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At Dr. Elder’s Traders’ Camp 2005, the class hours were time for serious study and the dinner breaks were time for serious fun.  With 30 people total, it would have been far easier for Dr. Elder to just turn us loose to eat on our own or have the hotel buffet each night.   Instead, he arranged for us to indulge in the best of the local villages, which meant some wonderful meze feasts!   We set out in daylight to enjoy the sights on the way.

Alex Elder and Class Strolling Before Dinner

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Tags: Alexander Elder, cyprus, Greek food, meze, Paki Pedi, Pini, Platres, Taki's, trader's camp, Travel, Troodos, Viona

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Tags: Alexander Elder, beach, cyprus, Darrell, diving, Elder, Larnaca, learning to trade, trader's camp, trading camp, Travel

Upon finding that Amazon offers a huge set of widgets and store-builders for their Associates, I did what anyone would do: I built a Led Zeppelin Store. When Led Zeppelin announces their Reunion Tour, I will be ready!!! And besides, I’m tickled to see that Amazon carries a Jimmy Page statue! My store loads all your selections into an Amazon cart for safe checkout for everyone. Click here for the store.

Tags: hiking, home business, Internet, investment, MLM, preservation, stock trading, Travel, wildlife

I’m just now getting to write about last Sunday’s whirlwind through Utah which included a choir concert, hike up Mt Aires, and flight home.   What a great finale for a fantastic business (and pleasure) trip!

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Tags: hiking, mormon tabernacle choir, salt lake city, Travel, utah, wasatch national forest

In a very uplifting end to a long day yesterday, we sat in on a rehearsal of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.   And we were not alone — the public is invited to come and go at will.   At times nearly every available seat in the large Tabernacle was taken.  The sound is magnificent!   If you’re in Salt Lake City, make a point to hear this choir live!
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Tags: mormon tabernacle choir, music, salt lake city, Travel

This is the first of three posts for yesterday’s diverse activities in Salt Lake City.  We started things off with a short hike in nearby Millcreek Canyon in Wasatch National Forest.

One of the nicest things about Salt Lake City is the proximity of the mountains.  A quick surf of the web showed a fine-looking hike up Alexander Basin in Millcreek Canyon.   Happily Garmin made it easy to find the way – plotting a new course after finding freeway ramps closed and bringing us back by way of Jamba Juice…but I get ahead of the story.  

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Tags: hiking, national forest, salt lake city, Travel, wasatch

I’m in Salt Lake City this week for the Agel World convention. As usual on a business trip, I tack on a few extra days to enjoy the locale.  Highlights of the pre-convention fun include downtown, Temple Square, Mormon Tabernacle Choir and hiking the Wasatch National Forest. 

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Tags: salt lake, temple, Travel