Nice driving today! Lots of mountains and great views. Once again we were in the middle of nowhere but beautiful. After crossing El Paso it was very difficult to find a radio station only in english. Not that it really matters, but just like in portuguese and english some types of music are just too much for Terry's and mine taste. The kids are doing great for the amount of driving they are enduring, but at night, they just want to play, jump, be loud and all the stuff they are supposed to be doing during the day but they can't. [View Full Entry]

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Gosh. Guys ;A; http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6bL3GR4iAW0&feature=related --- I'm just so.. like. I'm in tears, but I think they are good. I mean. I just.. I can't let anything stop me. I know money is an issue but..screw it! I'm not going to stop this until like..I mean. If my friends, just as seemingly 'average' as me, can do this; why can't I? I mean, who is to say that I can't do it. There are people that come from NOTHING and go further than I might ever go. So WHY. Why can't I do this? See. I Can. There is only, ONLY [View Full Entry]

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I have been accepted to the Youth For Understanding company however...I still want to wait it out and see where Rotary goes; they'd show me if I was truly prepared anyways. Really short. Anyways, really happy to have got in. [View Full Entry]

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Well, I passed with flying colors the interview. They said that there was either going to be a second interview or I would move on. I am moving on to district (I hope I did not already blog about this). It has been SUPER hectic! I had two- three days to fill out and finish 4 copies of the paperwork. It was only on the third day, today, that I realized you could copy. Another words, I filled each out by hand! It took so many hours and double-checkings, not even funny. I just got back from dropping them off, still [View Full Entry]

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October 21, 2009 This morning we left Gallup at about 8:45am. The city is actually in a Navaho reservation…this just means that they own the land…it doesn’t look any different from any other city (I had visions of teepees and Native Americans in full dress but that’s not the case!). Like many of the Native American areas we’ve been in, the city seemed quite impoverished with few resources. When we left in the morning it was 34 degrees and raining. By the time we got to Roswell, about 350 miles away, it was sunny and 67…it is so strange travelling through [View Full Entry]

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October 20, 2009 Some parts of this trip have come as complete surprises…today we experienced this again! When we left Sedona this morning, we were headed for the Meteor Crater which was a few miles east of a town named Two Gun…just after Two Arrows…really! Anyway most of us thought this was going to be a small outpost with not a lot there except maybe some sci-fi nuts! What we actually found was this beautiful spot in the desert with a large complex surrounding an actual crater in the earth caused by a meteor over 50,000 years ago…it was fascinating!! [View Full Entry]

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We headed South into New Mexico from Colorado. It has been a welcome treat to be off the Interstates, especially since, where we have been travelling, there isn't that much traffic on the secondary roads. Our route to St. Michael's Skeet in Canones was no exception. The terrain was clearly different from Arizona or Colorado, and not like anywhere I've seen before. The color of the stone is not as flamboyant as in Utah, but lighter than Colorado, and with lots of evident layers. As we approached Canones, we saw a sign that said "Monastery," so naturally we made the turn. [View Full Entry]

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Chase your dreams; they sure run fast but, keep running and youll catch them. ~ My interview has actually be re-scheduled for tomorrow at 7PM; my whole family will be there. Id say Im nervous but, then, Ive waited for too long and come too far to be afraid. If I am ready, I will spread my wings and soar; and if not I will take deep breaths and continue constructing me wings. The worst thing I could do to myself is to try and fly with broken or unfinished wings. However, the Rotary is there to test out my wings [View Full Entry]

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Bonjour famille et amis, Après Bryce Canyon nous nous dirigeons au Zion National Park. Le parc se situe au Sud-Ouest du Utah, à environ 2 heures et 30 minutes de route de Las Vegas. Nous devons laisser nos véhicules à lentrée du parc et utiliser les navettes gratuites mises à notre disposition pour visiter et nous déplacer dans le parc, ceci afin déviter les embouteillages dans le parc et la pollution… Très belle initiative ! Un tunnel dans la montagne de 2 km de long a été construit sur l entrée est du parc. Les véhicules qui mesurent plus de 4 [View Full Entry]

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New Mexico was enchanted—just like the sign said it would be. The scenery here is just astonishing. It feels and looks like a different planet. Jagged hills and rock formations and barren landscape stretched on forever. All throughout New Mexico it seemed like same barren, dry, unforgiving landscape over and over. The transition from west Texas into New Mexico was very interesting and intense. As we got further west the world felt it like it just kept getting bigger. Every state continued to amaze me. I noticed how parts of the landscape would be covered in small valleys, and canyons [View Full Entry]

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