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A selection of things we did in Key West, including the train ride, aquarium, shipwreck museum, Baya Honda, and Hemingway house.

The Key West Butterfly & Nature Conservancy

A few of the acts (including the sunset) from Mallory Square in Key West.

Visit to the Dolphin Research Center in the Florida Keys and painting with the dolphins.

A bit from our visit in Cuernavaca, including our host home, the Palacio de Cortez and Jardin Borda.

Visit to Mexico City in summer '08. Touristy stuff before getting down to learning in Cuernavaca.

The concert, followed by the march on Pepsi Center, at this year's DNC

One of the early protests -- permitted and peaceful. Riot gear and tear gas was yet to come.

McGrath Family Farm CSA box for August 21, 2008

Clase de cocina from Instituto Chac Mool in Cuernavaca. Pollo en salsa de cacahuate.

A visit to the farm in Tennessee

Our tour through the Jack Daniels distillery

A little bit of playing with the Creature Creator goes a long way.

A walk through what's in the box and how to store and prepare it.

How to make Tres Leches. (Spanish class project) Here's the recipe in full: http://www.geocities.com/xa...

The beginning of three poems by Neruda.

Still images are public domain or creative commons: Luc Viatour; moblog.co.uk; Greenpeace

Team Penning with Susie and Dann in City of Industry

Very rainy boat tour, but with sea otter and humpback whale sightings

Polar bears at the San Diego Zoo have a bit of fun

Hiking the Mountain View trail and waiting for the train

Our hotel and hiking in Denali -- on the Horseshoe trail.

The eight-hour train ride to Denali from Anchorage, boiled down to 3-plus minutes, with a view of Mt. McKinley (aka Denali)

Boat trip out to the Portage Glacier in Alaska.

Native Heritage Center in Anchorage.

constant entertainment