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\"\"<\/a>Well, the last worship service is over, the banners have been taken down, and I\u2019m sure crews are sweeping up after our grand Unitarian Universalist annual gathering at the Portland Convention Center. On balance it was a great experience\u2026<\/p>\n

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Jan and I, like a fair number of others, have stayed on an extra day. We\u2019ll spend the morning catching up with some old friends through an early lunch. Then, packed up, we\u2019re heading North. We\u2019re not as well planned as Jan would like for our week exploring the Pacific Northwest With Particular Reference to British Columbia. Actually at this moment the only certain thing is getting to Seattle before nightfall. Well, actually we haven\u2019t firmly decided on Seattle as tonight\u2019s destination\u2026 So, all has an air of that nervous excitement about it\u2026<\/div>\n

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Tomorrow is our twenty-fifth wedding anniversary, so firming something up that allows for accommodations a tad more upscale that day than we will otherwise be seeking is probably in order. The main question at the moment is will we be in Vancouver that day, or?<\/div>\n
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