“Nature nurtures the soul”. Printed on one of the sign boards at Everglades National Park. Well, the last couple weeks have been interesting as they were in many ways complete opposites: • One week I am sleeping in a clean bed with a mint on my pillow each night (except the night Larry and Barry stole my mint!). The next I am sleeping on the ground with specs of dirt on my pillow each night. • One week I am taking a hot shower at least once or twice a day. The next week I am cringing every time I have [View Full Entry]

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“Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.” Ralph Waldo Emerson It is Nov 19th and Glenys, Chad and I arrived in Savannah in the early afternoon. Chad slept in the car while Glenys and I went out and had a drink at a pub down by the water. The hostel we wanted to book into did not open until 5pm and we still had another hour to kill. Glenys and I decided to drive up to a few hotels and see what rate we could get. [View Full Entry]

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“Enlightenment is man's emergence from his self-imposed immaturity. Immaturity is the inability to use one's understanding without guidance from another. This immaturity is self-imposed when its cause lies not in lack of understanding, but in lack of resolve and courage to use it without guidance from another. Sapere Aude! "Have courage to use your own understanding!"--that is the motto of enlightenment.” - Immanual Kant It is Friday November 7th and I left off in my last Blog talking about how I was totally exhausted and ready to leave Washington so I hoped in my [View Full Entry]

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“If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.” President Elect Barack Obama Well, I arrived in Washington on Thursday October 30th. I arrived around 2pm. I unloaded the car and then tried to find somewhere to park the car while I was in town. It took literally and hour of driving around before I found a spot. The parking lots in the area of [View Full Entry]

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“Go in search of your Gift. The more you understand yourself, the more you will understand the world.” Paulo Coelho Update on stats: 3800km driven, 2 campgrounds, 5 hostels, 2 motels, and still only 1 stop at Mcdonalds. This last week and a half has been a little less hectic. I just arrived in Washington DC and as you can see I only drove approx 1200 kms which is half the driving I did in the first 10 days. It was also more driving to just “get there” rather than touring around. In Boston and Atlantic City I just drove to [View Full Entry]

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“Wither shall we flee from civilization, to take off the harness and ties of society, and rest for a season, from the restraints, the conventionalities of society … the strife’s and competition of life?" Samual H Hammond 1857 (said about the Adirondacks) Well, it has only been 10 days but it feels like 10 weeks. I have been doing lots of activities and travelling. Most of my trip won’t be this busy, but I knew the fall colours and the nature of Vermont would keep me busy as that is what I love to do most. Ok … for those people [View Full Entry]

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Well, I am heading off in the morning to parts unknonwn. I am planning to do a little camping in New York and New England while the weather is still bearable (i.e. it isn't snowing). I am excited to be checking out the autumn leaves as they are reported to be at peak now. The weather forcast for Vermont is suppose to be great this weekend. I will give you an update after all my touring of the leaves are complete. Cheers, Jules [View Full Entry]

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