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Oceanside, Oregon beach Home Exchange!
Oceanside, Oregon is a gorgeous, small community on the coast of the Pacific Ocean. Fresh sea breezes and clean evergreen scents combine to make you want to breathe it all in! We enjoyed a fantastic home exchange
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Sensational White Sands National Monument at sunset!
It’s a giant sandbox in the southern New Mexico desert – great for awesome echos and unique photography.
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Marco Island, FL – Dolphins, golf, gators, turtles-retirement paradise
Wildlife everywhere! Everglades, sanctuaries, nature preserves. Dolphins, turtles, and yes, dangerous critters like alligators, snakes, spiders and nasty biting bugs, but it’s so peaceful you…
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Hot air balloons in gorgeous Colorado!
Balloons, bells, a ghost town and fall colors! Gettin’ our mountain fix! Sometimes Groupon has great timing with their offers. In this case a discount condo at Snowmass Village during the Balloon Festival…
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Lake Powell – Another planet right here in the USA
It really is otherworldly. At times you feel like you have just been personally dropped into a science fiction movie (in fact several have been filmed here) – on a huge lake, surrounded by desert, sheer cliffs with painted stripes, and bizarre rock formations…
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See 5 states from Capulin Volcano, New Mexico
If ever you are on a road trip between Colorado and Texas, Capulin Volcano is a side trip worthy of a few hours. Those who don’t know their a’a from their pahoe’hoe will probably prefer…