Baker’s Dozen III

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Strange Places to Visit

  1. Blood Falls, Antarctica
  2. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
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Strange Places to Visit

  1. Blood Falls, Antarctica
  2. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
  3. The Rainbow Mountains of China

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Strange Places to Visit

  1. Blood Falls, Antarctica
  2. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
  3. The Rainbow Mountains of China
  4. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA

Noted for its wide range of various geothermal features, and contains roughly two-thirds of all the geysers in the world.

-“BB”-

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Strange Places to Visit

  1. Blood Falls, Antarctica
  2. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
  3. The Rainbow Mountains of China
  4. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  5. The Dead Sea, Israel / Jordan / West Bank

I was there 45 years ago and remember that the water is so salty and full of chemicals that it stings, especially on cuts, scrapes and sensitive areas

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Strange Places to Visit

  1. Blood Falls, Antarctica
  2. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
  3. The Rainbow Mountains of China
  4. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  5. The Dead Sea, Israel / Jordan / West Bank
  6. Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve, Idaho, USA

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Strange Places to Visit

  1. Blood Falls, Antarctica
  2. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
  3. The Rainbow Mountains of China
  4. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  5. The Dead Sea, Israel / Jordan / West Bank
  6. Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve, Idaho, USA
  7. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA
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Strange Places to Visit

  1. Blood Falls, Antarctica
  2. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
  3. The Rainbow Mountains of China
  4. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  5. The Dead Sea, Israel / Jordan / West Bank
  6. Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve, Idaho, USA
  7. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA
  8. International Cryptozoology Museum, Portland Maine
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Strange Places to Visit

  1. Blood Falls, Antarctica
  2. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
  3. The Rainbow Mountains of China
  4. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  5. The Dead Sea, Israel / Jordan / West Bank
  6. Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve, Idaho, USA
  7. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA
  8. International Cryptozoology Museum, Portland Maine
  9. Mütter Museum, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Do not eat before going there.

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Strange Places to Visit

  1. Blood Falls, Antarctica
  2. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
  3. The Rainbow Mountains of China
  4. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  5. The Dead Sea, Israel / Jordan / West Bank
  6. Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve, Idaho, USA
  7. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA
  8. International Cryptozoology Museum, Portland Maine
  9. Mütter Museum , Philadelphia, PA, USA
  10. Island of Dolls, Mexico
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Strange Places to Visit

  1. Blood Falls, Antarctica
  2. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
  3. The Rainbow Mountains of China
  4. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  5. The Dead Sea, Israel / Jordan / West Bank
  6. Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve, Idaho, USA
  7. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA
  8. International Cryptozoology Museum, Portland Maine
  9. Mütter Museum , Philadelphia, PA, USA
  10. Island of Dolls, Mexico
  11. Kingston Penitentiary, Ontario

The penitentiary closed in 2013, and tours are now available that “offer a rare and unique opportunity to go behind the walls of Canada’s oldest and most notorious maximum security prison.”

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Strange Places to Visit

  1. Blood Falls, Antarctica
  2. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
  3. The Rainbow Mountains of China
  4. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  5. The Dead Sea, Israel / Jordan / West Bank
  6. Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve, Idaho, USA
  7. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA
  8. International Cryptozoology Museum, Portland Maine
  9. Mütter Museum , Philadelphia, PA, USA
  10. Island of Dolls, Mexico
  11. Kingston Penitentiary, Ontario
  12. Bubblegum Alley, San Luis Obispo, CA
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Strange Places to Visit

  1. Blood Falls, Antarctica
  2. The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland
  3. The Rainbow Mountains of China
  4. Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming, USA
  5. The Dead Sea, Israel / Jordan / West Bank
  6. Craters of the Moon National Monument & Preserve, Idaho, USA
  7. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA
  8. International Cryptozoology Museum, Portland Maine
  9. Mütter Museum , Philadelphia, PA, USA
  10. Island of Dolls, Mexico
  11. Kingston Penitentiary, Ontario
  12. Bubblegum Alley , San Luis Obispo, CA
  13. Spotted Lake, Osoyoos, British Columbia, Canada

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Favorite Books You Read as a Child

  1. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
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Favorite Books You Read as a Child

  1. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
  2. The Littlest Snowman, by Charles Tazewell
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  1. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
  2. The Littlest Snowman, by Charles Tazewell
  3. The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander
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Favorite Books You Read as a Child

  1. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
  2. The Littlest Snowman, by Charles Tazewell
  3. The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander
  4. What Katy Did, by Susan Coolidge
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Favorite Books You Read as a Child

  1. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
  2. The Littlest Snowman, by Charles Tazewell
  3. The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander
  4. What Katy Did, by Susan Coolidge
  5. The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be, by Farley Mowat
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Favorite Books You Read as a Child

  1. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
  2. The Littlest Snowman, by Charles Tazewell
  3. The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander
  4. What Katy Did, by Susan Coolidge
  5. The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be, by Farley Mowat
  6. Half Magic, by Edward Eager
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Favorite Books You Read as a Child

  1. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
  2. The Littlest Snowman, by Charles Tazewell
  3. The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander
  4. What Katy Did, by Susan Coolidge
  5. The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be, by Farley Mowat
  6. Half Magic, by Edward Eager
  7. The Mad Scientists’ Club, by Bertrand R. Brinley

Actually a collection of short stories about a group of older Boy Scout/Explorer Scouts with a slant toward sciences and applied physics, many of which appeared originally in Boys Life magazine in the 1960s (I would have been about twelve or so at the time)

-“BB”-

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Favorite Books You Read as a Child

  1. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
  2. The Littlest Snowman, by Charles Tazewell
  3. The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander
  4. What Katy Did, by Susan Coolidge
  5. The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be, by Farley Mowat
  6. Half Magic, by Edward Eager
  7. The Mad Scientists’ Club, by Bertrand R. Brinley
  8. The Diamond in the Window, by Jane Langton
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Favorite Books You Read as a Child

  1. A Wrinkle in Time, by Madeleine L’Engle
  2. The Littlest Snowman, by Charles Tazewell
  3. The Chronicles of Prydain, by Lloyd Alexander
  4. What Katy Did, by Susan Coolidge
  5. The Dog Who Wouldn’t Be, by Farley Mowat
  6. Half Magic, by Edward Eager
  7. The Mad Scientists’ Club, by Bertrand R. Brinley
  8. The Diamond in the Window, by Jane Langton
  9. Heart of Asia: True Tales of the Far East, by Roy Chapman Andrews

Andrews is commonly called ‘the real Indiana Jones’ today. I started reading his books for kids like All About Dinosaurs before getting into the stories of his expeditions. My favorite quote of his, which I remember from more than fifty years ago (it may not be from Heart of Asia) is:

“Personally, I loathe to see a man beheaded”.