Im back in Gunni having just finished my week of school. I am scheduled for seven class and nineteen credit hours. For those who don't speak college-lingo that translates to ungodly busy. I am studying: Environmental Biology (with lab) Outdoor Recreation and Leisure Creative Writing (Poetry) Intermediate Spanish Spanish Literature and Language Environmental Studies Campus is buzzing with the new year, filled with opportunities and fun. I am planning on volunteering at an after-hours ESL project for people in town who want learn english. Should be a great opportunity to meet some sp [View Full Entry]

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I have a boatload of lists that I need to accomplish before next Friday. Our flight leaves at 6:30 a.m. and so we will have to be out of the house at about 4:30. The dogs will be at Steph's and the cats will stay home with someone coming in to feed them every other day. I know the dogs will be fine but I always worry about leaving the cats at home for that long. They sleep 23-1/2 hours a day but still..... I have also been on the computer trying to find a really cheap way to get to [View Full Entry]

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Welcome to Sherrie & Cal's intrepid road trip into the wilds of Atlantic Canada. We will be flying out of Colorado Springs on September 6 and flying to Dallas and then to Boston. From there we will rent a car and drive north from Boston to Maine, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia and if time and finances hold up to Newfoundland/Labrador. This trip will take us two weeks and we expect to see new and amazing things as well as new experiences. So stay tuned. --------------------------------------------------------------- I have about ten pages of lists that I need to accompli [View Full Entry]

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Hello Friends! It has been a while since we have sent anything out, but this past week we were able to attend the Democratic National Convention and I have some pictures to share. Mike and Linda (Sean's parents) came to Denver last weekend to visit and to be apart of this exciting politically historical time. They were so kind to find tickets to Barack's speech and then hand them over to Sean, myself, Katie, Dana and Richie. Mike and Linda stayed home with Cecelia to allow Courtney and Dave to come, too. How lucky we all are to have such selfless [View Full Entry]

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Okay ich hab ein bisschen gemogelt, mein erster Monat ist eigentlich erst Morgen um, zumindest nach der hiesigen Zeit. Aber einen Tag hin oder her, die Zeit vergeht verdammt schnell. Inzwischen habe ich mich vollständig auf den neuen Tagesablauf und das Leben hier in Boulder eingestellt. Das heißt ich wache nicht mehr drei Mal pro Nacht auf weil mal wieder ein Zugführer ausführlich von seiner Hupe gebraucht macht, ich krieg die meisten Namen meiner Kollegen und neuen Bekanntschaften auf die Reihe und ich weiß meistens wo ich gerade bin. Letzeres ist dank des Systems alle von Norden nach Süden [View Full Entry]

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Ich war die letzten Tage in Denver und hier ist momentan die Hoelle los. Die Demokraten haben hier eine Convention und man sieht hier nur Leute mit Obama-Shirt,Sticker und Polizei, und FBI. Nebenbei wollte ich in die Rocky Mountains - nur leider weil hier keine Touristen sind gab es keine Tour die ich wollte. Bin einen gestern einen halben Tag mit einer Tour (die einzige die es gab) in die <Berge> und haben eine kurze Tour zu einer Goldader gemacht - naja besser als nichts. Ich bin seit ich hier bin mit einer Schwedin unterwegs und wir waren heute in Boulder [View Full Entry]

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After leaving Fort Collins, we made our way down to Denver, and surprisingly had no trouble at all finding the skate park that John wanted to go to. We were there for about three hours, including a stop at Jay's Cafe, where I ate cactus for the first time. It came on a sandwich and was really good. Then, after John was satisfied, we drove to Aprylisa's house. She's my mom's old roommate; she was living with her in Lawrence at the time I was born. We saw her once in Hawaii when I was 7 or 8, but not since [View Full Entry]

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The adventure begins.... How many clothes do I pack, what is too much, what is too little? Do I pack enough clothes for one week or two? But I am going to be out of the country for ten months. What is expensive abroad, deodorant? Where do I begin? Where does it end? As things come to a close, I cannot help but think about how I got this far. The very notion of traveling to Israel has been at least an eight month venture. Starting with the application process to getting poked and vaccinated by the doctors to raising almost [View Full Entry]

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The Chimney Rock Archaeology Area is an unusual Chaco Canyon influenced site located between Bayfield and Pagosa Springs in southwest Colorado. An unusual rock formation that is thought to have been helpful in astronomical observations may have played an important role in the history of this site. There are two short trails on the tour of the Chimney Rock area. Visitors sign in at the small visitor center and caravan up a gravel road for two miles to the trail head area. The lower barrier free looped Great Kiva Trail is 0.33 miles visits several lower village sites that are associated [View Full Entry]

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On the drive out to the canyon Rich wanted to introduce me to a friend of his who lives on a bus in the middle of nowhere. This guy lives soley off solar power in a renovated school bus. He cooks in a solar oven and has none of the trappings of conventional life except a little table and chair set for visitors out the front. Unfortunately, he was out when we passed by so I didn't get to meet him, but what a way to live eh? Black canyon is so named because of the black volcanic rock and the [View Full Entry]

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