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Ray and Alie (Ralie) love to travel. We are easily amused — we are the people for whom “Alligator Farms” are built. But we particularly love to travel back roads to find unusual sights and experiences.
We hope you enjoy our pictures and notes and welcome your suggestions and comments.
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The “Sights Listed by State” page is just a list of places we have heard about. As we meander into a new state, we are likely to check the list to see if something takes our fancy and head there.
Looking for information about a particular place? Use Search function to see if we have been there.
P.S. I have used the “cover photo” at the top of this site for several years now. No one seems to have noticed that two horses are moving in the opposite direction of all the others.
RalieTravels 
Love it~ enjoy the trip~
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Thanks Ray and Alie. Pleased to have found your blog. Looking forward to more rewarding reading here. Regards from Thom at the immortal jukebox (give it a spin).
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Thanks Thom. I am curious about your name Thom; is that a shorter version or the full name? I ask because the last time I encountered it was in 1971 in Viet Nam.
You have an interesting blog and I plan to go back to it again when I have more time.
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Thanks. Yes .. Short version of Thomas – assumed it in my early teens to be different from all other ‘Toms’! Welcome to the Jukebox. Thom.
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Hi Ralie Travels,
I work for the Holland America Blog and am currently writing about “rounding the horn,” and found a fabulous shot on your site. Would you mind if we used it on the blog?
(Sorry for the comment rather than email, I’m having trouble finding your contact information.)
Hope to hear from you soon!
Thanks,
Shannon
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We have enjoyed all our trips on Holland, and you may certainly use the photo (with credit please). It would be nice if you could refer to http://www.RalieTravels.wordpress.com as it is always nice to find new readers, but if that doesn’t fit Holland’s guidelines, just credit “Ray and Alie Randlett.” I’m happy you like the photo, but using it might be a little unfair (go ahead if you want) — even the Captain said it was the best weather he had ever had there.
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Thanks so much for following Oh, the Places We See. It’s a pleasure reading your About page (love the fact that Holland America wants to use one of your pictures!) and learning more about this traveling team. We, too, travel together. It’s nice to have someone co-pilot as well as someone to help plan the trips. Best wishes for continued good travels. Bert and Rusha
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Thanks for visiting my blog tonight and liking my post about New York City’s High Line. It gave me the chance to check out your blog as well, which looks great! I’m following you now and look forward to reading future posts. Best, Susan
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Thank you. I want to visit NYC again to see an old friend, and when I do, I will make it a point to visit the High Line.
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You wrote: ‘we particularly love to travel back roads to find unusual sights and experiences’…I understand. And thank you for sharing those unusual and strange discoveries in the landscape!
🙂
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Thanks. That was one of the things that attracted me about your site.
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Thanks for stopping by my blog! Loving the (slightly) wacky sense of humor! 🙂
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Thank you for the like on my blog! Looks like you have traveled extensively!!!
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Travel has always been a special interest and we have been fortunate to visit many places.
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Ray and Alie, I have really enjoyed following your blog for a while now. As a lover of travel and history myself, I look forward to each new story and place. I am nominating you for the Leibster Award. No pressure, but I hope you will participate. Thanks again for letting me into your world. More information is here: https://explorationsinplace.com/2016/12/07/my-first-blogging-award-the-liebster/
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Thank you. I am a little pressed for time at the momemt to participate to the degree requested but will keep this and let you know.
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I totally understand. It took me over a month to get the post together and out. No hurry.
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Just discovered your blog. I’m a rookie travel/life blogger, so its great to find someone that has cleared the path and found a lot of joy in it!
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Thank you. You will find at your own blog on “quitting” that you also had some advice for this experienced traveler.
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Lovely blog; look forward to reading many of your posts:)
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Thank you. I have just looked at a couple of your posts and particularly like that you show aspects of India not known to many in the U.S.
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Hello Ray & Allie,
What an interesting life you two live, both past and present. I thoroughly enjoy your writing style and adventures around the world! I find much wisdom subtly concealed in your words and thank you for making it available for all. Bon Voyage my friend!
Doc’ & CJ
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Thank you. I was also pleased to have recently found your blog.
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That cover photo is brilliant in the way that it represents two horses doing something out of the ordinary – off the beaten path – like you two seem to do! Great journeys, travels, and blog!
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Thank you.
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Thank you Ray I found your blog very easily. I love the pictures and will enjoy showing then to Irv. Please give Alie a hug from us.
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What a great site you’ve built here! Thank you and I’m looking forward to following and reading more.
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Thank you.
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