So heading out East again tomorrow evening (or today I should say as it's past midnight) around six. I should get in around eleven, all things going according to plan. And ah, yes, I have yet to pack, should be a fun morning come seven hours from now. Just got back from mini golfing out at Vitense with my roomies (and newly engaged couple ) John and Kelley. Of course I got my ass handed to me(well, not really but I did come in third out of three players) and then we went over to Dennis' and surprised him for his [View Full Entry]

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Weve had a very relaxed few days, sitting in the park, going to the cinema and lazily wandering around shops and aquariams. Its been lovely Boston is a beautiful city but unfortunatly its RAINING like no mans bussiness. Not much else to write really not much happening, doing the freedom trail tommorow when it brightens up a bit. Just had a lovely pizza for tea and were still eating a lot of bagels. Keep in touch [View Full Entry]

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Yesterday was our last day in New York, we had a lazy sunny morning in Brooklyn. Came back to pack in the afternoon and got incredibly lost. Even though we catch the same train to the right street we still seem to end up at a different station each time! We spent the afternoon in central park and later met up with Lucy's friend whose doing a summer camp here for some dinner. We went to a lobster place, Imogen ate a potato. We then wandered a few blocks down for the famous Macy's fireworks, they were amazing. We had an [View Full Entry]

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What a full day! We started with a great breakfast at our hotel here in Randolph, MA which is a suburb of Boston. Breakfast consisted of scrambled eggs, fried potatoes, pastries, yogurt, cereal, etc. We left the hotel at 8:30 to pick up our tour guide, Scott. He is a licensed tour guide for the Boston area and knew seemingly everything about the city and was with us all day! We started with a walking tour of an old Italian part of town. Along the way we saw the famous Paul Revere statue and had a tour of the Old North [View Full Entry]

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We made it! It has been a long but awesome day! Thank you to all of the wonderful parents that got all of our travelers to the airport on time. Checking in was a breeze thanks to you! All of the flights went really well. The only semi-tense moment was a hard right directly after takeoff from Tulsa. We think they were trying to avoid the storms that were headed in. We had 7 minutes to get to our gate in Dallas, so we had a nice speed-walk/jog at about 10am! We arrived in Boston at about 3:00 eastern time and [View Full Entry]

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Although it took major league baseball 70 years to finally recognize Lou Gehrig, today July 4 2009 they finally did it. Lou Gehrig the Yankee ball player that this disease was named after was 38 when he was diagnosed in 1939. Less than two years after his retirement he was dead. http://espn.go.com/mlb/flash/gehrigletters Fifteen MLB teams from across the country participated in what they called an informational day. Karen and I were invited to participate with a number of other PALS in the MLB 4ALS tribute at Fenway Park in Boston. The sun cooperated and it was finally warm and clear. We [View Full Entry]

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I heard the first rain drops somewhere around 3 am this morning. I opened one eye long enough to make sure it was rain pounding down on the motor home and not something else and then I fell quickly back to sleep. Don’t ya just love sleeping in the rain ?? I do, and that’s exactly what I did until about 9 o’clock or so. Tim kept nudging me telling me we needed to get up but all I wanted to do was just listen to the rain bouncing off the rooftop. I eventually had to roll out of bed and [View Full Entry]

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Monday, June 29 Rick Steves, a travel book author, says to relax, and do nothing for 48 hours prior to a trip to Europe... I guess he did not count on a tornado hitting Wethersfield Friday. The resulting electrical power outage forced us to change our "cook-out" for Mom Sweeney and Mom and Dad DesRosier into a potluck (“what can we serve without opening the refrigerator “). We have had difficulty sleeping due to the din from our neighbor’s million-decibel power generator. In addition to packing in the dark we have had to clean up the fallen branches in our yard, [View Full Entry]

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This is what I have heard: Just making sure my travel journal is working. I'm witing from Hostel International in Boston, just under 8 days from my takeoff to Beijing. Apparently I can map my trip, add photos and video, and anyone may leave comments if they'd like. You can also subscribe to my blog, and every time I post a new entry you'll be notified by email. If you'd rather write me by email please feel free, it would be great to read emails from familiar voices: danklovedharma@gmail.com. Until next time. Peace & Love, -Harrison [View Full Entry]

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Wednesday, 17 June (Boston): Again, we got a late start and headed to the commuter train station for our ride into Boston. Even at 9:30am, they had plenty of parking available at $4.00 a day. You just shove four ones into the little slot below your space number and you’re good to go. Our train was pretty neat, with a second level with lots of windows. The trip cost $7.50 one-way from Middleboro to South Station, Boston and took about an hour to get there. We’d planned on eating clam chowder at the same place we had many years ago, but [View Full Entry]

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