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"My life amounts to no more than one drop in a limitless ocean. Yet what is any ocean, but a multitude of drops?" — David Mitchell

Whirlwind Journey

Posted from 30,000 over the Southern US at 8:00 am, April 27th, 2009

Grandma Snyder had her ninetieth birthday party yesterday, so we got to visit with her for the first time in several years. She’s managed to knock out two of her top teeth in a fall and refuses to have them fixed, so her laugh has become even more jolly. Three of our cousins were there as well, and it was cool to see three adults that looked a lot like the kids we’d last seen almost twenty years ago.

After the party (and a ridiculous amout of picture taking) everyone said goodbye, we joined mom and dad for dinner and on an (unsuccessful) search for manatees, attempted to spin a few donuts in the parking lot, then headed back to Orlando. After a five o’clock wakeup I managed a bit of sleep on the plane, and following a scheduled 9:30 landing it’s off to what may be a very long day of work.

Aaaron, Skip and Ryan

Aaron, the Skipper, and Yours Truly.

1 response to “Whirlwind Journey”

  1. Hi Ryan,

    Couldn’t figure out how to contact you, but on your Wikitravel site you mentioned that not as much agriculture is being carried out on Mayaguana now as previously, even though it’s very fertile. Was no neighboring Crooked for 3 months recently, and it’s not fertile at all.

    So why declining ag on Mayaguana? Would like to visit and take my family there. Any contacts to ask this there? Thanks. sicampbell @cfl.rr.com

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