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TravBuddy.com: SpunkyLilBoo's Rock Bottom Trip travel blog</title>
<copyright>Copyright 2005 TravBuddy LLC</copyright>
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<description>Detailing my fiance and my trips while he works as a floating manager for the Rock Bottom Brewery.</description>
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<title>Home at last!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 24 Oct 2006 16:55:43 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Cincinnati-travel-guide-91008">Cincinnati, Ohio</a>, Oct 24, 2006</p>
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By Now we should be back in Cincinnati.....at least temporarily.

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<title>Time to go back home</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 23 Oct 2006 16:51:55 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/New-York-travel-guide-82510">New York, New York</a>, Oct 23, 2006</p>
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  We fly out of Denver today to head back to New York.        
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<title>Boulder Falls</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 02 Oct 2006 22:17:43 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Boulder-travel-guide-15573">Boulder, Colorado</a>, Oct 02, 2006</p>
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Dan and I have been taking drives through the mountain area before he goes into work everyday to see the landscape. Today we&apos;re heading to Boulder Fa&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Great American Beer Festival</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:28:40 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Denver-travel-guide-15773">Denver, Colorado</a>, Sep 29, 2006</p>
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Dan&apos;s boss at Walnut Brewery gave us some tickets to go to the Great American Beer Festival in Denver tonight! We&apos;ll be trying over a thousand beers &amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Heading West</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2006 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/New-York-travel-guide-82510">New York, New York</a>, Sep 25, 2006</p>
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      We&apos;ll be flying out of New York&apos;s Laguardia Airport to Denver International Airport. We didn&apos;t get to see too much of New York unfortunately.&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Looking Forward to the Mountains</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2006 22:09:54 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Broomfield-travel-guide-15600">Broomfield, Colorado</a>, Sep 25, 2006</p>
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We&apos;ve finally made it! We&apos;re not staying in Denver as I had orginally thought. We&apos;re actually staying in between Denver and Boulder in a place called&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Greeting the Family</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 22 Sep 2006 21:27:49 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Shohola-travel-guide-105188">Shohola, Pennsylvania</a>, Sep 22, 2006</p>
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A couple days to see Dan&apos;s older brother Don, Don&apos;s wife Becky and his nephew Zack. More details to come.....We visited with the family, got to see&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Last Day...</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 21:22:26 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Washington-travel-guide-19604">Washington, District of Columbia</a>, Sep 20, 2006</p>
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  Today&apos;s plan: National Portrait Gallery and then heading north.Dan and I headed over to the District Chophouse for lunch then walked to the Natio&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>To Infinity and Beyond!</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 19 Sep 2006 15:25:55 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Washington-travel-guide-19604">Washington, District of Columbia</a>, Sep 19, 2006</p>
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  Today&apos;s plan: The Air and Space Museum and the Botanic Garden      
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<title>Another somber day</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Sep 2006 19:31:07 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Washington-travel-guide-19604">Washington, District of Columbia</a>, Sep 18, 2006</p>
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Today&apos;s plan: Vietnam Memorial, Korean War Memorial, and the Franklin D Roosevelt Memorial.    
