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Author: Neil Peterson

a few mechanical problems!!

September 5, 2019 Neil Peterson 5 Comments

all, getting ready to take a road trip in a car is one thing. it is something else to get…

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Posted in: 2019 Road Trip to Branson, MO and Oklahoma

I love truck stops

September 4, 2019 Neil Peterson 2 Comments

all, i am getting the chance to visit a lot of truck stops on this road trip.  i love truck…

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Posted in: 2019 Road Trip to Branson, MO and Oklahoma

walking into an oven

September 3, 2019 Neil Peterson 2 Comments

all, right now, on the first of September — almost the beginning of fall — at this time of year…

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Posted in: 2019 Road Trip to Branson, MO and Oklahoma

why this road trip

September 2, 2019 Neil Peterson 7 Comments

hello all, it has been a while since i last posted on www.neilstrips.com.  i hope you enjoyed the trips this…

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Posted in: 2019 Road Trip to Branson, MO and Oklahoma

Day ten — the most moving experience of the entire pilgrimage

July 9, 2019 Neil Peterson 9 Comments

all, today i and everyone else in the group experienced something that none of us will ever forget. it is…

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Posted in: 2019 St. Oswald's Pilgrimage

Day nine — we finally make it to Holy Island!

July 8, 2019 Neil Peterson 7 Comments

all, this is the day we have all been waiting for.  we have trudged nine days, hiked over 100 miles,…

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Posted in: 2019 St. Oswald's Pilgrimage

Some interesting facts about Northumberland

Neil Peterson 1 Comment

all, Northumberland is one of the 50 counties in England.  it is the furthest northern county in the country. we…

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Posted in: 2019 St. Oswald's Pilgrimage

Day eight

July 7, 2019 Neil Peterson 5 Comments

all, one more day of hiking.  yes, another day.  another 12 miles.  but for some reason the aches and pains…

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Posted in: 2019 St. Oswald's Pilgrimage

A couple of new words

July 6, 2019 Neil Peterson 3 Comments

i have learned a couple of new words on this trip. i learned them from a crusty, sharp tongued woman…

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Posted in: 2019 St. Oswald's Pilgrimage

Day seven

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all, day seven was another day of hiking along the coastline of Northumberland.  a fantastic experience. yes, we covered 12.3…

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Posted in: 2019 St. Oswald's Pilgrimage

Day six — what a difference a day makes

July 4, 2019 Neil Peterson 4 Comments

all, Today was a long one, yes.  Another 13.6 miles and 30,007 steps.  But it also was different in two…

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Posted in: 2019 St. Oswald's Pilgrimage

Days four and five

July 2, 2019 Neil Peterson 3 Comments

all, day four of our pilgrimage was a “rest” day.  we ONLY did 8 miles and 18,227 steps. followed by…

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Posted in: 2019 St. Oswald's Pilgrimage

Stone walls

Neil Peterson 2 Comments

all, stone walls really mean something to me. when i was a youngster, growing up in New Canaan, Connecticut my…

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Posted in: 2019 St. Oswald's Pilgrimage

Day three of our pilgrimage!

July 1, 2019 Neil Peterson 4 Comments

all, today was very very long.  a difficult day of hiking.  14.8 miles, and 37,636 steps.  we were hiking for…

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Posted in: 2019 St. Oswald's Pilgrimage

Day two on the pilgrimage

June 30, 2019 Neil Peterson 1 Comment

all, day two was a long tough day of hiking.  we did 12.5 miles today. when i say we, i…

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Posted in: 2019 St. Oswald's Pilgrimage

Our first day on the pilgrimage

June 29, 2019 Neil Peterson 5 Comments

all, oh boy, here we go.  the beginning of our 120 mile pilgrimage over the next 10 days! i am…

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Posted in: 2019 St. Oswald's Pilgrimage

A stop in York

June 28, 2019 Neil Peterson 1 Comment

all, on my way to the beginning of our 120 mile pilgrimage, i have traveled by train from London to…

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Posted in: 2019 St. Oswald's Pilgrimage

A bath

June 27, 2019 Neil Peterson 4 Comments

all, when was the last time you had a bath?  i mean a real one. one where you actually get…

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Posted in: 2019 St. Oswald's Pilgrimage

A stop in London

June 26, 2019 Neil Peterson 2 Comments

all, having departed Sicily, the southern most spot in Europe, i am making my way to Northumberland in the northeast…

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Posted in: 2019 St. Oswald's Pilgrimage

Sicily — our favorite spots

Neil Peterson 6 Comments

all, this is the final blog post about our Sicilian adventure.  it was a great trip.  and i wanted to…

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Posted in: 2019 Trip to Sicily

Team Peterson traditions continued

June 25, 2019 Neil Peterson 1 Comment

all who have an interest in some of the inner workings of Team Peterson’s travels, as reported in earlier blogs…

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Posted in: 2019 Trip to Sicily

More about the Sicilian food

June 22, 2019 Neil Peterson 5 Comments

all who have any tastebuds, Sicily is the place for foodies, gourmands, gastronomes, and epicureans — in short, for people…

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Posted in: 2019 Trip to Sicily

Mt. Etna

June 21, 2019 Neil Peterson 6 Comments

to all who continue to wonder about and adore nature, yesterday my son Guy and I hiked Mt. Etna.  We…

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Posted in: 2019 Trip to Sicily

