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100 and Done! (Countries that is...)

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We are back! This last trip brought the total countries visited to 100! It is a crazy milestone. It is difficult, time-consuming and can be (IS) expensive. After I got back from Antarctica in 2007, I started thinking about it. After 2010 I was thinking about it more (as I moved from NY to Georgia) and in 2014 it had become a real goal. Between Angie and I we have been to 109 Countries. We are tied at 100 countries each. We have 9 countries different in our lists. For example, I have been to San Marino. She has not. She has been to Israel. I have not, yet. There has been some fun competition in this area. That's why we had to establish rules. 1.) Must be listed with the US State Department 2.) Being in an airport doesn't count. You have to get through immigration somehow and not in a DMZ or a no-mans-land 3.) A passport stamp is not required. I have been to Canada, Paraguay, and Uruguay without getting my passport stamped. There are friendly borders in many places around the wor...
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I might be on the news tonight. I spent the day in Albany protesting. Notice the self-erecting crane over the gov mansion. I haven't seen one of those in NY state in a long time. And the one I do see here is working on a govt building. It is tough to watch this continued decline in business in NY. "Our Land, Our Rights, Our Future, Drill safely now! Yes Marcellus!" Get the facts. Don't fall for the lies that have been perpetuated by New York city extremists. Land owners do not want to damage their land. You can feel Woody Guthrie and many others right there. I get upset with folks who just complain about Government. Do something! WE ARE the government! Flooding in Maine NY today. This was Nanticoke Rd. about 8 miles from my house. This spring really may be terrible as far as flodding. The ground has been saturated. We will be lucky if we don't have severe flooding this spring.