Again, for those of you who are asking... My travel companion for Jordan is my friend Amil, who currently lives in San Francisco (and works at Wells Fargo, but don't hold that against him...). We met many years ago now when we both were enrolled at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge (UK) and living at Harvey Court (ugh). I could tell you stories of the classes we took together... for instance how the Professor teaching 'Philosophic Themes from Descartes to Wittgenstein (Alan Hobbes) spent most of his time pontificating against women academics ('they spend too much time reading and gr [View Full Entry]

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Ta-daa, så er der nyt! Nå, jeg tror lige jeg skal huske hvor jeg kom fra.. Efter LA er jeg taget nordpå, amerikanerne kalder det nordvest. Jeg synes nu mere der er østpå!? Anyways, jeg boede de første dage hos Kelly. Kelly er en veninde fra Buenos Aires, eller hun er nok mere fra Peru. Sven og jeg rejste med hende i Peru i en lille måneds tid. Tror jeg gentager mig selv, men det går nok. Hvis man vil høre/læse mere om Kelly kan man læse tidligere indlæg. Nå, men der sov jeg så på sofaen i 4 dage. Jeg [View Full Entry]

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Hello all, With less than a week until my departure for Egypt (four days and counting...) I have already been asked if I am planning on taking another picture of my shoes. For those of you who might not have followed along on my last adventure (and therefore are wondering why someone would expect to see a picture of my shoes), a brief recap, with photos... Not long into my last trip (into the rain forests of Central America) a Costa Rican friend and I decided to spend a day on an extreme hike up an inactive volcano in the middle [View Full Entry]

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We got here at 10:30, lol Lucy was good and took us to where we wanted to go, we didn't like the place so we gave her another command, lol took us a away of course, then we entered another motel LOL She went nuts again LOL so we shut her down and went back to the original places we looked at. We ended up going this way instead of Des Moines, Iowa. We heading out early so we get to Chicago earlier, shop, sight see, then find a blues club for some good music! Then we be heading back home. [View Full Entry]

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I just wanted to post an entry to see what it's like. Turns out it's pretty easy. A little background on my trip for those who don't know. I'm taking a year off between high school and college to work on organic farms. Why? It's not something I can explain easily. The best I can say is that I need it. I need a break from academics and obligations and the craziness I usually create for myself to live in. I want to see the world, learn new languages, and experience new cultures. I think it will give me a good [View Full Entry]

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The wife and I had a great escape from the heat and concrete views of Houston. We fled to the wonderful Minnesota state fair to see a live broadcast of our favorite radio show live. www.radioheartland.org What a great show. We had lots of food great food. Buffalo bits are my favorite. I’m not sure what they do to them but dang they are good. [View Full Entry]

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Hi all, So I have been in Fargo. This was the first real stop of the trip. I had the great pleasure of marring my son and daughter-in-law Matt & Millie Swesey. The festivities say a host of guest from New York, Florida, Texas, Seattle and well Fargo. One final note about Fargo. Our fearless Mr. Bill went on an adventure of his own for a day in the hotel. He made it back safe and sound. .All went well and I am back on the road. I left Fargo late, as we had a final breakfast with a blended family [View Full Entry]

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Find peace without driving to the Minnesota-Canada border. I’ve always gone up to Voyageur National Park to center myself. I’ve found that a dose of wilderness brings calm back to my soul. But with a five-month-old baby, I wasn’t up to boating into a remote campsite. I discovered that at some state parks, you can “cart in.” These campsites are slightly off the beaten track. I was a bit hesitant knowing how much stuff I bring camping now because of the baby. I wasn’t sure we wouldn’t be trekking back and forth between the truck and campsite. But [View Full Entry]

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There are 168 National Park Service parks, monuments, and memorials in the county. We've been to 65% of them, but none of the three in Minnesota. Frankly, it's a bit embarrassing. So, we finally decided to do something about it and head southwest. We camped Friday-Sunday at Kilen Woods State Park near Lakefield. We've been there once before, as the fourth of four state parks we visited 28 August 2004 to start our bocce battles. It was twilight and buggy, so we didn't stay long. This time, we got out on some of their many miles of trails. The weather was [View Full Entry]

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The Road To St. Paul and the Twin Cities After Lollapalooza, we made a quick stop at Pot Belly's (yum!) and got on the road to St. Paul to see Ken. While we drove through Wisconsin, we were faced with a very boring landscape (or so we thought then...wait til you hear about North Dakota!). The best part of the landscape are the occasional giant mouse statues that come in a variety of different hat types. Besides the mice, the Dairyland of America is actually very flat and full of basic crops and farming equipment. After missing the Cheese Castle, we [View Full Entry]

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