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It's Read Everywhere


  • By Observer Staff
  • | 11:00 p.m. January 6, 2015
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It's Read Everywhere
FIT FOR A QUEEN. Fred and Phyllis Ross brought their Observer along for a cruise back in time down the Mississippi River aboard the American Queen, an American Victorian era-themed paddlewheel steamboat.
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FREEZE FRAME. Dean Congbalay and Marvin Kocian went on a polar bear safari in Churchill, Canada, and brought along their Longboat Observer for the adventure.

 

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