i am lonely without any body to play, as all my friends are always away; always with my bat and ball but no one is going to play. [View Full Entry]

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I am in at work today for a half day of wrapping things up, though the phone calls will likely continue right into the flight to Jo'burg. Jennifer is sleeping in and wrapping up the usual program at the house. Musings I've heard and read a variety of opinions on how southern Africa will be. Not entirely certain what to expect, but despite the crime rate, despite the disease, despite the wild beasts, the greatest danger on that trip will be the amount of driving I will do. Driving is always dangerous, especially in what has become the familiar roads of [View Full Entry]

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the bus is nearing the airport now: i can see the planes landing and taking off. this place is huge. i have to keep telling myself i can do this. today is the first time i have been inside the airport or outside. i m getting sick on the stomach now. these planes are huge. but the money has been spent so there is no turning back now. the time is now 2:40 and i am inside the airport. i must admit for a while i was lost: this place is huge. so i have checked in for my flight and [View Full Entry]

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Stone Mountain - 7th October Arrived at Stone Mountain at about 5pm. Stone Mountain is situated just outside Atlanta and is park with its main focal point a massive granite hill (they like to call it a mountain) surrounded by lakes and woodland. The granite hill had a very impressive sculpture carved in it, in fact it it is the largest base relief sculpture in the world, and is a Confederate Memorial Carving that depicts three Confederate leaders of the Civil War, President Jefferson Davis and Generals Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson (and their favorite horses, "Blackjack, [View Full Entry]

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We are 6 days out from the Strickfadens excursion to SE Asia. Hopefully, our friends and colleagues will join us and watch our escapades. We should have free wifi in most of SE Asia to update the travelblog pretty reguarly and real time. However, the U.S. charges for wifi in the airports and hotels (Tammy is too cheap to pay for wifi) so it may take a day or two until we really start blogging. Sit back, enjoy and lets hope its not too bumpy of a ride! [View Full Entry]

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Brazil was great and now we were home again. The Month of October was kicked off with a celebration of the end of our Condo relationship with the original management company and the beginning of a new relationship with Community One Associates. A few of us met in the lobby at midnight to welcome the change. Before hitting the road again, we spent more quality time with our children and grandkids. We attended "Grandparent's Day" at Lakeview where we have six of ours. This was our third or fourth time to attend this event. We also attended Jack's football game in [View Full Entry]

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Hi everybody, I have been calling everyone to remind them of the meeting tomorrow night. I still have a few that I will get to tonight. I am happy that people are excited. Our cousins Juanita Redd in NC says the drive is 4 hrs away. She says hi to everyone. Baltimore is putting the word out. http://www.tennessee.gov/environment/parks/HarrisonBay/ Johanna (RED) Little in Chattanooga, TN is starting a reunion for the 4th of July. They want all of us to come and consider their location at Harrison Bay Park which will be a little laid back. TN is 2hrs up the road. [View Full Entry]

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So Rich and I spent the morning packing for our long awaited trip to Singapore and Sydney. Packing for three weeks is never easy but I think we did a great job. We spent the afternoon figuring out some of the tours we want to do together. So we leave on Thursday, October 1st at 1:40pm from Atlanta to Tokoyo. We arrive in Tokoyo on Friday night their time at 5:00pm. Head out to Singapore at 6:34pm and arrive in Singapore at 1:40am Saturday October 3rd...........phew We will be in Singapore until the evening of October 10th...fly through the night and [View Full Entry]

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I've posted Pictures of Gohechi Orphanage!!!! (along with some other pictures of my travels.) http://s681.photobucket.com/albums/vv179/aWolpe/Gohechi%20Orphanage/ Enjoy! Ariel [View Full Entry]

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We woke from our long "sleep" around midnight Atlanta time. I wished Mom a happy birthday, and decided to watch a movie. We were served pretty nice breakfast, and soon (but not quiet soon enough) we landed in Atlanta. After 1 hour and 20 minutes of waiting in various lines, we cleared passport control, customs, and security. I made contact with Jilly while Mom checked her phone messages (has a cute one of Conor singing Happy Birthday). We met up in C concourse. After chatting for a while, Jilly stashed our luggage in the staff lounge, and we went off to [View Full Entry]

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