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Banana Boat Bytes
Adventures With Rich and Donna
Co-Starring The Fiberglass Banana Boat
Featuring 'Joe' and 'Willy', the Wonder Jeeps!

We're fortunate enough to be able to travel in our motorhome approximately 6-months of the year, mostly in the spring and fall.  We use this web space to share our experiences and photos with our friends and family. 

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Saved Travel Articles

Recommended Campgrounds

Rich & Donna's Top 10 Rules for Fine Dining

Like most people we like to eat out from time to time but we also like really casual, unpretentious places.  Over the years we've developed a list of rules for choosing a place to eat.  Therefore, with apologies to Letterman and Jeff Foxworthy:  A restaurant might be too fancy for us if...

10:  The water glasses have stems

0:  The table has an actual tablecloth (a laminated table top with a red and white checkerboard pattern is best)

8:  The napkins are made from cloth

7:  The menus do not have pictures of the food

6:  The ketchup and mustard are not in plastic squeeze bottles

5:  There is no chalkboard by the entrance listing the Daily Specials

4:  The word 'Restaurant' is spelled with an 'e" at the end.

3:  Something other than country music is playing on the jukebox. 

2:  There is no sign on the door saying 'No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service'

And the most important rule:  A restaurant is way too fancy for us if ...the wait staff is dressed better than us.

 

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States Visited During 2010

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The Alamo, San Antonio, TX - Birthplace of Texas Independence


WWII Jeep - National Museum of the Pacific War, Fredericksburg, TX


It seems that Texans really, really like metal sculptures of animals.  Seen near Llano, TX


Road Runner - Near Las Cruces, NM
(no, this is not life-sized)


The Alps - Near Van Horn, TX


Texas Blue Bonnetts - Willow City, TX


Yup, that's a camel - Seen near Fredericksburg, TX


Crocodile Sculpture, Fredericksburg, TX

2010 Blogs
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Kitt Peak National Observatory


LBJ Ranch


Severe weather

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