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The
Cooke's Retirement Page for 2009 & 2010 <<<<<<<<<<<<
November 25, 2009
Rita retired from the Carson City Sheriffs Office
December 31, 2004
Art retired from Honeywell January 31. 2005

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July 2009: Start Cross
Country trip in the Eagle
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Still full timing in our American Eagle Motor Coach
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We have arrived in Cleveland staying at Pats house in Seville, Oh.
We plan to stay here for the next couple of months. Rita will be
working on the farm and I will be running the tractor and other farm machinery.
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Just got my new toy for running around the RV Parks.
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Rita, Pat and I went to Cedar Point
Amusement Park this month with Pat's granddaughters and several
of their friends. We took the motor home as our base camp.
We rode the following rides during the day. You can select the ride
to see the stats:
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Raptor
Magnum
XL-200
Cork
Screw
Iron
Dragon
Wicked
Twister
Disaster
Transport
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Millennium
Force - This coaster was the most amazing ride I have ever taken.
The first drop cannot be explained and the negative G's are hard to believe.
Consistently voted the "Best Steel Coaster in the World," Millennium Force
broke TEN world records when it opened in 2000. You climb the 310
foot tall lift hill smoothly and quickly and dive towards the earth at
an 83 degree angle at speeds of 93 mph! It's all speed and airtime as Millennium
Force hugs the ground, climbs onto an island and twists and turns as it
flies towards the station. As we finished the ride and returned to
the station cheers erupted from the riders. This ride was UNBELIEVABLE!!
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Spent a week in Chicago with Fran and Joe visiting with family
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Returned to Cleveland.
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August 2009:
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Spent The month in Cleveland
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September 2009:
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Spent The month in Cleveland
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Went to Cedar Point again. We rode the following rides during the
day. You can select the ride to see the stats:
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October 2009
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Spent the month in Alabama
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November 2009
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Went on our first cruise on a large ship the Caribbean
Princess. This was not our cup of tea. Too big, too many
people, too structured and they nickel and dime you to death.
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Arrived in Yuma, AZ back at Las
Quintas Oasis RV Resort again this year.
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Left for Reno/Sparks, NV to spend Christmas with the family.