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Mar 8, 2024 15:12:34 GMT -5
Post by Xanthe Wingard on Mar 8, 2024 15:12:34 GMT -5
Xanthe fancied something simple for lunch after that long walk and morning adventure. So when they found a table she selected the soup of the day with a roll. “I always found snacks handy while we were making our trips to ghost towns and mysterious locations. I did brew my own coffee over a camping stove as well. I do need to figure out proper cooking eventually but I can so pasta and meatballs” she replied cheerfully. Hayden Quinzell
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Mar 9, 2024 14:21:29 GMT -5
Post by Hayden Quinzell on Mar 9, 2024 14:21:29 GMT -5
The eerie cuteness of this was not lost on him but still when you considered what he did he knew that he had to be careful even with his friends or those he considered friends he had to be careful but saving that little girl was a true rush and that was because it made him feel only slightly better for all the other not so good things that he did in his lifetime. "Wait," he said. "You've been to a ghost town?" Old, dead, run down and silent were just a few things that popped in his head immediately though he was keeping it together. "Did you have fun or I mean now that you look back on it is it something that you would say was a fun experience?" Xanthe Wingard
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Mar 9, 2024 15:29:16 GMT -5
Post by Xanthe Wingard on Mar 9, 2024 15:29:16 GMT -5
“The people I worked with made YouTube videos about weird and wonderful places in the US. That did include ghost towns, abandoned asylums and factory complexes. Spooky when you explore them” she replied. “We also did adverts both video and for the radio services. They also could go out on YouTube and other digital platforms. It could also be dangerous so we needed to be armed. The more modern ones have dangers that the Wild West builders never thought about like asbestos, chemicals and drugged up lunatics. They are like time capsules in a way but you need to be able to defend yourself” she added with a smile. “It was like urban exploration but purely for entertainment and discovery purposes. You even find them on Route 66 and the videos were a little history lesson as well. I did the narration on all of them”. Now she needed to figure out something else to do but this was a vacation and she had a few days left to have fun. Hayden Quinzell
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Mar 11, 2024 7:31:27 GMT -5
Post by Hayden Quinzell on Mar 11, 2024 7:31:27 GMT -5
"We should do a series. It was something that you liked right and just because you are here on vacation does not mean you can not do one. Plus I know where a good bit of hidden caves are and there is a college here that probably has history on them." He seemed calm about this which was good. "There is plenty of other things as well, should go snorkeling if you have time, the dolphins off the east coast are amazing." Xanthe Wingard
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Mar 11, 2024 15:21:46 GMT -5
Post by Xanthe Wingard on Mar 11, 2024 15:21:46 GMT -5
Hayden had a suggestion. Caving was one option but there was also a more straight forward option that was diving on the east coast. She had a rough idea of the geography by now and they’d be away from the big city going east. So pondering this she replied “I like the idea of snorkelling and if we can time it right we won’t need an over night stay”. Caves would take too much planning and perhaps that could be an option on her next trip here. She did plan to come back assuming she had the funds to do so. “There might be organised trips round that part as well” she added with a smile. Hayden Quinzell
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Mar 12, 2024 7:31:27 GMT -5
Post by Hayden Quinzell on Mar 12, 2024 7:31:27 GMT -5
Overnight what? "Oh no I don't do those anyway," he said. "If I can't sleep in my bed I just drink a lot of coffee and push through to the next morning. It's bad in the end but sometimes when I sleep things get weird like uncomfortable. It is not a deep issue but probably something I need to talk to my therapist about." "When your vacation is done and you are back home and you realize it's not as pretty as here if you want to come back, I could help you get back." He had a lot of money, like a lot of money some of it legal some of it not. "Wait that sounds like a proposition," he said as he laughed. "I just mean if you want to come back and money is short I would help you. You are nice, nice people deserve good things." Xanthe Wingard
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Mar 12, 2024 17:58:34 GMT -5
Post by Xanthe Wingard on Mar 12, 2024 17:58:34 GMT -5
Even in the short time she’d been here Xanthe was figuring out other locations here. This was a pretty place that ran her home state quite close in places. She’d also rather not need another hotel room so would prefer to be back in her room after each activity. “Weird? Which way” Xanthe posed curiously. He had made a suggestion and he did say nice people deserved nice things. “I appreciate that Hayden. I will need to see if I can find a job in a tough economy but who knows. A job might even be here”. While her skills were with media and broadcasting she had proved she was an outdoor person as well. As well as an independent person. Hayden Quinzell
