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Debarkation Playlist

Back To Life, Back To Reality
Home by Michael Buble
Love on Arrival by Dan Seals
Baggage Claim by Miranda Lambert
Take Me Home Tonight by Eddie Money
You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To by Frank Sinatra
Goodbye California by Jana Kramer
Neither One of Us (Wants to Be the First to Say Goodbye) by Gladys Knight
Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver
Leavin' on a Jet Plane by John Denver
Jamaican Farewell by Harry Belafonte
So Long, Farewell from Sound of Music
Never Can Say Goodbye by Gloria Gaynor
You'll Be Back from Hamilton
Baby Come Back
Until You Come Back To Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
All We Ever Do Is Say Goodbye by John Mayer
Back Here by BBMak
Hello, Goodbye by the Beatles
Back in the USSR by the Beatles

Embarkation Playlist

Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson
Come Sail Away by Styx
Escapade by Janet Jackson
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes
Get the Party Started by P!nk
Hello Again by Neil Diamond
How Far I'll Go (Moana)
Just Go by Lionel Richie and Akon
Let's Get it Started by Black Eyed Peas
London Calling by the Clash
Runaway by Janet Jackson
Sail On by Lionel Richie
Start the Commotion by The Wiseguys
The Sweet Escape by Gwen Stefani and Akon
Ticket to Ride by the Beatles
Two Tickets to Paradise by Eddie Money
Where Do I Begin? (Theme of Love Story)
We've Only Just Begun by the Carpenters
Welcome Back (Welcome Back, Kotter)
Welcome to New York by Taylor Swift
Where the Boat Leaves From by Zac Brown Band

Vacation Playlist

All Summer Long by Kid Rock
American Boy by Estelle and Kanye West
Back in the USSR by The Beatles
Beyond the Sea by Bobby Darin
Born to Run by Bruce Springsteen
Breakaway by Kelly Clarkson
The Climb by Miley Cyrus
Climb Every Mountain from Sound of Music
Come Fly with Me by Frank Sinatra
Come Sail Away by Styx
Come See about Me by The Supreme
Copacabana by Barry Manilow
Cruel Summer by Ace of Base
Day Tripper by the Beatles
Dreadlock Holiday by 10cc
Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes
Everytime You Go Away by Paul Young
Free Bird by Lynyrd Skynyrd
Goodbye California by Jana Kramer
Hernando's Hideaway from the Pajama Game
Holiday by Madonna
Holiday in Waikiki by The Kinks
Holiday Road by Lindsey Buckingham
Home by Michael Buble
Homeward Bound by Simon & Garfunkel
I Get Around by the Beach Boys
I Ran (So Far Away) by Flock of Seagulls
I Will be Found (Lost at Sea) by John Mayer
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) by the Proclaimers
Island in the Sun by Harry Belafonte
Jet Airliner by the Steve Miller Band
Jolly Holiday from Mary Poppins
King of the Road by Dean Martin
Kokomo by The Beach Boys
Leaving on a Jet Plane by John Denver
Let's Go by Lionel Richie
Life is a Highway by Tom Rochane
Long and Winding Road by the Beatles
Love Shack by The B-52's
Magical Mystery Tour by the Beatles
Maps by Maroon 5
Margaritaville by Jimmy Buffett
No Particular Place to Go by Chuck Berry
Route 66 by Chuck Berry
Run Away with Me by Carly Rae Jepsen
School's Out by Alice Cooper
Some Beach by Blake Shelton
Sugar Shack by Jimmy Gilmer
Summer Nights from Grease
Summertime from Porgy and Bess
Sweet Escape by Gwen Stefani
Take a Picture by Filter
Take Me Home, Country Roads by John Denver
Take You There by Sean Kingston
Talk Dirty by Jason DeRulo
Ticket to Ride by the Beatles
Travelin' Band by Creedence Clearwater Revival
Two Tickets to Paradise by Eddie Money
Under the Sea from The Little Mermaid
Vacation by the Go-Go's
The Wanderer by Dion
Whole New World from Aladdin
White Sandy Beach by Israel Kamakawiwo'ole

Salt Lake City

We went and saw the Christmas lights at City Creek Center and Temple Square in Salt Lake City:

Hill Air Force Museum

We went to Hill Air Force Museum, located at Hill Air Force Base.  I am even more appreciative for the air force after seeing the movie, Midway.

Movies to Watch on Thanksgiving

Across the Universe
Charlie Brown Thanksgiving
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Eat Pray Love
Holiday Inn
Home for the Holidays
Miracle on 34th Street
The New World
Pieces of April
Planes, Trains, and Automobiles
Pocahontas
Rudy
The Santa Clause
Scent of a Woman
Winnie the Pooh: Season of Giving

Thanksgiving Reading List

Books about immigration to America, Native Americans, Pilgrims, and Puritans:

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
The Indian in the Cupboard by Lynne Reid Banks
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper
Maggie: A Girl of the Streets by Stephen Crane
My Antonia by Willa Cather
O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare

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