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We had a wonderful honeymoon. We started in Providence, Rhode Island before flying to the tip of Michigan’s lower peninsula. From there we took a ferry to Mackinac Island. Since 1898, motorized vehicles have been outlawed on Mackinac Island; although, some exceptions have been made.  The island is home to more than 600 horses, which in the absence of cars, are the only way of transporting goods and large groups of tourists. However, the most popular mode of transportation in the summer is bicycle.

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On December 14, 1774 Portsmouth, New Hampshire merchant and prominent businessman, John Langdon, led a crowd of rebels to Fort William and Mary (later renamed Fort Constitution) to overtake the fort and confiscate the gunpowder stored there. The crowed stormed the fort before shots could be fired, and after hand-to-hand combat, the fort was taken. John Langdon later became a governor of New Hampshire, a signer of the United States Constitution, a United States Senator, and the first President Pro Tempore of the United States Senate. The Governor John Langdon House is where Leah and I held our wedding reception.

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This past May the family got together again in Arkansas to relax, water ski, visit, and play games. This was the last vacation for Leah and me before our wedding and it was the first visit to Arkansas for my brother’s wife Michelle and my nephew Scott. Here are a few pictures from the trip.

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Moving and preparing for my upcoming nuptials has limited my time for extraneous activities. Leah and I have both been working hard to get the wedding details and new apartment in order. I have a few posts lined up for when time allows. For now the blog will have to wait, as I have more important things to take care of.

C’est la vie

The results from last nights primaries in North Carolina and Indiana have given Sen. Barack Obama a decisive advantage over Sen. Hillary Clinton. Obama’s 14 point victory over Clinton in N.C., and the narrow loss in Ind. has given the Obama campaign the air of inevitability. In both states, Obama’s margins with working-class whites and other key Clinton demographics has weakened Clinton’s argument for urging Democratic superdelegates to ignore Obama’s delegate and popular vote lead and give the nomination to her.

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