Blogs from United States, North America - page 4781

Jetzt ist es so weit - die Straßen sind nicht mehr sicher - wir haben seit heute ein Auto. Sind vom Flughafen in San Fran losgefahren (Katrin=Pilot, Iris=Navigator) und haben uns auch nur einmal kurz verfahren, haben eine Ausfahrt auf eine andere Straße zu spät gesehen - die geben die Ausfahrten aber auch sehr knapp vorher an. Sonst sind wir ohne Probleme bis zum Hostel gekommen. Was sollen wir über unser Auto sagen - es wäre wohl gerne ein Sportwagen geworden, hat es aber leider nicht geschafft. Hoffe wir kommen nicht zu prolo rüber wenn wir mit dem Schlitten unterwegs sind, aber die nächsten 28 Tage sind wir eben damit unterwegs - ihr hättet die Alternative sehen sollen die sie uns angeboten haben (riesen Kiste oder alte, dreckige, riesen Kiste). Sind also jetzt im Hostel und ... read more

Just wanted to add a few more thoughts/reflections on what has to be one of the most memorable weeks of my life. I can't speak for the team today because I'm no longer with them, but based on the comments throughout the week, I think many of us had similar feelings to all that we experienced. As I wrote yesterday's blog, all I could think is how do I ever put into words all that we experienced this week. I know I've kept you up on the factual stuff of the projects we did this week and the joy of seeing a foundation become a house, but it's been difficult to describe the feeling involved with it. The blisters, the scrapes, the sore joints--they all pale in comparison to the difference this is going to make ... read more

Saturday September 27, 2008 Thursday it was time to move on to warmer climes. Santa Fe was on our list, as was art by Georgia O’Keeffe. In our new Pitt Meadows home, there are two fireplace walls just waiting for special decoration and one of our ‘must do’s’ on this trip was to find some southwestern art. Santa Fe is famous as an artist haven, and it more than lived up to the reputation. We approached Santa Fe from the north on highway 84. Little did we know that when Kayla called several halts on the highway just north of Santa Fe to take photos of the glorious layered cliffs and spires, we were also photographing Georgia O’Keeffe’s home at Ghost Ranch. Right away we recognized the photos of Ghost Ranch taken by others, some of ... read more

Here's a page of some of the videos we've made on our camera, they include the magic hat video and roller blading Richard, enjoy!... read more

G'day all, well the blog's falling a little behind so we'll try to bring you up to speed with more photo's and less writing. San Fran was a cool place, was a lot more laid back and friendly than LA, except with lot's more homeless people. Apparently the city makes an effort not to move them away so that's why you see a lot more, but they were all cool and and no problems. San Fran was also the only place in the US where we had to get out the jeans and jumpers. When we drove into the city from Yosemite it was just like you see in the movies, we drove over the bay bridge and all we cold see was the road and above, everything under the bridge was covered in Fog. We ... read more