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06-30-2009, 03:40 PM
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RR,
Those were some really great pictures! 
However the puns were sadly up to your usual terrible standards. 
I'm going to go have a lie down now
Cheers
Jamie 
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06-30-2009, 03:50 PM
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Excellent journey, glad to see the little blimp get around. Thanks for sharing with us!
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06-30-2009, 03:51 PM
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After our whirlwind 1-day tour of northern Arizona, the Saltire still wanted visit one of Phoenix's coolest parks before it flew off to its next destination. So off we went to Papago Park - home of the Phoenix Zoo, Desert Botanical Garden, headquarters for the Arizona National Guard & the couple of landmarks pictured below.
The Saltire & the descriptively named, Hole-in-the-Rock. 
Gov. Hunt's pyramid - where Arizona's first state Governor & his wife are buried.  
Arizona is well-known for its colorful sunsets. This one is fairly mundane by local standards, but still not bad.  
Finally, the Saltire kept "needling" me about getting a picture with a saguaro - the giant of the desert. I told it to be careful, these big guys can be a bit prickly.  Th-th-that's all, folks!
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06-30-2009, 09:50 PM
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Bravo, Craig!
Great finish to  visit to Arizona!
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07-06-2009, 12:07 PM
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As always, fantastic.
I still hope that one day the Saltire will visit us here in Idaho, but I know it has a lot of journeys to make.
What an intrepid airship!
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07-11-2009, 06:12 PM
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Hmm, wonder when it's heading toward SoCal . . . perfect show-n-tell for SCHool!
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07-20-2009, 06:17 AM
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Although I did get to see the wee airship when it passed through DC, it would still be great if she made it back my way for a little more time. If she could make her way back to Frederick at the end of November, I would gladly take her on a Caribbean adventure with me. 
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07-28-2009, 07:11 PM
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We went down to Niagara Falls, with the wee airship leading the way, once there we corrupted the wee airship, I think this may have been a first time for the Saltire in a casino. We were told no photos inside however. 
The Saltire and I at the chapel. 
Another first for the wee airship, walking down the isle
Catherine, the Saltire and her mom. 
The next day we took Catherine's mom and the Saltire to see the falls we were in Niagara after all. 
I took the Saltire to Brock's Monument as I thought it was something the wee ship needed to see. 
Today we took the Saltire to the Royal Ontario Museum, to see the Dead Sea Scrolls among other things, those photos to follow
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07-28-2009, 07:21 PM
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The Saltire certainly looks swell with the Carolina tartan. Maybe she'd enjoy a trip to the Tarheel and Palmetto states?
Did she fly over the falls or stay on one side of the river?
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Outside the ROM 
In the hall just after getting in 
In one of the Oriental Rooms  
In the Egyptian room 
The Wee Airship led me to this Claymore, we just needed a photo 
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