I love to travel and live to travel, explore the world, explore Space! I have been known to run with scissors and I often play with fibers! Another hobby is finding friends wherever I am and enjoying everyday miracles!
Grew up traveling and never stopped! Now I even spend most of my days literally telling people where to go! How often can you brag about that?
An Accredited Space Agent, owner of a vacation planning company--yes! More important, I'm married to my best friend (I know, it sounds hokey, but it's true!), have 2 adult kids and 2 four-legged kids (some people confuse them for dogs---go figure!)
Watch Virgin Galactic’s official video of the unveiling of SpaceShip 2, the VSS Enterprise!!!
Barbara King | Co-President | greatgetaways.travel | 913.338.2244 | 800.546.TRIP | Virtuoso Member
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LOCAL TRAVEL AGENT WANTS TO SEND YOU TO SPACE-NBC ACTION NEWS KSHB-TV 41
http://www.nbcactionnews.com/mediacenter/local.aspx?videoid=557448@kshb.dayport.com&navCatId=4295
Braving a strong windstorm in the Mojave, I witnessed the birth of a new era---the beginning of consumer space travel, tourism and commerce. What an amazing event- the unveiling of SpaceShip 2, named VSS Enterprise, on Dec. 7, 2009!
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An ice sculpture carved by an ice artist from the Ice Hotel in Sweden. There was also an ice bar and drinks were served in ice glasses. There were free non-slip gloves given with every ice glass. The gloves sure helped because the weather was unbelievably horrid---very strong, cold winds and sleet! In fact the evening was cut short because the weather got so bad. I heard that one of the tents set up for the event ended up being blown over after we had all left!
The moral of the story: We can now create spacecraft to take tourists into space but we can't control the weather---some things are beyond our control, beyond our grasp, and that is as it should be or else there would be no mystery to life!
-- Sent from my Palm Prē
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Check out what Mark Clegg, anchor of NBC Action News KSHB-41, said about Barbara King and Space Travel
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T minus 8 and counting! Virgin Galactic will unveil the first consumer-purposed spaceship on December 7, 2009! I am so excited to be invited to attend! Want to attend? Reserve a ride on Virgin Galactic! Email me to make your reservation: barbara@greatgetaway.com
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2009 has been a year of twists and turns, joys and challenges. Through it all you were there for me and for all of us at Great Getaways! Thank you for standing by me and for allowing us to do what we do best---designing memorable, and often life-changing, vacations!
Happy Thanksgiving 2009 with a an extra helping of gratitude!
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Alexander McCall Smith has nothing on the King family! Michael, Josh and I visited Eagle Island Camp in Botswana in January, 1999. Two weeks ago Alexander McCall Smith, author of the series of books, No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency, visited Eagle Island Camp for the 3rd time in 2 years. Read what our friends at African Travel wrote:
Two weeks ago everyone at Eagle Island Camp was abuzz with excitement as they welcomed Alexander McCall Smith – author of the No.1 Ladies Detective Agency – for a three day stay. This was his third visit to Eagle Island Camp in only two years, a place that has surely captured his heart and it is also the place where the first lady detective will be traveling to solve a crime in his next book. He was lucky enough to witness a lion kill just a few yards in front of him while on a game walk. The also visited the neighboring Noxa village which he says will be featured in his new book.---courtesy of African Travel
Beat your friends to the punch---scope out Eagle Island Camp and write your own bestseller! There are some amazing special offers available, so contact me today to begin your safari to Botswana! travelingking@gmail.com or via Twitter @travelingking1!
FYI---The photo of the young man in the mokuro is our son Josh, who was 9 years old at the time, and now is 20! He’s been to Africa 3 times with us and has climbed Mount Kilimanjaro with Michael (the 2nd photo was when he was 16!).
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