Gelato

June 20, 2019 Neil Peterson 4 Comments

to all with a sweet tooth, gelato.  it can get no better than to have a gelato — italy’s form…

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Posted in: 2019 Trip to Sicily

The joy of traveling with 6 month old Henry

June 19, 2019 Neil Peterson 3 Comments

to all who love the joy surrounding a new baby, allow me to introduce Henry.  Henry is the first child…

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Posted in: 2019 Trip to Sicily

Team Peterson traditions

June 17, 2019 Neil Peterson 4 Comments

When Team Peterson (yours truly, Kelsey, Guy and their husbands, significant others and children) travels we have certain traditions. One…

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Posted in: 2019 Trip to Sicily

Cooking classes

Neil Peterson 5 Comments

fellow epicureans, on our more recent trips we always try to arrange to got to a cooking class. we did…

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Posted in: 2019 Trip to Sicily

Eating in Sicily — the first of many on this topic

June 15, 2019 Neil Peterson 2 Comments

fellow food followers, wow!  i have only had a few meals in Sicily so far, having been here only three…

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Posted in: 2019 Trip to Sicily

Getting older

June 14, 2019 Neil Peterson 10 Comments

all out there who are getting older, every once in a while the fact that each one of us is…

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Posted in: 2019 Trip to Sicily

Arriving in Sicily

June 13, 2019 Neil Peterson 11 Comments

fellow travelers, hello from the city of Palermo on the island region of Sicily in the country of Italy. arrived…

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Posted in: 2019 Trip to Sicily

Made it back home…

July 4, 2018 Neil Peterson 6 Comments

i feel like my boat has been in the operating room.  it has been an extended surgery.  the fuel tank…

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Posted in: 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC

Big Fish…

July 3, 2018 Neil Peterson 1 Comment

the movie Big Fish has a story to tell.  the entire movie is about telling stories. do you remember the…

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Posted in: 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC

Two extremes in one day…

July 1, 2018 Neil Peterson 4 Comments

today i had the chance to do two things that represent the extremes of what is good for you. one,…

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Posted in: 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC

Penn Cove mussels and where they come from…

June 30, 2018 Neil Peterson 2 Comments

one of the great eatable delicacies in this world are the mussels from Penn Cove. Penn Cove mussels are harvested…

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Posted in: 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC

it is one thing to have a massage, it is another thing to have a soak…

Neil Peterson 3 Comments

today i did something i never do.  i had a massage. but it was not a normal massage  it included…

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Posted in: 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC

Friends are really important…

June 28, 2018 Neil Peterson 2 Comments

today was another chance to relax and reflect as i wait for the work that is being done on my…

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Posted in: 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC

Puzzles…

Neil Peterson 6 Comments

what does a man do when he is waiting for his boat to be fixed. do some exercises designed to…

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Posted in: 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC

Pick up trucks…

June 26, 2018 Neil Peterson 5 Comments

today i rented a pick up truck. the reason — in order to repair the ruptured fuel tank in my…

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Posted in: 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC

a day of reckoning…

Neil Peterson 6 Comments

today was a day to determine, if possible, what the latest problems are with my Boston Whaler. luckily i found…

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Posted in: 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC

Sunday in Sooke…

June 24, 2018 Neil Peterson 3 Comments

as you are well aware, i am spending my Sunday in Sooke.  i am on land, not on the water. …

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Posted in: 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC

if you think yesterday was eventful, wait to you hear this…

June 23, 2018 Neil Peterson 10 Comments

holy cow!  this trip was designed to be a shake down cruise, a dry run.  an opportunity to check out…

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Posted in: 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC

Port Townsend Washington…

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what a wonderful spot! what a treat to spend time in a town with no Uber of Lyft.  a town…

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Posted in: 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC

Marooned…

June 22, 2018 Neil Peterson 5 Comments

this adventure is truly an adventure. today at 0450 hours yours truly cast off from shore in Port Townsend Washington…

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Posted in: 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC

great breakfasts…

Neil Peterson 1 Comment

what beats a great breakfast?  not much. especially…if you are having the breakfast at 10am after having been “on the…

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Posted in: 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC

did you ever think of bringing tools with you?

June 21, 2018 Neil Peterson 4 Comments

my last post reported about my first “problem” of the trip — my port antenna. One of my two antennae…

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Posted in: 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC

An eventful first day on the water…

Neil Peterson 2 Comments

The first day on the water has been eventful. Leaving the fresh water of Lake Union for the salt water…

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Posted in: 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC

A special moment in time…

June 20, 2018 Neil Peterson 7 Comments

tonight, the night before i embark on my wild water adventure, i had the opportunity to be a witness to…

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Posted in: 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC

Safety first!

June 19, 2018 Neil Peterson 5 Comments

after my post yesterday, i received quite a few calls, emails, texts concerned about my safety. so, before i even…

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Posted in: 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC

Heads Up!

June 17, 2018 Neil Peterson 8 Comments

This is a head’s up that i have another one of Neil’s Trips coming up.  And coming up very soon.…

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Posted in: 2018 Trip to West Coast of Vancouver Island BC

Insha’Allah

December 17, 2017 Neil Peterson 2 Comments

In Arabic, Insha’Allah means God willing. It is a wonderful way of saying…may good things happen to you And that…

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Posted in: 2017 Morocco

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