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Things to do in Palm Springs

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OK, The trip is close and here are the planning. Thursday after noon arrive PSP and pick the car rental:  Budget Confirmation Number: 22112247CA3 Pick-up: Feb 02, 2023 3:30pm Palm Springs Apo 3400 East Tahquitz Canyon Way Palm Springs, CA 92262, US  Ph: 760-778-1956 Hotel:7 Springs Inn & Suites, 950 N Indian Canyon Dr Confirmation: 3473130569 relax and check around. Palm Springs Visitor Center, 2901 N Palm Canyon Dr Friday:  Palm Springs Aerial Tramway +  Indian Canyons  -14 ins Saturday to Joshua Tree National Park - 1.5  hrs. If you have only one day in Joshua Tree, here’s something recommend: Sunrise in Cholla Cactus Garden Sightseeing Joshua Tree’s Rock Formations: Skull Rock – A natural formation with an ominous look, Skull Rock is located right along the main road and draws crowds and creates traffic – but it’s still worth seeing. Arch Rock – One of the park’s most famous arches, it’s a short 0.3-mile hike from White Tank Campground to see it. Split Rock – You can’t tell

2022July1-10 Trip Plan

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Jul 01 (Fri) - 06:00 Depart @YEG Edmonton -  relax and prepare  Important things to bring: Passport, Arrive Can

May Long Weekend Trip

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Let's go! May 21, Friday evening drive to Calgary Pie Junkie -  HOME - Pie Junkie Tokyo Street Market -  Tokyo Street Market Calgary | Authentic Japanese Food Having food and relax at Wingate hotel :) May 22, Saturday  morning drive to Canmore Activities: 1. Going to Grotto Canyon Trail Parking Lot - about 2 hrs. hike  Grotto Canyon | Canmore Kananaskis (explorecanmore.ca) 2. Back to Canmore town, checking in hotel and possible easy hiking: Engine Bridge at Spur Line Trail or Bow River Trail (depends on time and energy) Canmore Engine Bridge - HistoricBridges.org Bow River Loop - Alberta, Canada | AllTrails May 23, Sunday  morning  drive to Heart Mountain Horseshoe (Hard!!!) This trail is hard but wonderful, ranking on the top of Canmore hikes. Heart Mountain Horseshoe Trail - Alberta, Canada | AllTrails May 23, Monday  morning  drive to Haling Peak, then Grassi Lakes This will be 4th time to climb Haling Peak, ChinaMan's Peak, yeah. Check some pictures at my Chinese blog for

Merry Christmas

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This Christmas was awesome and our two daughters were back with us together. There is Chinese saying: 女儿-前世情人今生袄!which could be translated by google: daughter is  Past life lover and present life jacket , haha, pretty bad translation. Anyway our older daughter bought thoughtful gifts for us and the younger one made quite delicious food, here are some pictures to prove:)) We setup Blue Curve internet router and sonos one speaker.

2018梦起点旅游俱乐部

梦起点旅游 俱乐部 2018 年构想,活动及预算 初稿     旅游俱乐部的独特性,活动的区域范围大,操作难度大但有许多优势。   构想 1.     提高管理组的 素质,力争管理人员能够: 出谋划策, 组织活动,活动骨干,技术交流等。 2.     建议旅游微信群只做 VIP 广告商的广告,并每次活动可以冠名。 3.    新年 举办征集同乡会旅游梦想,可以和赞助商一起选择入围梦想并圆梦。 4.    每次活动举办有奖旅游征文竞赛。   活动 设想 不定期举办旅游户外讲座及聚会。 1.     1 月份~ 2 月份泡泡湖, 钓鱼 2.     3 月份 峡谷 Ice Walk ( Banff 或 Jasper ) 3.     4 月份   梦想之旅 4.     5 月底 美国优胜美地 (一周左右) 5.     7 月份 Lake Ohara 或 kananaskis 6.     8 月份 Mt.Robinson 野营 7.     9 月份 Jack lakeside campground 8.     10 月份 Maligne 湖   预算 争取 VIP 赞助商及冠名,及每次活动 10 ~ 15% 补助;酌情购置一些共享旅游装备和用品。 2018 年 2 月 18 日同乡会新春晚会 各项小组负责人 : 晚会主持: 音响话筒 AV : 设计宣传:周宁 统筹报名:马文宏 场地布置: 会员注册: 节目把关:建美 流程规范: Jane 结束整理: 摄影录像: 点心奖品: 总预算: $3000 左右 模拟流程: 7:00-7:30 布置会场(春字投影及过年音乐),会员注册,演员及发言人到场准备 7:30开场 开场大拜年 (8分钟) 会长,Jason及要人讲话开场词 (6分钟) 意大利舞(5分钟) 梨花颂 - 严老师(5分钟) 独唱 - 《Perfect》吴杰 (6分钟) 《春江花月夜》- 古筝马老师(5分钟) 旗袍秀 - 爱之韵老人组(5分钟) 合唱 - 绿茵社团 (6分

BC Trip Reminders

Time is close, some reminders for the trip: Clothing(衣) Summer cloth, check Tofino weather during Aug 16~19, the temperature is low 13 to high 19. Food(食) Morning eat at hotel and lunch/supper could do restaurants, download Yelp app for food spotting. Accommodation(住) all is set. Drive (行) GPS update Edmonton to Kelowna - 9 hours (may take No2 from Banff, leave home early morning (7am)Kelowna to Tofino - 9 hours (better leaving early for ferry, 4 hours to ferry) Take the Trans-Canada Hwy ferry to Nanaimo - Horseshoe Bay Nanaimo Departure Bay Terminal to Tofino (3 hours) RESERVATION?? Check the gas station, download gas buddy, need highest-grade gas:((( Review the manual for How To: Changing a Spare Tire on an Audi Replacing a tire on an Audi is very similar to most other manufactures and there are really only a few steps. First remove the tire: While your vehicle is on the ground break the lug nuts loose but do not remove the lug nuts completely, you

Tofino Tours

The most interesting Tofino tour is Host Springs Cove. Take airplane or boat, we plan to take boat tour which includes whales watching, hiking along beach and hot spring. There are too many options, do we want go with small or big group? 1. Tofino Water Taxi 250.725.8844 info@TofinoWaterTaxi.com 80 West Street (Grice Road Pier), Tofino, V0R 2Z0 View on map check many tours at http://tofinowatertaxi.com/ Hot Springs Cove Tour We often see whales and other wildlife on this scenic cruise along 26 nautical miles of gorgeous coastline. A 1.2 km boardwalk winds through temperate rainforest and brings you to the Maquinna Provincial Park natural hot springs. Change rooms provided. There’s no store, so bring your water, food, bathing suit, and towel.  $119(adult) – $109 (student) – $89 (youth) ( 6 hours: Departures daily all year 9:00am 12:00pm) 2. Adventure Tofino - this might be what we want, they also provide rooms if we could get. 250.725.2895 info@adventuretofino.com  Tofin