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Mar 14, 2024 12:18:18 GMT -5
Post by Hayden Quinzell on Mar 14, 2024 12:18:18 GMT -5
"A lot of people do find jobs here but that usually tends to lead to them staying. I mean I got here put five steps into the sand and knew that I wanted to be here but not everyone else adjusts easily and yes weird," he slightly laughed about it but he was serious. "Weird as in I would miss home, I think that we all do sometimes." Xanthe Wingard
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Mar 15, 2024 1:30:37 GMT -5
Post by Xanthe Wingard on Mar 15, 2024 1:30:37 GMT -5
Hayden laughed a little as he replied. Xanthe knew you had to move where the work was and as the daughter of a professor that was doubly true. “I do miss my home when I’m not there but you do need to move where the work is. I’m looking at the electronic news paper for ideas and if something that suits me comes up I’ll apply for it”. She sounded sure about what she was saying and was willing to go the extreme of settling in a different nation to better herself; which the island effectively was and didn’t seem to be far from officially one. Hayden Quinzell
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Mar 16, 2024 6:57:15 GMT -5
Post by Hayden Quinzell on Mar 16, 2024 6:57:15 GMT -5
"I understand just a small bit about up and moving when the situation is needed. It's strange how two people who do not know one another can understand the same thing." He found that one of the small amazing things in the world. "Anyway you can keep me in the loop if you want but for now, farmer's market I do believe we were headed." Home he did miss it but he did not miss the bad of it. "I guess home can be more than one place without feeling bad about it." Xanthe Wingard
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Mar 16, 2024 16:00:42 GMT -5
Post by Xanthe Wingard on Mar 16, 2024 16:00:42 GMT -5
They still had to put the gift basket together and now they were on their way. “People have known that they’ll need to move to a new land for opportunities since the dawn of time” she replied with a smile. So what they were considering wasn’t new and you only had to look back a few centuries to when people traveled in wooden ships to the new world. So at the market they started their search. Fruit was the obvious thing but you had surprises even here. Locally made chocolate bars for example as this island also had its adventurous souls who wanted to make a better life for themselves. Hayden Quinzell
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Mar 20, 2024 12:08:15 GMT -5
Post by Hayden Quinzell on Mar 20, 2024 12:08:15 GMT -5
Getting to the market and walking around was so refreshing. He did not know if it was the bright colors of just the smells of everything being super fresh that he liked but he knew that he did like some part of it. He as he always did was taking in the sights and the people. "So much stuff I do not know where to start let me see." Maybe he should go with color or size or heart, such hard decisions. "Okay fruit and then chocolate." His death trap. "Just a little chocolate do not want a sugar high." Xanthe Wingard
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Mar 20, 2024 15:27:16 GMT -5
Post by Xanthe Wingard on Mar 20, 2024 15:27:16 GMT -5
Having picked up a shopping basket on the way into the market proper Xanthe did notice Hayden’s mention of chocolate. “They do milk and dark varieties” she remarked with a smile as a few of both was going into the girls gift basket. Hayden could add what he wanted to that for his own stash and she’d do the same. “It’s hand made chocolate and something I don’t see often in Colorado” she remarked. She wasn’t sure of the wisdom of a pineapple when not even a knife could properly prepare it. So she added apples, bananas, oranges and things like that instead. “There’s bottled lemonade too” she added as they went round stalls. This would be a useful trip for the both of them as she did know what good lemonade was like. This looked like the homemade kind her grandma made. Hayden Quinzell
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Mar 22, 2024 8:16:33 GMT -5
Post by Hayden Quinzell on Mar 22, 2024 8:16:33 GMT -5
People and wanting to use their hands in everything he understood the need but thinking about it, gosh he hoped that they at least wore a good bit of gloves as he thought about the chocolate. It was so delicious like a woman but more dangerous because it put weight on you. Lemonade did sound good though. "If the lemonade is good I need five bottles," Xanthe Wingard
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Mar 22, 2024 10:57:25 GMT -5
Post by Xanthe Wingard on Mar 22, 2024 10:57:25 GMT -5
Progress was being made and it turned out the vendor of the lemonade had little samples to hand in paper cups. So he'd be able to find out for himself. The basket was quite full by now as they got to taste the locally made lemonade. "This is good" Xanthe mused after her drink. "Like grandma's in fact". The basket was heavy but manageable. She'd had some idea of a budget for the gift basket once they'd started and so far were sticking to it. So looked over to him to get his opinion on it. Hayden Quinzell
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