Blogs from United States, North America - page 5602

How do you know when it's almost time to leave? When you have already shipped the majority of your clothes and the movers have taken all of your long-term storage items! The cat is running out of places to hide and poor Inmate is down to only one toy! Only his Piggy will keep him company on the long flight :) Thursday and Friday the movers will be here to pack and remove everything else in the apartment for shipment. Unfortunately we still do not have any travel information!! Talk about coming down to the wire!! We're trying to get an extra week or two to allow more flexibility in our flight, but we've hit a dead-end. Our only contact for this type of request is a very unprofessional (and lazy!!) man. Since we haven't ... read more

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NEW YORK 22 OCT 2007 Had a crap night sleep from my roomy snoring his head off (Thank god hes only here for 1 night) and also from all the noise on the street (Workers, polices cars ambulances). NYC is without doubt a 24hours mad city. Got up early and set off on foot to explore more of the city. Burger king for breaky. Had a sausage and egg on a bagle (whats all that about??). Bought a hop on / off tour bus ticket for all all manhatton and brooklyn. Decided to do downtown first. (inc times square, madison sq garden, macys, Empire SB, Chinatown, little italy, wall st, ground ZeroRockfeller, and loads more) Visited ground Zero / World trade center visitors center. It takes you through the whole event, History, the build up, ... read more

We waved goodbye to the spectacular Californian coastline turned inland and were back in the mountains. Poor old Tommy had his work cut out, climbing up and down and zig zagging this way and that. Our next destination was Death Valley, doesn't sound very appealing. We left the threat of the great white behind and only had to contend with rattlesnakes, scorpions and tarantulas. Our biggest worry was conking out in the middle of the desert but luckily we got through and made it to the aptly named Furness Creek campground. Spent our first night literally under the stars (I think Nik fancied himself as a real life cowboy, I'll buy him a rocking horse when we get home), put our matress on the ground and spent the night gazing at hundreds of constellations and only ... read more

Dear Blog Readers who must wait, Blame no connection or blame the writer, but I have missed a few days. From Freeport, MI Where we weathered our 2nd BIG storm...torrents of rain, wind, and curl up with a good book weather (no fireplace). Next day...bright and sunny! Our weather has really been incredibly delightful for autumn in New England. Found a cute sounding place in New Hampshire, Henniker so we stayed there, walked to church and tried to use our cell phone. The big event that night was a preHalloween Scary Hay ride. Members of a snowmobile club get together, camp, and REALLY decorate their campsites with special effects. Then, kids & adults from the area come to get scared. It was really creepy and dark. It reminded us of Karol Hall's party. Onto Massachusetts. Thank ... read more