But when you go on vacation and you walk on the beach, and you are not expecting anything but to have walked on the beach, you are doing something similar.

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In 2002 they sold their Weston, Mass. home, completing their move to Florida's Sanibel Island, where they own and manage seven vacation rental houses, gather shells on the beach and watch their properties appreciate.

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"If you like airplanes, Maho is like the cherry on top" of a beautiful beach vacation, said Justin Schlechter, a 747 pilot who's visited Maho several times.

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It was a stressed out sales woman whose home office was in Michigan but she was on vacation in Virginia Beach and she was having a terrible time getting to the files she needed.

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The WP-N1 will allow users to bring their Nikon 1 camera on a beach vacation or water sport adventure like kayaking, jet skiing, snorkeling and surfing without having to worry about damage from the water.

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