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Life…and Plastic
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Midway Street View!
[googlemaps https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=embed&hl=en&geocode=&q=Midway+Atoll&aq=&sll=37.6,-95.665&sspn=59.835084,135.263672&t=h&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Midway+Island&ll=28.210076,-177.37611&spn=0.029964,0.041226&layer=c&cbll=28.213461,-177.375001&panoid=pyHus1pW9T2JOb19YPu44Q&cbp=12,154.4,,0,0&output=svembed&w=425&h=350] See that cute little duplex? That’s where I lived on Midway. Say whaaaaat?! Yeah! I kid you not. The side with the random blue boogie board was home to all of Midway’s eager volunteers and we loved that place oh-so-much. Thanks to the power of Google, now you guys can see the island…
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