, 2008

Caltrans

Good News to share. With the world economy screaming bad news, we have one piece of good economic news! Gerry has been reinstated at Caltrans beginning Dec 2 2008....
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| Posted by Pat Bare on November 14, 2008 7:49 AM

October 26, 2008

Bridge/cards rather than driving!

Just returned from a Bridge Cruise to Mexico. With the current economy we find this a great way to travel. Better than hopping freight trains. LOL We, once again, had a cabin in crew quarters...4th floor...some elevators...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on October 26, 2008 5:16 AM

October 15, 2008

Getty Villa 69AD

California is once again burning. The news is full of the latest developments! The other day we had parked Gerry's car on the street (OK...that's another story). Like Brian says anything is a story! Waking up early...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on October 15, 2008 5:35 PM

September 19, 2008

Computer's down

We are taking our computer back to get it fixed. It seems to need an exorcist. Don't know how long we will be without internet access. Enjoy viewing all the news but have been a very poor...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on September 19, 2008 11:29 AM

August 1, 2008

The Terminator terminated!

Yesterday ,our governator, as he is sometimes called, fired all part time state employees as well as stating all state employees pay for time worked in July would be paid at $6.55 an hour. He fired more...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on August 1, 2008 9:35 AM

June 15, 2008

Study of swans

Have always had a fascination about swans...had an opportunity at a weekend seminar for NAMI to just sit and soak their regalness in! /pat_bare/swans.txt...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on June 15, 2008 4:56 PM

June 10, 2008

Getty Underground submission

The Getty, at the Center, has an art exhibit for all employees and volunteers for photo, painting, sculpture etc and if selected the works hang in the "underground" tunnels of the Getty so a person can say...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on June 10, 2008 3:42 PM

June 5, 2008

California Poppies and Joshua Trees

A fun travel close to home to see California's State Flower...right, the poppy. Then a little further down the road was a small reserve of Joshua trees. It's the neat things in our own backyard that we...
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| Posted by Pat Bare on June 5, 2008 2:34 PM