Every Sunday night I go to sleep dreading the morning to come. I get into the office after snoozing too many times, turn on the monitor, and begin my usual routine of professional slackerdom. I read up on news and music reviews from several different sources. Then proceed to get intimately acquainted with what my friends are up to through Facebook: funny articles they are reading, youtube videos they're watching, the content of their breakfast, which Lord of the Rings character they resemble the most. I even go out of my way to get an update on those "friends" that I've [View Full Entry]

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Onze laatste ¾ dag in Chicago, nogmaals veel gezien en veel genoten. Eerst en vooral na het inpakken van onze bagage trokken we naar het museum of science and industry. Nog maar sinds kort loopt daar een expositie van Harry Potter, met daarin veel kostuums en objecten gebruikt in de eerste 5 films. Ik moet zeggen, dat ik redelijk onder de indruk was van het geen wat ik daar te zien heb gekregen. Sabrina nog meer natuurlijk als grote Harry Potter fan. Na het museum passeerden we nog snel langs China Town, vermits er we de vergelijking wilden maken tussen NY [View Full Entry]

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There was no sleeping late this morning for sure ! I was up at the crack of dawn and I was so excited I even made Tim a pot of coffee. Yuck ! I wasn’t quite sure how far Albert Lea, Minnesota was from the Mall of America but I knew we were at least in the same state so we had to be within a few hours or so. Shoot, we had traveled over 7500 miles so far so I’m thinking a little bit longer isn’t gonna hurt at all. This is the day that I was going to fulfill [View Full Entry]

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We are home. It was very nice to just relax at the KOA with Mom & Dad, but it is so nice to be home. On the vacation, we saw license plates from 43/51 states/DC. Not surprisingly, we did not see Hawaii. We didn’t even see Nebraska or Massachusetts until we were within 100 miles of home. All the rest we saw in Canada or Alaska. We saw 10/13 Canadian provinces. The missing three were again not surprising: Prince Edward Island, New Brunswick and Nunavut. Are there even any roads leading out of Nunavut? Our weather was very nearly perfect. We [View Full Entry]

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We were sleeping sooooo good last night up here in Marquette when we were abruptly awaken by the rocking of the motor home. Oh my goodness, I thought it was a tornado ! I said to myself, we’re in Michigan not Kansas, what the heck is going on. Tim got up to investigate and happily reported to me that it was just the winds coming in off of Lake Superior and boy was I glad. I did not want to die in a motor home, in a Wal-Mart parking lot, with a bunch of strangers, hundreds of miles away from home. [View Full Entry]

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We spent today at the KOA in Moorhead. We ate and sat around, and that’s pretty much it. It felt so nice to be outside. Mom & Dad joined us in their first trip out with their new camper. Dad will head back to Velva tomorrow for work and Mom will head home. License Plates Noticed: IA, MN, MB, ND, NM High Temperature: Low Temperature: Miles: 21.6 (7977.6) Total Time on the Road: 0:00 [View Full Entry]

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We took a wrong turn in southern Saskatchewan and ended up driving on Road 18. It was a bad decision, because the lower half of our camper and truck is now completely covered in a fine layer of oil topped with dust. Yuk! On the good side, we passed through customs for the last time in a long time with only the loss of 2 oranges. We also passed through the great State of North Dakota without issue and are spending the next two nights in Moorhead, Minnesota. It’s too bad Jason & Amy, who actually live here, are on their [View Full Entry]

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Well I thought I would write to update everyone on my past trip to the states and the future plans I’ve decided since visiting. Everyone was telling me that I would miss Korea once I left and that I would want to come back sooner rather than later. So I guess when my feelings about my trip were completely different from those that have been living in Korea, I knew it was time to go. I guess I’ll start off by talking about my trip. It was long trip home. I never realized how much it stinks to sit in the [View Full Entry]

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“I know its cold up here, but why the heck are there igloos everywhere?” exclaimed Ashley. Fern dropped some knowledge and informed her that they were simply salt barns and no she could not go in them because they would burn her skin. Well no one commented on our HILARIOUS entry from Day 2 so we feel a little defeated. All of that aside we had another exciting travel day today. The Skittle took us to The House On The Rock. If you don't know about this American Institution, let me drop some knowledge on ya. First, it was started by [View Full Entry]

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When I was little, my Mom frequently said those words as we returned to the farm following an adventure…and an adventure might have been a trip to the local pool, the doctor or the grocery store…that didn’t matter. I loved when she threw that bit of whimsy onto the end of a trip and I still think those very words when I drive into the farm where I grew up. Home again, home again, jiggity jig. We left our flat in Kullavik on June 30th, escorted to Mark and Kacka’s home by Gunnel and Anders, another great member of Kullavikkyrkan (aka [View Full Entry]

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