Well, it has been a very busy and hectic May but I have been able to escape the land of Sargent Center twice for a few weekends away. Yipeee! My first outing was a white water rafting trip to the Forks, Maine. This was my second time rafting here and it was totally awesome. The only downside was that when we arrived there was still snow on our campsite and the water temperature was 35 degrees. The weather had been so bad that this meant that we were unable to raft the Dead river on Saturday as the road to [View Full Entry]

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I finally earnt a week off work and was joined by my Dad, his wife Andrea and her daughter Jordan. They spent two nights at Sargent Center from which we took a trip to Springfield, MA to see the birthplace of Dr Seuss and to explore his memorial garden. I enjoyed having my picture taken with the Lorax! We then drove 8 hours up to Niagra Falls and were rewarded with great weather and a fantastic view of the falls. It was very quiet so we were able to explore without masses of tourists. I have to say though that this [View Full Entry]

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I had an amazing time during my whirlwind 8 week tour of England. Only a few hours after I had stepped off the plane in Manchester I was eating a bacon sarnie and went out shopping for an outfit for my Dad's wedding 2 days later. The wedding went very smoothly and everyone seemed to enjoy the day. Despite suffering from jetlag I managed to stay up until the early hours of Sunday enjoying the celebrations although I did have a sore head later on! Next followed a mad 7 hour drive across the country to my friend Nicky's and Brendan's [View Full Entry]

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Well since my last blog I have been busy settling in to my new role as a School Program Assistant at the Boston University Sargent Center for Outdoor Education. I am enjoying the work and have been able to train as a course leader on some of our high elements - the Northern ropes course and the climb tower. Weekends have been rather hectic with working for the conference program but I have managed a few trips. I recently went and hiked in the White Mountains with my friend Cheryl. It was in the peak of the fall foliage and was [View Full Entry]

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Well, I finally managed to get a week off work - yipee! I headed off to Denver, Colorado where I met up with my Dad. We had a wonderful time watching the Colorado Rockies play the San Diego Padres at the Coors Field stadium. Luckily the Rockies won and my Dad enjoyed his first baseball game. We then hired a car and set off on our long drive to see some of the famous sights. We started off with the Garden of the Gods; went on the Manitou Springs-Pikes Peak Cog railway which was 20 degrees Farenheight at the top and [View Full Entry]

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Wow! Can't believe my last entry was back in January. Sooo much has happened since then. I settled in well to life in good old live free or die state of New Hampshire at the Sargent Center for Outdoor Education. It is the same place I worked last summer and is on the border of Hancock and Peterborough ("a very good town to live in!). I have been working as a school program instructor from January to June teaching lessons such as wildlife ecology, wetland ecology, geology, astronomy, night walks, ropes courses, pioneering, forestry to name a few! I am now [View Full Entry]

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Now back in the good old USA which will be my home for the next 18 months! Before I start work I managed to spend 2 nights in LA and 3 nights in Washington. LA was still pretty warm which was nice and I had a fab day at Universal Studios with 2 girls I met from the hostel. The new Mummy ride was Awesome! The Nation's Capital (as the Americans like to call it) was fabulous. I loved walking past the White House, going up Washington Monument, Capitol Hill, the Smithsonian Institute, watching the dollar being printed, Lincoln Memorial, oh [View Full Entry]

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Had a fabulous New Years Eve (from what I can remember) visiting 3 wineries in the Nelson region - Neudorf, Kahurangi and Moutere Hills ( for all you wine buffs) and enjoyed tasting 21 wines! Excellent. Then headed to Punakaiki to see the famous pancake rocks. Unfortunately we had almost 3 days of rain (stop laughing) and so had to cancel our heli hike on Franz Josef. We did however go on the half day Glacier hike which ran in the rain, hail and thunder storm! It was great fun trying not to slip off the ice steps and trying to [View Full Entry]

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Happy New Year from sunny New Zealand! Hope you all have a great 2006 with lots of fun and adventures! Well I left Australia behind and have just spent 10 days in the north island of New Zealand. I met up with my Dad in Auckland and it is nice to have some company for the next month. Auckland was a bit wet but since then the weather has been glorious! Enjoyed a nice meal in the revolving restaurant of the sky tower in Auckland, went on a hole in the rock cruise in the Bay of Islands and spent Christmas [View Full Entry]

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Said goodbye to Sydney and made a quick 24 hour stop in Canberra. Went on an excellent tour of the New parliament and the War memorial. Both highly recommended! Then headed on to Melbourne where I spent 5 nights with my friend Wendy and her parents on the Mornington Peninsula. Wendy proved to be an excellent tour guide and I managed a trip on the great ocean road, a pictoresque ferry crossing, a Brit Art exhibition in Melbourne, shopping and the highlight a drive to Ramsay Street. No sign of Lou Carpenter or Harold Bishop but it was great to see [View Full Entry]

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