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<title>Got my ticket reserved!</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 17 Sep 2006 15:23:37 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Washington-travel-guide-19604">Washington, District of Columbia</a>, Sep 17, 2006</p>
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  Today&apos;s plan: The Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial. Really excited about this one because the last time I was in DC the monument was &amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Capital idea!</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 16 Sep 2006 19:27:21 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Washington-travel-guide-19604">Washington, District of Columbia</a>, Sep 16, 2006</p>
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Today&apos;s plan: See the Capital Building </p>
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<title>Yes, I&apos;m that geeky</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 15 Sep 2006 16:17:36 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Washington-travel-guide-19604">Washington, District of Columbia</a>, Sep 15, 2006</p>
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  Today&apos;s Plan: Looking forward to seeing the Natural History Museum :-)I was actually kind of disappointed in this museum. I don&apos;t think it was up&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>On my own again....</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/2869/own-again-12</link>
<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:07:04 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Washington-travel-guide-19604">Washington, District of Columbia</a>, Sep 14, 2006</p>
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Today&apos;s Plan: Supreme CourtIts definitely a place to see if you&apos;re visiting the area.</p>
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<title>Another Full Day</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 13 Sep 2006 16:05:03 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Washington-travel-guide-19604">Washington, District of Columbia</a>, Sep 13, 2006</p>
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  Today&apos;s Plan: Dan&apos;s off again today so we&apos;re heading to the Holocaust Museum and the Botanic GardenWell after lunch and getting a little lost we &amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>The city never sleeps...</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 12 Sep 2006 15:49:52 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Washington-travel-guide-19604">Washington, District of Columbia</a>, Sep 12, 2006</p>
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Today&apos;s plan: Since Dan doesn&apos;t have to be at work until 4, we&apos;re going to the Holocaust Museum this morning.Dan was raised in the country so he&apos;s &amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Dan&apos;s finally got a day off!</title>
<link>http://www.travbuddy.com/travel-blogs/2869/Dans-finally-day-off-9</link>
<pubDate>Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:36:42 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Washington-travel-guide-19604">Washington, District of Columbia</a>, Sep 11, 2006</p>
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Today&apos;s plan: National Zoo and possibly the art museum at the SmithsonianThe zoo was Great! This was probably the best zoo experience I&apos;ve ever had&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>It&apos;s Dan&apos;s Turn</title>
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<pubDate>Sun, 10 Sep 2006 15:12:16 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Washington-travel-guide-19604">Washington, District of Columbia</a>, Sep 10, 2006</p>
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  I&apos;ve already made my trip to the National Archives but I know Dan wants to go. Since he doesn&apos;t have to be into work until 4 today, I plan on tak&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Day of rest</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 09 Sep 2006 15:02:58 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Washington-travel-guide-19604">Washington, District of Columbia</a>, Sep 09, 2006</p>
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I had originally planned on going to see the white house but both Dan and I woke up feeling congested and tired. Turns out the air conditioning unit &amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Day 3 in DC!</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2006 19:14:23 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Washington-travel-guide-19604">Washington, District of Columbia</a>, Sep 08, 2006</p>
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I was feeling a little under the weather today so I got a pretty late start but I did get a couple things accomplished. I met up with Dan at the rest&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Day 2 of Exploring</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2006 14:26:59 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Washington-travel-guide-19604">Washington, District of Columbia</a>, Sep 07, 2006</p>
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I took Dan out today to do some sight seeing before he had to go to work. We walked to the American History Museum, a place both of us wanted to se&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Time to explore!</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:17:55 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Washington-travel-guide-19604">Washington, District of Columbia</a>, Sep 06, 2006</p>
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Well, I didn&apos;t sleep all that well last night so I got a later start today than I had originally hoped. Dan and I visited the Austin Grill for lunc&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>The Austin Grill</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 06 Sep 2006 16:44:51 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Washington-travel-guide-19604">Washington, District of Columbia</a>, Sep 06, 2006</p>
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The atmosphere is fun and light. Very casual type of restaurant. The staff is exceptionally friendly. A great place to grab a burger with some rice a&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Let the fun times commence</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:00 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Cincinnati-travel-guide-91008">Cincinnati, Ohio</a>, Sep 05, 2006</p>
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Dan and I will be hitting the road this morning. We&apos;re driving to Bethesda, MD to check in at the restaurant where he&apos;ll be working for the next tw&amp;hellip;</p>
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<title>Checking in and saying Hi</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2006 00:00:01 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Bethesda-travel-guide-50470">Bethesda, Maryland</a>, Sep 05, 2006</p>
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While Dan underwent a quick orientation at the restaurant I took to the
streets to explore. There were so many little cafes and restaurants of
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<title>Settling into the room</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Sep 2006 17:40:12 PST</pubDate>
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<p><a href="http://www.travbuddy.com/Washington-travel-guide-19604">Washington, District of Columbia</a>, Sep 05, 2006</p>
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We&apos;ve been set up in the Lansburgh in downtown Washington. I hear it&apos;s really posh. More details to come...And wow! The rumors were true! This plac&amp;hellip;</p>
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