http://www.travelblog.org/Bloggers/SharkLady/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from SharkLady en-us Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:13:51 UTC Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:13:51 UTC Wow it has been so long since I have written. So I am back in Alaska yay and have been for a little over a week. Things started out a little rocky as it was a little hard adjusting to a settle environment after living like a nomad all summer. But I think things are going to start improving. I didn't get to write about one experience I had in or rather near Idaho so I wanted to add the Mo http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Montana/Helena/blog-313643.html Wow so today is an exciting day for me and exactly one week since I've been back in Idaho. Life has not been boring though as it sometimes can be when I'm here during the summer months with nothing to do. I ended the last day of my roadtrip by first going off to see the Craters of the Moon national monument. What makes this little spot near Arco Idaho amazing is that there are huge lava fields http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Idaho/Craters-Of-The-Moon-National-Monument/blog-313634.html So I felt really lost last night without internet but it was a nice night as I wrote in my journal instead and enjoyed the stars in Utah. It's nighttime again and I'm now in Southern Idaho but it was a fun day getting up here from the base of Utah. It started really early and I mean early for this night person. I woke up once at 330am then again at 517am. I finally rolled out of my sleeping b http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Utah/blog-310646.html Yesterday aka August 9th was an awesome day So I'm starting to wonder if my sickness from two days ago had any relation to the fact that it was 080808 Because there is a theory out there that the aliens or maybe just people from beyond our galaxy are going to come to Earth on December 12 2012 the date that the Mayan calendar ends. Perhaps 080808 was a prequel. Okay not really. Just http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Arizona/blog-310645.html I'm a little behind as I didn't update my travelblog after my LONG day yesterday. It was a really good day but it was extremely long and I was exhausted by the end of it. I also didn't feel well after I left Roswell...ohhh I know what you're thinking. I probably picked up some mutant bug from the UFO area but no worries...I think I'm fine now. It was a really exciting day yesterday as I left Car http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Arizona/blog-310124.html Wow Today went by really quickly too as I got up around 630am crawled off my bed that I had sunk into during the night and drug myself over to the KOA bathroom to put in my contacts and freshen up. I hit the road by 700am only to find that right when I hit I30 a big accident had just occurred and traffic was pretty backed up for about 40 miles. It was bumper to bumper traffic even after I http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/New-Mexico/Carlsbad/blog-309579.html Whew I can't believe that day one of my trip is already over. It was a pretty long day as I didn't take off from Alabama until around 830am. And it was a very hot day around 105 if you include the heat index and one of my arms got really sunburnt.Not much to report today just the exciting life of solo roadtrips. I've come to decide a good roadtrip starts with finding a good country radio stati http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Texas/Dallas/blog-309184.html Locations Columbia SC Savannah Georgia St. Mary's Georgia Cumberland island Juliette Georgia Atlanta and Tuscaloosa AlabamaWow so I can't believe that it has already been five days since I left Columbia SC. It was hard saying goodbye to my friends especially Sarah. Our last day went pretty nicely though as my roommie and our friend Kristi headed over to IHOP for one last breakfas http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alabama/blog-308760.html Location Lake Jocassee in the Cherokee Foothills about an hour or so west of Spartanburg SCThere's nothing like a large blue glistening lake to bring out the fish in us all. This past weekend after Xfiles Friday which the movie was good lots of Mulder and Scully but sadly not 'xfilish' enough for this xphiler...yes I'm pathetic I know the lingo and it just wasn't the same without The http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/blog-305729.html This past weekend I spent a couple days in Wilmington NC where I spent 5 months on exchange last year. The whole trip up there started out a little rough as Friday after only a few hours sleep yes watching the midnight premiere of The Dark Knight was not the best idea when you have to get up and be ready by 830am I stumbled down to my car around 9am cursing the sunlight and wishing I coul http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/North-Carolina/Wilmington/blog-302821.html Wow the past few weeks have gone by incredibly fast and I have just under 3 weeks left here before I move on again to my next big adventure before making my way back to Alaska which is in itself another adventure. It's going to be a busy 3 weeks though as this weekend I take off for Wilmington NC to see my cousin go scuba diving on a couple wrecks smile tour around the campus that I spent http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Charleston/blog-300569.html Tonight since it was a nice day and the rain had finally stopped my roommate Sarah and I went out walking to Columbia Hall to check on my car over to the State House a few blocks away around the Horseshoe down by a little coffee and catering shop to snag a pic of Ingrid and Bogie up to the building where we work across to the library and back to Rutledge Hall where we live also on the hor http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Columbia/blog-291372.html It's been three weeks since we've the REU people at USC been in South Carolina and today I took my first step in the Atlantic Ocean via the South Carolina shoreline. I've stepped into it from North Carolina but South Carolina was a little different. After getting stuck in a thunderstorm last night and watching GET SMART good movie by the way my roommate and our neighbor a fellow REUer to http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Charleston/blog-290156.html Finally I have internet again fulltime now and I can add some of the pictures from the last adventure of my roadtripmy first full day in Columbia SC. It's been about four days since I said goodbye to my sister and headed back to the university to meet the rest of my roommates and spend my first night in Rutledge Hall. I have to say that it has been four of the best days of my life.The day S http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Columbia/blog-283904.html Wow...five days 2800 miles nine tanks of gas 7 lemonades three nights of camping 2 hotel checkins and 1 stop asking for directions later and my sister and I are finally in Columbia SC. These past five days have gone by insanely fast but we have seen so many new things.Day three started off with us jetting to see the Corn Palace in Mitchell SD. It was such an amazing building that was bui http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/South-Carolina/Columbia/blog-282348.html It is now the end of the second day of my journey across the U.S. with my sister and we've already seen a lot of amazing things. The first day started out a little rough as we got a late start and ended up not leaving from Lewiston Idaho until almost 10am. By then though we were on the road curving our way alongside the Clearwater River following the Lewis and Clark trail as we made our way to http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/blog-281281.html After spending a week being bum and doing some fishing with my friend Vicki very exciting experience including a couple flounder and a very determined Alaskan King Crab I boarded the MV Taku on my trip back to Idaho to stop and see my parentals. The Taku left Juneau around 9 o'clock at night and I didn't make it in to Prince Rupert BC until two days later at 530am 430 Alaska time. It was http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/Canada/British-Columbia/blog-279477.html Hey everyone. So classes are finally over for the semester and even though my BioChem grade wasn't as good as I wanted I'm glad I'm finally done with chemistry...forever Well at least for a little while. The weekend after finals I got the opportunity to go out on a wildlife cruise sponsored by the audobon society. We saw some amazing wildlife including eagles oystercatchers sea lions h http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Juneau/blog-274345.html It has now been sunny and beautiful in Juneau Alaska for 7 days. Yes you heard me right...7 days I'm not sure I've even seen Juneau this beautiful and warm already it was 55 degrees outside for so many straight days in the spring for the past three years that I have been here. With the warm weather and the sun the inhabitants of Juneau have officially come out of hiding are frequently v http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Juneau/blog-270137.html Now everyone knows that the weather in the Alaskan Southeast can be kind of blah But for three days we were finally blessed with some much needed sunshine as people broke out of their homes raced to the beaches rocky and muddy and some still covered in snow with their dogs and enjoyed being outside even though the temperature only reached a high of 48. We even got to see the Northern Lights http://www.travelblog.org//North-America/United-States/Alaska/Juneau/blog-262236.html