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Home Archives for Mark Chism

Alaska Family Fun

March 3, 2018 By Mark Chism Leave a Comment

Alaska travel

The Lord blessed me with a job as an IT-consultant that had come to an end, but my travel perks remained. Those perks included airline miles, hotel points and car rental days. Alaska family fun is the result. It started with a call to the airline to see how the frequent flyer points worked. The […]

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Piping on the Green, Birthday Traditions, and Peekaboo

February 6, 2018 By Mark Chism Leave a Comment

Traditions add sanity to often crazy schedule. With 6 birthdays in 3 weeks my wife suggested the previous year a camping opportunity combined with Celtic music. This year we had 2 campers participating expanding participation. Celtic Music It starts with a one day celebration of Celtic heritage. Piping on the Green provides a jam-packed event […]

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Plans Change – Tropical Storm Cindy, and Visiting an Old Friend

January 27, 2018 By Mark Chism Leave a Comment

plans do change

Our plan was to spend some time visiting Wisconsin. My wife and I would take 4 days to reach the objective with a family visit and a wedding along the way. The In-laws where to meet us after their 2 day trip. Next came 5 days exploring Wisconsin together and then a 2 day journey […]

Filed Under: Adventures Tagged With: rain storm, Travel, tropical storm

Kooikerhondje Puppy in the House – What an Energetic Joy!

January 16, 2018 By Mark Chism Leave a Comment

Chism Puppy Kookierhondje

As we prepared for 2 weddings in a year and an empty nest, we knew 2 dogs (Toller and Pug) moving as well as an Aussie mix moving going from a peak of 4 dogs to one. The Yorkey has been coast to coast and is 6 years old.  A search of rare United States […]

Filed Under: Adventures Tagged With: Breed, Dog, Puppy

New Pieces of Genealogy Through Genetics

January 7, 2018 By Mark Chism Leave a Comment

genealogy chism

Genealogy involves documenting a family history. In years past you might go to a library and obtain copies of pertinent records or get a copy of a picture, birth records or Bible pages. A very tedious and time consuming process completed by generations and compiled into books for sale. Family errors become a part of […]

Filed Under: Genealogy Tagged With: DNA, Genetics

Birthday Tradition and Piping on the Green

December 11, 2017 By Mark Chism Leave a Comment

traditions for birthday

Our family has many birthdays within three weeks in March and April. An opportunity to combine birthdays and music in Tullahoma, TN. With the discovery of the concert my brilliant wife reminded me that the State Park was closer than the house and a camp site available. A birthday tradition began. Old Stone Fort State […]

Filed Under: Adventures Tagged With: Birthday, Celtic, Piping

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We are Mark and Eujeana Chism. Since our marriage 25 plus years ago, we have been traveling. At first it was our homeschool family traveling together. Now our four children are graduated and we have continued the journey. Welcome to our little corner of the internet. We hope to share discoveries from our travels and inspire others to find their own adventures through travel. Please enjoy and engage in the … Read More ....

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